Online Course on Water and Sanitation in Urban Humanitarian Context
This course provides an overview of urban humanitarian context, its complexities; discusses systemic approach to water and sanitation and develop a water and sanitation plan/project for long-term response.
For whom?
Students aiming to diversify their learning pathway with humanitarian WASH knowledge; Professionals from the humanitarian WASH aiming to improve their competencies for career development; Professionals from the water and sanitation sector (private, public or nongovernmental sectors) aiming to expand their expertise to the humanitarian sector.
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
Course Coordinator
Shirish Singh
Senior Lecturer/Researcher in Non-Sewered Sanitation
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