by Polly Markandya | Feb 17, 2015
Drawing upon 10 case studies from Africa and Asia, this Discussion Paper explores a question that is core to the urban water supply challenge: how can utilities effectively structure their organisation to extend services to low-income communities?
by Polly Markandya | Jan 18, 2015
Despite the acknowledged importance of on-site sanitation, examples of safe and commercially viable faecal sludge management (FSM) services remain few and far between. This Topic Brief sets out the process and learning from a recent project – completed with funding...
by Polly Markandya | Jul 17, 2014
Despite most residents of African and Asian cities depending on non-sewered sanitation, only a handful of sanitation authorities have addressed the management of faecal sludge from these systems. This Practice Note describes the launch of a faecal sludge management...
by Polly Markandya | Mar 17, 2014
Nairobi’s super-slum Kibera is criss-crossed by sewer mains. So why not simply connect latrines to the sewer? Unfortunately it’s not so simple, for various reasons including high costs. In partnership with Nairobi Water, WSUP has been developing a ‘gradual sewering’...
by Polly Markandya | Nov 15, 2011
Clean Team is a sanitation business currently being trialled by WSUP in Kumasi (Ghana), in collaboration with Unilever. Using human-centred design methods, it approaches urban sanitation from a radically new angle: asking people in low-income communities what sort of...
