Online Course on Water and Sanitation in Urban Humanitarian Context

Course content

Participants will be able to address the complexities and adopt a water and sanitation system approach in developing a water and sanitation response plan/project (long-term) for an urban humanitarian context.

This will be achieved through:

• an overview of crisis in urban humanitarian contexts and the complexities, aided by an urban competency framework
• water and sanitation system approach, with a technical focus on infrastructure(s) ‘beyond-households’, i.e. collection/distribution networks, storage, emptying and transport, treatment etc.
• a case study to develop a holistic water and sanitation response plan/project in an urban humanitarian context aligned with developmental needs

Topics

Urban humanitarian context

• Urban humanitarian crisis and complexities – (i) Major humanitarian crises affecting urban areas and six specific types of urban crises and (ii) Four themes/complexities within urban humanitarian context
• Urban competency framework
• Good practices of response in urban humanitarian context

Water and sanitation system

• Water supply system – (i) water source; (ii) water treatment and (iii) water transport and distribution - Sanitation system (waste water) – (i) wastewater collection and (ii) wastewater treatment
• Sanitation system (Faecal Sludge) – (i) Faecal Sludge emptying and transport and (ii) Faecal Sludge treatment
• Water and sanitation stakeholders in urban humanitarian context
• Alternative energy supplies for water and sanitation in urban humanitarian context

Planning for a water and sanitation response (long-term)

• Context analysis
• Need assessment
• Sustainability approach for urban water and sanitation
• Water and sanitation response plan