tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54412082805049561662024-03-06T12:01:11.491-08:00Poop group newsNews & updates from Stanford University's Poop GroupJenna Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732797491195353095noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441208280504956166.post-36370533954695832502022-02-15T21:37:00.002-08:002022-02-15T21:50:33.465-08:00<p><span style="font-family: Abel;"> </span>
</p><h1 class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">PLOS Water is live<br /></span></span></span></h1><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">I’m happy to share the news that <a href="https://journals.plos.org/water/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>PLOS Water</i></a> launched today! <br /></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span>
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">For those who aren’t
familiar with the history, </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjbi5blvoP2AhW7IkQIHVnrC0gQFnoECAkQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fplos.org%2F&usg=AOvVaw0ISMxLn86usuN1IUplecUq" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PLOS</a> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">(Public Library of Science) is a non-profit, open-access publishing
house that arose from a movement by activist researchers who pledged not to
publish in journals that put their content behind a paywall. Thousands of
academic researchers signed the pledge (including yours truly) but most did not
live up to it (including yours truly). </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span>
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">A common excuse was
that there were few/no high-quality journals that accepted papers in a given
researcher’s field *and* that published open access. <a href="http://www.eisenlab.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mike Eisen</a>, <a href="https://profiles.stanford.edu/patrick-brown" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pat Brown</a>, and <a href="http://www.varmuslab.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Harold Varmus</a> co-founded PLOS to rectify
that gap, and the Gordon & Betty <a href="https://www.moore.org/">Moore
Foundation</a> provided financial support that eventually led to the launch of <i>PLOS
One</i>. On the heels of its success, PLOS has launched a number of specialized
journals, including now <i>PLOS Water</i>.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span>
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">I accepted the invitation
to become co-Editor-in-Chief for <i>PLOS Water</i> last year because I admire
PLOS’s commitment to advancing <a href="https://plos.org/open-science/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">open science</a>. Among other benefits, I believe the
open science movement can expand opportunities for scholars in LMICs. I also think
more collaboration</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> among the many freshwater research
and practice communities is key </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">to advancing equity, efficiency, resilience, and ecosystem protection goals
in the management and use of water. I want <i>PLOS Water </i>to be a platform that
catalyzes this type of engagement.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span>
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The EIC role has
been quite a learning experience for me thus far. The leadership and staff at PLOS
have been supportive and very patient with my co-EIC <a href="https://www.ecu.edu.au/schools/science/staff/profiles/professors/professor-pierre-horwitz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pierre Horwitz</a> and me. I’m
very grateful for the enthusiasm of our all-volunteer <a href="https://journals.plos.org/water/s/editorial-board">editorial board</a>,
who are helping us to balance our <a href="https://journals.plos.org/water/article?id=10.1371/journal.pwat.0000018">ambitions</a>
for enhancing the diversity (geographic,
disciplinary, perspective) of voices in this field against the exigencies of
academic publishing. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span>
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">If you are among
the researchers who have shared your manuscripts with <i>PLOS Water</i>, thank
you. We’re sincerely jazzed to play a small role in your story. And to all in
the freshwater community who support open science, I hope you’ll consider submitting
your work to <i>PLOS Water</i>. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">
</span><p><style><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;
mso-font-charset:0;
mso-generic-font-family:roman;
mso-font-pitch:variable;
mso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;
mso-font-charset:0;
mso-generic-font-family:swiss;
mso-font-pitch:variable;
mso-font-signature:-469750017 -1073732485 9 0 511 0;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{mso-style-unhide:no;
mso-style-qformat:yes;
mso-style-parent:"";
margin:0in;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#0563C1;
mso-themecolor:hyperlink;
text-decoration:underline;
text-underline:single;}a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-priority:99;
color:#954F72;
mso-themecolor:followedhyperlink;
text-decoration:underline;
text-underline:single;}.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
mso-default-props:yes;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}</span></style></p>Jenna Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732797491195353095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441208280504956166.post-39449174764226393302018-09-28T20:33:00.002-07:002018-09-28T20:33:53.309-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So happy to see Sara Marks's paper on pathways to rural water infrastructure sustainability in press at last! The academic machine turns slowly--much slower than that of practice in this case, as the findings from this study have helped shape aspects of the WHO's forthcoming guidelines for small drinking water supplies. I also have a hunch that many phenomena of interest in the WASH field are best analyzed with <span style="font-size: small;">the</span> 'equifinality' lens Sara uses in this study as opposed to the 'average effects' lens that many of us employ. Nice job sharing these tools with the sector!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span><br />
<br />
<h1 class="Head" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #505050; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Microsoft Sans Serif', 'Segoe UI Symbol', STIXGeneral, 'Cambria Math', 'Arial Unicode MS', sans-serif; font-size: 23px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 32px; margin: 0px 0px 6px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span class="title-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Check out the paper <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652618327410?via%3Dihub" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></span></h1>
<h1 class="Head" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #505050; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Microsoft Sans Serif', 'Segoe UI Symbol', STIXGeneral, 'Cambria Math', 'Arial Unicode MS', sans-serif; font-size: 23px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 32px; margin: 0px 0px 6px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span class="title-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Pathways to sustainability: A fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis of rural water supply programs. 2018. Sara Marks, Emily Kumpel, Jean Guo, Jamie Bartam, Jennifer Davis. </span></span></span><span class="title-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Journal of Cleaner Production 205 (20): 789-798.</span></span></span></h1>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span><br />
<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></div>
Jenna Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732797491195353095noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441208280504956166.post-66263001410811665052018-04-18T14:05:00.003-07:002018-04-18T14:05:58.777-07:00Family cloths...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Just heard about the 'family cloth' <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/terripous/what-is-the-family-cloth-and-why-should-you-use-it-an?utm_term=.rkrredEDe6#.au8RLbBMLg" target="_blank">movement</a>. Some folks seem to be getting quite worked up about it (both pro and con). I wonder how the cost/benefit analysis would be affected by considering, in addition to pathogen exposure and aesthetic experience:<br />
<br />
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>credible water footprint estimates (the 37 gal/toilet paper roll everyone cites seems to have come originally from <a href="https://www.treehugger.com/bathroom-design/stop-using-toilet-paper-get-the-blue-bidet.html" target="_blank">Lloyd Alter</a> at treehugger.com, with no information on how the value was computed)</li>
<li>recent <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/sep/27/washing-clothes-releases-water-polluting-fibres-study-finds" target="_blank">news</a> about synthetic fabrics and micro pollutants (of course, family cloths could be made from natural fiber fabric, but seems like most aren't)</li>
<li>wastewater treatment costs (what share of sewage does TP comprise? also, if we dramatically reduced TP use would we also stop putting other stuff down the toilet, such as 'flushable' <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/dec/12/baby-wipes-93-percent-matter-causing-uk-sewer-blockages" target="_blank">wet wipes</a> and 'biodegradable' <a href="https://jezebel.com/time-to-accept-reality-and-stop-flushing-tampons-down-t-1566737300" target="_blank">tampons</a>? if so, i know an operator at the Palo Alto plant who would be *thrilled* about that...)</li>
</ul>
<br />
What other considerations are missing here?<br />
<br />
Anyone out there who's joined the family cloth experiment and is willing to share your experience?<br />
<br /></div>
Jenna Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732797491195353095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441208280504956166.post-60156968245538521792018-02-05T15:29:00.000-08:002018-02-08T13:55:06.002-08:00Engaging with media<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I was recently interviewed about Water.org's SuperBowl ad for an NPR article (see link below). The journalist's ex-ante slant on the piece seemed to be that 'this must be too good to be true' and, as I think a savvy reader can glean, was hoping to get water 'experts' to tear down Water.org's WaterCredit program. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Notwithstanding Matt Damon's </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">surprising and offensive</span> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">comments on the #MeToo/Time's Up
movement, I remain grateful to him and other influential individuals for getting more people interested in global water issues. I'm also happy that journalists from high profile, reputable media outlets are raising awareness further with their efforts. But the amount of effort, time, and emotional energy required to ensure that an accurate, semi-nuanced message is conveyed makes the prospect of participating in these public discussions more and more daunting. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Perhaps I'm just not good at it, or am over-thinking it, or...?</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<h1>
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/02/02/582664769/fact-checking-matt-damons-clean-water-promise-in-a-super-bowl-ad">Fact-Checking Matt Damon's Clean Water Promise In A Super Bowl Ad</a></span></h1>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
</div>
Jenna Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732797491195353095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441208280504956166.post-60791261699753518872018-01-25T12:09:00.005-08:002018-02-02T16:16:43.349-08:00New paper on costs and benefits of urban sanitation options<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Congratulations to Jeanette Laramee, who broadens the debate on urban sanitation planning in sub-Saharan Africa by considering treatment performance, financial costs, and greenhouse gas emissions in her analysis.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<style><font size="3"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
<!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Times;
panose-1:2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;
mso-font-charset:0;
mso-generic-font-family:auto;
mso-font-pitch:variable;
mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;
mso-font-charset:0;
mso-generic-font-family:auto;
mso-font-pitch:variable;
mso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}
@font-face
{font-family:Palatino;
panose-1:2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;
mso-font-charset:0;
mso-generic-font-family:auto;
mso-font-pitch:variable;
mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{mso-style-unhide:no;
mso-style-qformat:yes;
mso-style-parent:"";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-pagination:none;
font-size:12.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Palatino;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";}
span.title-text
{mso-style-name:title-text;
mso-style-unhide:no;
mso-style-parent:"";}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
mso-default-props:yes;
font-size:10.0pt;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Times;
mso-ascii-font-family:Times;
mso-hansi-font-family:Times;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;
mso-header-margin:.5in;
mso-footer-margin:.5in;
mso-paper-source:0;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
</style>
</div>
--><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">
<span class="title-text"><span style="color: #262626;">J. Laramee, S. Tilmans, and J.
Davis. 2018. Costs and benefits of biogas recovery from communal anaerobic
digesters treating domestic wastewater: Evidence from peri-urban Zambia. <i>Journal of Environmental Management </i>210:
25-35. </span></span>
</span></span><style><font size="3"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
<!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Times;
panose-1:2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;
mso-font-charset:0;
mso-generic-font-family:auto;
mso-font-pitch:variable;
mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;
mso-font-charset:0;
mso-generic-font-family:auto;
mso-font-pitch:variable;
mso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}
@font-face
{font-family:Palatino;
panose-1:2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;
mso-font-charset:0;
mso-generic-font-family:auto;
mso-font-pitch:variable;
mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{mso-style-unhide:no;
mso-style-qformat:yes;
mso-style-parent:"";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-pagination:none;
font-size:12.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Palatino;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
mso-default-props:yes;
font-size:10.0pt;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Times;
mso-ascii-font-family:Times;
mso-hansi-font-family:Times;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;
mso-header-margin:.5in;
mso-footer-margin:.5in;
mso-paper-source:0;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
</style>
--><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.12.064"><span style="color: #262626;">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.12.064</span></a></span></span>
<br />
<div id="abspara0010">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Abstract:Communal anaerobic digesters
(ADs) have been promoted as a waste-to-energy strategy that can provide
sanitation and clean energy co-benefits. However, little empirical
evidence is available regarding the performance of such systems in field
conditions. This study assesses the wastewater treatment efficiency,
energy production, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and financial costs
and benefits of communal ADs used for domestic wastewater treatment in
Zambia. Primary data on the technical performance of 15 ADs were
collected over a 6-month period and in-person interviews were conducted
with heads of 120 households. Findings from this study suggest that ADs
offer comparable wastewater treatment efficiencies and greater GHG
emission reduction benefits relative to conventional septic tanks (STs),
with the greatest benefits in settings with reliable access to water,
use of low efficiency solid fuels and with sufficient demand for biogas
in proximity to supply. However, absent a mechanism to monetize
additional benefits from biogas recovery, ADs in this context will not
be a financially attractive investment relative to STs. Our financial
analysis suggests that, under the conditions in this study, a carbon
price of US$9 to $28 per tCO<sub>2</sub>e is necessary for positive
investment in ADs relative to STs. Findings from this study contribute
empirical evidence on ADs as a sanitation and clean energy strategy,
identify conditions under which the greatest benefits are likely to
accrue and inform international climate efforts on the carbon price
required to attract investment in emissions reduction projects such as
ADs.</span></span></div>
Jenna Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732797491195353095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441208280504956166.post-6040147712121539882018-01-25T12:03:00.005-08:002018-01-25T12:03:49.485-08:00Postdoctoral opportunity<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Postdoctoral Associate position</b><br />Infrastructure financing in low- and middle-income countries<br /><br />The Stanford Program on Water, Health & Development seeks a motivated, independent researcher to contribute to the design and execution of applied research on the sources, models, and impacts of funding and financing for infrastructure in low- and middle-income countries. The position will be based at Stanford University, and will be supervised by Prof. Jenna Davis (Director, Stanford Program on Water, Health & Development) and Dr. Ashby Monk (Executive Director of Stanford's Global Projects Center).<br /><br />The Program on Water, Health & Development was created in 2011 to facilitate interdisciplinary collaborations among Stanford researchers working on these issues in low- and middle-income countries. Our goals are to strengthen the scientific basis for decision-making in the water and sanitation sector; enhance capacity within developing countries for sustainable water supply and wastewater management; provide unique training and learning opportunities for faculty and students at Stanford and partner institutions; and improve the health and well-being of households in some of the world’s poorest countries. The Global Projects Center is an interdisciplinary research center that advances understanding of the financing, development, and governance of critical infrastructure worldwide.<br /><br />Responsibilities<br />The Postdoctoral Associate will be responsible for co-designing and leading applied research related to water and energy infrastructure financing in low- and middle-income countries, with particular emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa. Early-stage research objectives include assessing risk profiles, information asymmetries, and business processes that underlie public, private, and philanthropic financing decisions, and how particular financing strategies shape outcomes for both institutional development and service delivery. The results of this work will form the basis for designing and testing innovative financing mechanisms, in partnership with our network of funding and practitioner organizations.<br /><br />The initial appointment has a duration of 12 months, with the potential for extension contingent on performance. The Postdoctoral Associate will also have the opportunity to pursue additional partnerships and research ideas through the Program on Water, Health & Development, Global Projects Center, and their partners.<br /><br />Required qualifications:<br /><br />PhD in finance, economics, public policy, political science, planning or a related field. Relevant research and/or professional experience in low- and middle-income countries. Interest in applied research that informs decision-making and program design. Demonstrated excellence in written and oral communication skills. Ability to synthesize research findings for diverse audiences, including non-academic audiences.<br /><br />Preferred qualifications:<br /><br />Experience with designing and conducting case-based research, including comparative case analysis. Familiarity/experience with quasi-experimental research designs. Experience with/interest in the design and/or governance of financial organizations, particularly those invested in low- and middle-income countries.<br /><br />On-the-ground experience in developing countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as some background in water sector investment, are helpful but not required.<br /><br />To apply:<br /><br />Please submit the following materials in a single zip file to jnocon@stanford.edu. Please include WHD POSTDOC in the subject of your message.<br /><br /> - A CV of no more than 5 pages<br /><br /> - 1000-word summary of your relevant research experience and interest in the position<br /><br /> - A sample of published research<br /><br /> - Optional: A sample of writing authored specifically for non-academic audiences<br /><br />Stanford University is committed to equal opportunity in employment, and we are especially eager to identify qualified minority and women applicants. More information on the Program on Water, Health & Development can be found at water.stanford.edu. More information on the Global Projects Center can be found at gpc.stanford.edu.</span></span></div>
Jenna Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732797491195353095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441208280504956166.post-26792894429662917912017-11-11T08:14:00.001-08:002017-11-11T08:14:36.548-08:00World Toilet Day: Not just butts on toilets<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="MsoNormal">
Raising awareness about the plight of the 2.4 billion people without a
toilet is certainly a worthy cause. Lack of access to sanitation facilities is
an affront to human dignity. It also creates a major public health risk of
diarrheal diseases that kill about 1,300 children a day in the developing
world.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">The good news
is the </span><a href="http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs310/en/">death
rate</a> <span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">from </span><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-themecolor: text1;">diarrheal
diseases almost halved between 2000 and 2015. Does this mean that efforts to
expand access to toilets – efforts promoted by events like <a href="http://www.worldtoiletday.info/" target="_blank">World Toilet Day</a> (</span>Nov.
19<span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-themecolor: text1;">) – are saving lives? The answer is yes and no. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-themecolor: text1;">Parallel developments such as the
introduction of rotavirus vaccination, better and quicker care for those
suffering from diarrheal illness, and nutritional gains for children in some
regions have helped. At the same time, access to toilets is critical for
capturing human waste that can carry disease-causing micro-organisms, thus
reducing the risk that others in the community will be infected. Californians were
reminded of this fact by the recent </span><a href="https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/government/san-diego-scrambles-to-address-long-festering-lack-of-restrooms/">hepatitis
A outbreak</a><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">, which emerged in
communities that lack access to housing and sanitation facilities.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Equally
important for public health protection, however, is the transport and treatment
of toilet waste before it is discharged into the environment. A recent UN </span><a href="http://www.unwater.org/publications/world-water-development-report-2017/">report</a><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> estimates that roughly 80% of global urban
wastewater is released without treatment. The World Bank’s Water &
Sanitation Program has helped to make that broad statistic more visible at the
local level with its municipal “</span><a href="http://sfd.susana.org/">shit flow
diagram</a><span class="MsoHyperlink">”</span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> project. In the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka, for
example, 99% of the 15 million inhabitants have access to a toilet—but only 2%
of human waste is adequately treated before being dumped into surface water
bodies nearby. As a result, this low-lying, flood-prone megacity is continually
coated in sewage.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<img src="blob:https://www.blogger.com/386c628f-bcb6-4dea-b88d-8c5e57438a49" /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Shifting
international attention from the provision of toilets to ensuring safe
management of human wastes is starting to happen. A few years ago I served on a
technical working group convened by UNICEF and the World Health Organization that
was tasked with developing recommendations for the new UN <a href="http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/">Sustainable
Development Goals</a> (SDGs) on
sanitation. Along with several other colleagues on the team, I felt strongly
that waste management—and not simply ‘butts on toilets’—had to be given priority
within the new targets.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Our efforts
were successful. The SDG </span><a href="https://washdata.org/monitoring/sanitation">target 6.2</a><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> is to ensure universal access to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">safely managed sanitation service</i> by
2030. A household’s access is defined not simply by whether they have a toilet,
but whether they have a sanitation service that includes safe storage, transport
and adequate treatment of waste. The shift in definition has also drawn
attention to the much larger gap in human waste management as compared to
toilet access. In 2015, </span><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-themecolor: text1;">68% of the world’s population had
access to a toilet of reasonably good quality, but only 39% had safely managed
sanitation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<!--[if !mso]>
<style>
v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style>
<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]-->
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:View>Normal</w:View>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:DoNotPromoteQF/>
<w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther>
<w:LidThemeAsian>JA</w:LidThemeAsian>
<w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:SnapToGridInCell/>
<w:WrapTextWithPunct/>
<w:UseAsianBreakRules/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/>
<w:EnableOpenTypeKerning/>
<w:DontFlipMirrorIndents/>
<w:OverrideTableStyleHps/>
<w:UseFELayout/>
</w:Compatibility>
<m:mathPr>
<m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/>
<m:brkBin m:val="before"/>
<m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/>
<m:smallFrac m:val="off"/>
<m:dispDef/>
<m:lMargin m:val="0"/>
<m:rMargin m:val="0"/>
<m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/>
<m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/>
<m:intLim m:val="subSup"/>
<m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/>
</m:mathPr></w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
DefSemiHidden="true" DefQFormat="false" DefPriority="99"
LatentStyleCount="276">
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="0" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Normal"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="heading 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 9"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 9"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="0" Name="header"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="35" QFormat="true" Name="caption"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="10" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Title"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="1" Name="Default Paragraph Font"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="11" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Subtitle"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="22" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Strong"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="20" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="59" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Table Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Placeholder Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="1" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="No Spacing"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Revision"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="34" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="List Paragraph"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="29" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Quote"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="30" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Intense Quote"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="19" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Subtle Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="21" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Intense Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="31" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Subtle Reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="32" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Intense Reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="33" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Book Title"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="37" Name="Bibliography"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" QFormat="true" Name="TOC Heading"/>
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]-->
<!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-language:JA;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<!--StartFragment-->
<!--EndFragment--><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-themecolor: text1;">Identifying political, financial,
social, and technical strategies to bring safely managed sanitation service to
the 4.4 billion people without it is a mammoth task. Efforts such as </span><a href="http://water.stanford.edu/news-events/events/webinar-container-based-sanitation-solutions"><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">container-based sanitation</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> </span><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-themecolor: text1;">can
target hard-to-reach communities, and advancing the science and engineering for</span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> </span><a href="https://cee.stanford.edu/research/labs-centers/codiga-resource-recovery-center-cr2c"><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">resource recovery from wastewater</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> </span><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-themecolor: text1;">can
help improve the economics of sanitation services. Ultimately, it is these
beyond-the-toilet efforts that must be stepped up in order to make definitive progress
against the burden of diarrheal disease.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
Jenna Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732797491195353095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441208280504956166.post-21652210845345894022017-09-22T08:09:00.002-07:002017-09-22T08:09:43.491-07:00New paper on taste/odor considerations in chlorine disinfection<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Congratulations to Yoshika Crider on a useful investigation! Note that Elsevier is making this paper available free of charge through 10 November 2017 at this <a href="https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1Vl~MB8cccnmf" target="_blank">link</a>.<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
<b>Can you taste it? Taste detection and acceptability thresholds for chlorine residual in drinking water in Dhaka, Bangladesh</b></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Yoshika Crider, Sonia Sultana,<span style="font-size: 26.66666603088379px;"> </span>Leanne Unicomb,<span style="font-size: 26.66666603088379px;"> </span>Jennifer Davis,<span style="font-size: 26.66666603088379px;"> </span>Stephen P. Luby,<span style="font-size: 26.66666603088379px;"> </span>Amy J. Pickering</div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<b>Abstract</b></div>
<div class="abstract svAbstract " data-etype="ab">
<div id="sp0045">
Chlorination
is a low-cost, effective method for drinking water treatment, but
aversion to the taste or smell of chlorinated water can limit use of
chlorine treatment products. Forced choice triangle tests were used to
evaluate chlorine detection and acceptability thresholds for two common
types of chlorine among adults in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where previous
studies have found low sustained uptake of chlorine water treatment
products. The median detection threshold was 0.70 mg/L (n = 25,
SD = 0.57) for water dosed with liquid sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) and
0.73 mg/L (n = 25, SD = 0.83) for water dosed with solid sodium
dichloroisocyanurate (NaDCC). Median acceptability thresholds (based on
user report) were 1.16 mg/L (SD = 0.70) for NaOCl and 1.26 mg/L
(SD = 0.67) for NaDCC. There was no significant difference in detection
or acceptability thresholds for dosing with NaOCl versus NaDCC. Although
users are willing to accept treated water in which they can detect the
taste of chlorine, their acceptability limit is well below the 2.0 mg/L
that chlorine water treatment products are often designed to dose. For
some settings, reducing dose may increase adoption of chlorinated water
while still providing effective disinfection.</div>
</div>
<ul class="authorGroup noCollab svAuthor" style="display: inline;">
<li class="smh5"><a class="auth_mail" href="mailto:amy.pickering@tufts.edu" title="E-mail author"></a></li>
</ul>
</div>
Jenna Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732797491195353095noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441208280504956166.post-30172515071769888402017-08-28T13:05:00.006-07:002017-08-28T13:05:58.898-07:00Water Security journal launch August 29th<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div style="background-color: white; color: #53565a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 20px; margin: 1em 0em;">
<strong>Attending SIWI World Water Week in Stockholm? </strong> </div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #53565a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 20px; margin: 1em 0em;">
Please join us to mark the launch of a new journal, <i>Water Security</i>, and attend a showcase panel session on sanitation and health. </div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #53565a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 20px; margin: 1em 0em;">
Professor<b> </b>Joan B. Rose (Michigan State University) will talk about her research as well as the opportunities and challenges of connecting research with practice.</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #53565a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 20px; margin: 1em 0em;">
Mr. Michael Markus (Orange County Water District) will reflect on collaborations with researchers in his role as General Manager of the Orange County Water District, winner of the 2008 Stockholm Industry Water Award.</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #53565a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 20px; margin: 1em 0em;">
Hope to see you there!</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #53565a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 20px; margin: 1em 0em;">
Tuesday, August 29, 5:00</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #53565a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 20px; margin: 1em 0em;">
Room NL 253, City Conference Center</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #53565a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 20px; margin: 1em 0em;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #53565a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 20px; margin: 1em 0em;">
<br /></div>
</div>
Jenna Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732797491195353095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441208280504956166.post-17851094908825173242016-06-06T17:36:00.002-07:002016-06-06T17:36:43.523-07:00Kenya leading with CBS-friendy sanitation policy innovation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Based on their experience with Sanergy, Sanivation, and other container-based sanitation service providers, Kenya’s new <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjA8uq21ZTNAhUJESwKHWrnAEoQFggnMAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.health.go.ke%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F05%2FKESH-POLICY_1-1.pdf&usg=AFQjCNGGvNcfiAWoGE92ygt_mqSWwlXN_Q&sig2=qmVhAGxe_fQN_wtjfCYpKw&bvm=bv.123664746,d.bGg" target="_blank">Environmental Sanitation and Hygiene Policy</a> has recognized CBS as an 'improved' sanitation option.</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Under what conditions can CBS services address
<span>perennial
challenges of serving low-income households, such as high and ‘lumpy’ costs,
low rates of home ownership, space constraints, and low demand for waste
treatment? These open-access papers include discussions of these questions, and also present findings from our collaboration with the Haitian NGO, SOIL, on a new CBS service in Cap Haitien:</span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>
</span></span></span></div>
<div style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://eau.sagepub.com/content/early/2015/08/25/0956247815596522.full" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">S.Tilmans etal.2015. Environment and Urbanization 27(1). </span></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span><div style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://eau.sagepub.com/content/27/1/89.full" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">K. Russel et al. 2015.Environment and Urbanization 27(2).</span></span></a><span id="goog_1323243009"></span><span id="goog_1323243010"></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;">
</span><div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span> </span></span> </span></div>
</div>
Jenna Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732797491195353095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441208280504956166.post-18005673003605426542016-05-31T22:03:00.002-07:002016-05-31T22:03:51.768-07:00Congratulations to Joan Rose!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Congratulations to Professor Joan Rose of Michigan State University, who has been named the 2016 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate for
her contributions to "assessing risks to humans from
water and creating guidelines and tools for decision-makers and
communities to improve global wellbeing."<br />
For more information on Prof. Rose's work, see this <a href="http://www.siwi.org/prizes/stockholmwaterprize/laureates/2016-2/" target="_blank">news release</a> by the Stockholm International Water Institute. <br />
<br /></div>
Jenna Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732797491195353095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441208280504956166.post-82727718995476745502016-03-04T14:10:00.000-08:002016-03-04T14:10:00.154-08:00Container-based sanitation webinar on March 17!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Learn more about the role that container-based sanitation (CBS) can play
in expanding safe, affordable sanitation services to low-income urban
communities in a webinar organized by the Water, Health and Development
Program at Stanford University. <br />
<br />
<div style="display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 6px;">
A
panel of experts working in Haiti, Kenya, and Ghana will discuss their
experiences with this innovative approach to safely managing human
waste. The webinar will introduce the CBS concept, present case studies,
and offer a moderated Q&A session. More information is available <a href="https://woods.stanford.edu/news-events/event/webinar-container-based-sanitation-solutions">here</a>; please register for the webinar <a class="ext" href="https://stanforduniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_exMcgAh9tlXxsWx" target="_blank">here</a><span class="ext"></span>!</div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 6px;">
</div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 6px;">
<img alt="" height="142" src="https://woods.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/styles/content_image/public/images/events/b40e5c8a-704b-47f5-b6bd-02477d8bb801.jpg?itok=5vl1Cn6_" width="298" /> </div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 6px;">
</div>
<br />
<br />
<br /></div>
Jenna Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732797491195353095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441208280504956166.post-87898081066936823642015-06-30T14:45:00.001-07:002015-06-30T14:45:33.434-07:00The friendly skies<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Resource recovery comes to aviation: Fulcrum Bioenergy is refining jet fuel from municipal solid waste (but not fecal sludge)!<br />
<br />
<h1 class="story-heading" id="story-heading" itemprop="headline">
<a href="http://nyti.ms/1Hvn3LJ" target="_blank">Farm Waste and Animal Fats Will Help Power a United Jet </a></h1>
<div class="story-meta-footer" id="story-meta-footer">
<div class="byline-dateline">
<span class="byline" itemid="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/m/jad_mouawad/index.html" itemprop="author creator" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person">By <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/m/jad_mouawad/index.html" rel="author" title="More Articles by JAD MOUAWAD"><span class="byline-author" data-byline-name="JAD MOUAWAD" data-twitter-handle="jadmouawad" itemprop="name">JAD MOUAWAD</span></a> and </span><span class="byline" itemid="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/c/diane_cardwell/index.html" itemprop="author creator" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/c/diane_cardwell/index.html" rel="author" title="More Articles by DIANE CARDWELL"><span class="byline-author" data-byline-name="DIANE CARDWELL" data-twitter-handle="dianeNYT" itemprop="name">DIANE CARDWELL</span></a></span></div>
<div class="byline-dateline">
<time class="dateline" datetime="2015-06-30">JUNE 30, 2015</time></div>
<div class="byline-dateline">
<time class="dateline" datetime="2015-06-30">New York Times </time></div>
<div class="byline-dateline">
<br /></div>
<div class="byline-dateline">
<time class="dateline" datetime="2015-06-30"> </time>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Jenna Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732797491195353095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441208280504956166.post-27921357058184591942015-06-09T11:10:00.002-07:002015-06-09T11:10:52.181-07:00CH2M wins Stockholm Industry Water Award<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<h3>
<a href="http://www.siwi.org/prizes/stockholmindustrywateraward/winners/2015-2/" target="_blank">Passionate advocate for water reuse wins 2015 Stockholm Industry Water Award</a></h3>
<strong>Stockholm (09 June 2015) – CH2M, a Colorado-based global
service and engineering company, has been named the winner of the 2015
Stockholm Industry Water Award, for developing and advancing methods to
clean water, and increasing public acceptance of recycled water.</strong><br />
<br />
“CH2M has long recognized that our global community cannot afford to
use water once and dispose of it—fresh water sources are too precious
and growing more scarce. We are proud to receive the 2015 Stockholm
Industry Award for our leadership in the evolution and acceptance of
purifying wastewater effluent to create drinking water,” said Greg
McIntyre, CH2M Global Water Business Group President.<br />
CH2M has invented, implemented and refined methods for cleaning used
water back to drinking water quality. But, since this water is only
valuable if people actually use it, the firm has put significant and
successful effort into building public understanding and acceptance.
They pioneered the application of social science research to better
understand the underlying reasons for why people reject the notion of
reuse and what might be done to change that mindset. This research,
combined with demonstrations, education and transparency has dispelled
myths around use of treated wastewater and paved the way for a surge in
interest in and acceptance of potable reuse.<br />
“Our planet does not hold any enormous, unknown sources of fresh
water. We have to live with what we have. With growing populations and
more unreliable precipitation patterns, it is essential to increase our
reuse of water in the future,” says SIWI’s Executive Director Torgny
Holmgren, and adds: “CH2M has understood this. In working for public
acceptance of drinking treated wastewater, they have taken a step beyond
engineering, and shown impressive commitment to wise water management.”<br />
“Through rigorous testing and analysis of both technical processes
and societal perceptions, CH2M has created the opportunity to close the
urban water loop,” states the Award Committee in their citation.<br />
CH2M’s first notable success in wastewater recycling came in the
1960s, when CH2M pioneered the third, advanced stage of effluent
treatment by successfully removing excess phosphorous, nitrogen and
trace metals, restoring the used water of the South Tahoe Public Utility
to pristine purity. Through a series of improvements, tests and
large-scale implementation, the technology of treating used water back
to drinking water quality was further refined to increase reliability,
efficiency, and sustainability.<br />
In the 1970s, CH2M designed the world’s first surface water indirect
potable reuse plant, improving the water quality for more than one
million people in northern Virginia—raising the bar for cost-effective
wastewater treatment.<br />
“CH2M was founded out of a deep belief that engineering technology
could make the world a better place. While technological innovation is
an important part of our contribution to water reuse, many of the
pivotal water reuse milestones would not have been built if the public
had not accepted them. Through technology and innovative public
education tools, we will continue to contribute to a more sustainable
water future,” said Brock McEwen, CH2M’s Global Water Technology
Director.<br />
CH2M continued to evolve water reuse practices and in the early 2000s
worked with Singapore’s national water agency, to not only prove the
safety of potable reuse, but to win public acceptance with the country’s
NEWater project. By combining state-of-the-art technology and public
education tools, unprecedented public acceptance of water reuse was
achieved.<br />
“In a rapidly urbanizing world where the vast majority of sewage
spills untreated out into the environment, the transformative
technologies and strategic communication of this year’s SIWA winner has
provided a significant step towards future water security of cities.”
the Award Committee concludes.<br />
<br />
<strong>SIWA – recognizing water excellence in the business world<br />
</strong>The Stockholm Industry Water Award (SIWA) was established in
2000 to stimulate and celebrate outstanding and transformative water
achievements by companies in improving production, managing risks,
finding solutions and contributing to wise water management. The Royal
Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) and the World Business
Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) were partners in
establishing the award, which is also supported by International Water
Association (IWA) and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).<br />
<h3>
</h3>
</div>
Jenna Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732797491195353095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441208280504956166.post-82623196141046344292015-04-21T08:49:00.001-07:002015-04-21T08:49:30.475-07:00New paper on container-based sanitation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<i>With support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, we have been able to publish this as an open-access article! Feel free to disseminate.</i><br />
<br />
<h2 style="text-align: left;">
<a href="http://eau.sagepub.com/content/27/1/89.full" target="_blank">Container-based sanitation: Assessing costs and effectiveness of excreta management in Cap Haitien, Haiti</a></h2>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #403838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px;"><span class="name" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="name-search" href="http://eau.sagepub.com/search?author1=Sebastien+Tilmans&sortspec=date&submit=Submit" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: 0px; white-space: nowrap;">Sebastien Tilmans</a>, </span><a class="name-search" href="http://eau.sagepub.com/search?author1=Kory+Russel&sortspec=date&submit=Submit" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: 0px; white-space: nowrap;">Kory Russel</a>, <a class="name-search" href="http://eau.sagepub.com/search?author1=Rachel+Sklar&sortspec=date&submit=Submit" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: 0px; white-space: nowrap;">Rachel Sklar</a>, <a class="name-search" href="http://eau.sagepub.com/search?author1=Leah+Page&sortspec=date&submit=Submit" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: 0px; white-space: nowrap;">Leah Page</a>, <a class="name-search" href="http://eau.sagepub.com/search?author1=Sasha+Kramer&sortspec=date&submit=Submit" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: 0px; white-space: nowrap;">Sasha Kramer</a>, <a class="name-search" href="http://eau.sagepub.com/search?author1=Jennifer+Davis&sortspec=date&submit=Submit" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: 0px; white-space: nowrap;">Jennifer Davis</a></span><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #403838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"></span></div>
<ol class="contributor-list" id="contrib-group-1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal;">
<li class="contributor" id="contrib-1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-size: 9px; line-height: 12px;">doi: <span class="slug-doi" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">10.1177/0956247815572746</span><cite style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333300; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><abbr class="slug-jnl-abbrev" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Environment and Urbanization">Environment and Urbanization</abbr><span class="slug-pub-date" itemprop="datePublished" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"> April 2015 </span><span class="slug-vol" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">vol. 27 </span><span class="slug-issue" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">no. 1 </span><span class="slug-pages" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">89-104</span></cite><cite style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333300; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="slug-pages" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></cite><cite style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333300; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="slug-pages" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #403838; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 16px;"><h2 style="border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">
Abstract</h2>
<div id="p-14" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">
Container-based sanitation (CBS) – in which wastes are captured in sealable containers that are then transported to treatment facilities – is an alternative sanitation option in urban areas where on-site sanitation and sewerage are infeasible. This paper presents the results of a pilot household CBS service in Cap Haitien, Haiti. We quantify the excreta generated weekly in a dense urban slum,<sup style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0.85em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: inherit; vertical-align: super;">(1)</sup> the proportion safely removed via container-based public and household toilets, and the costs associated with these systems. The CBS service yielded an approximately 3.5-fold decrease in the unmanaged share of faeces produced, and nearly eliminated the reported use of open defecation and “flying toilets” among service recipients. The costs of this pilot small-scale service were higher than those of large-scale waterborne sewerage, but economies of scale have the potential to reduce CBS costs over time. The paper concludes with a discussion of planning and policy implications of incorporating CBS into the menu of sanitation options for rapidly growing cities.</div>
</span></span></cite></span></li>
</ol>
<br />
<br /></div>
Jenna Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732797491195353095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441208280504956166.post-63913022029914814302014-12-04T16:38:00.003-08:002014-12-04T16:38:28.312-08:00Want to pass the Water for the World Act?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">The Water for the World Act has now passed both the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<o:p style="font-size: 15px;"> </o:p></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">The next step in both the Senate and the House is to bring it up for a full floor vote, then send it to President Obama's desk for signature.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<o:p style="font-size: 15px;"> </o:p></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">There are a very few days remaining in this session of the U.S. Congress, however. Some sector specialists fear that the bill will die if it doesn’t pass both the House and the Senate in the next few working days.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<b style="font-size: 15px;">If you want to help advocate for the passage of the Water for the World Act, you can:</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<b style="font-size: 15px;">1) Contact your Representative and each of your Senators. Ask them to support the bill, and to bring it to the floor of the House/Senate for a vote. You can find contact information for your representative and senators here: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1f497d;"><a href="https://www.congress.gov/members" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">https://www.congress.gov/members</a></span></b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<o:p><b style="font-size: 15px;">2) Forward this message to others </b></o:p></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<o:p style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></o:p></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<o:p style="font-size: 15px;">A copy of the Senate version of the Act can be found here: </o:p></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/2946/text?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22S.2946%22%5D%7D" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">Senate Version – Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act of 2014 (S. 2946)</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 15px;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">Talking points about the Act that were prepared by the NGO Water Advocates can be found here:</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<a href="http://www.washadvocates.org/act/key-messages-the-senator-paul-simon-water-for-the-world-act-of-2013/" style="color: blue; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline;">Key Messages – Water for the World Act</a></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 15px;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 15px;"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 15px;"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 15px;"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></div>
</div>
Jenna Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732797491195353095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441208280504956166.post-56065175678885423212014-10-27T11:25:00.002-07:002014-10-27T11:25:15.367-07:00Congratulations to the re.source, winners of a 2014 US Environmental Protection Agency P3 award!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3c30; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">In many of the world’s overcrowded urban slums, residents must choose between open defecation, crowded public toilets or expensive private pit latrines that can't be emptied safely. A Stanford team working on a sustainable solution recently won a $15,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the opportunity to compete for up to $75,000. See the full story <a data-cke-saved-href="https://woods.stanford.edu/news-events/news/sanitation-solution-urban-slums-gets-national-recognition" href="https://woods.stanford.edu/news-events/news/sanitation-solution-urban-slums-gets-national-recognition" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(129, 120, 90); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #565347; text-decoration: none;">here</a>.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3c30; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></span><br />
<div>
<div style="display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 6px;">
<br /></div>
</div>
</div>
Jenna Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732797491195353095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441208280504956166.post-34081286373904161502014-09-04T17:01:00.001-07:002014-09-04T17:01:16.309-07:00Congratulations to the Lotus Water team, winners of the 2014 Reed Elsevier WASH Alliance Prize!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #302e23; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
<a href="http://www.reedelsevier.com/mediacentre/pressreleases/2014/Pages/Reed-Elsevier-announces-2014-environmental-challenge-winners.aspx?PageLink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reedelsevier.com%2Fmediacentre%2Fpressreleases%2F2014%2FPages%2FReed-Elsevier-announces-2014-environmental-challenge-winners.aspx%3FPageLink%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.reedelsevier.com%2Fmediacentre%2Fpressreleases%2F2014%2FPages%2FReed-Elsevier-announces-2014-environmental-challenge-winners.aspx" target="_blank">WASH Alliance</a> prize of $15,000 was awarded to the Stanford Program on Water,
Health and Development. Researchers have designed a community-scale, fully
automated chlorine dosing device for shared water points in low-income urban
settings that requires neither reliable electricity nor 24/7 supply to function
consistently. Support from the Reed Elsevier Environmental Challenge will allow
them to be able to construct, install and maintain 150 devices serving 10,000
people in Dhaka, Bangladesh. These installation sites will be used to evaluate health
impacts and test the viability of different potential business models.</span><!--EndFragment--><br />
<span style="color: #302e23; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #302e23; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">See the <a href="http://lotuswater.org/" target="_blank">Lotus Water website</a> for more information about this ambitious project!</span><br />
<span style="color: #302e23; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div>
Jenna Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732797491195353095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441208280504956166.post-88686363049703880362014-08-01T21:12:00.002-07:002014-08-01T21:12:42.402-07:00Forbes article on sanitation "software" vs. "hardware" <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<br />
<a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/ashoka/2014/07/31/why-a-toilet-alone-wont-do-the-job-the-software-of-sanitation-innovation/" target="_blank">"Why a toilet alone won't do the job"</a> -- Jessica Altenberger<br />
Our own re.source is mentioned toward the end of the piece!<br />
<br />
<br /></div>
Jenna Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732797491195353095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441208280504956166.post-48350332043821133432014-07-23T11:00:00.005-07:002014-07-23T11:00:59.615-07:00Sustainable Development Goals: Proposed stand-alone goal for water & sanitation, refining indicators<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Global targets related to water and sanitation access were comprised within Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 7 of "ensuring environmental sustainability." For the post-2015 period, a more focused goal of "ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all" was proposed on July 19. The text of this goal and associated targets in the current proposal is:<br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
<strong>Proposed goal 6. Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all</strong><br />
6.1 by 2030, achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all<br />
6.2 by 2030, achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all, and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations<br />
6.3 by 2030, improve water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous chemicals and materials, halving the proportion of untreated wastewater, and increasing recycling and safe reuse by x% globally<br />
6.4 by 2030, substantially increase water-use efficiency across all sectors and ensure sustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater to address water scarcity, and substantially reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity<br />
6.5 by 2030 implement integrated water resources management at all levels, including through transboundary cooperation as appropriate<br />
6.6 by 2020 protect and restore water-related ecosystems, including mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes<br />
6.a by 2030, expand international<strong> </strong>cooperation and capacity-building support to developing countries in water and sanitation related activities and programmes, including water harvesting, desalination, water efficiency, wastewater treatment, recycling and reuse technologies<br />
6.b support and strengthen the participation of local communities for improving water and sanitation management<br />
<div>
(The complete proposal can be found <a href="http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/focussdgs.html" target="_blank">here</a>.)</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
These goals and targets will undergo further revision in the months ahead. Equally important is the finalization of associated definitions and indicators for monitoring during the SDG period. What do we mean by "adequate and equitable sanitation," "untreated wastewater," and "sustainable withdrawals"? How should these ideas be measured for global monitoring? The Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) recently released a draft <a href="http://unsdsn.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/140522-SDSN-Indicator-Report.pdf" target="_blank">report</a> outlining proposed indicators for the 17 SDG targets under consideration, but it has lots of "to be determined" placeholders, particularly regarding industrial waste discharges, wastewater/biosolids re-use, and water resources management.<br />
<br />
The good news is that the debate over definitions and indicators is happening now, before the launch of the SDG period on January 1, 2016. As SDSN Executive Director Guido Schmidt-Traub noted in a recent <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2014/jul/04/data-metrics-millennium-sustainable-development-goals?utm_source=UN-Water&utm_campaign=ea01e99577-News_Feed_July_20147_21_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f51074d406-ea01e99577-136755417" target="_blank">blog post</a>, the indicators used to monitor progress toward the MDGs were finalized several years after the adoption of the goals. Let's hope that the WASH community can agree on targets, indicators, and definitions that are both ambitious yet practical and useful for decision-makers.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br /></div>
Jenna Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732797491195353095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441208280504956166.post-813329977767587622014-04-22T15:57:00.002-07:002014-04-22T15:57:44.395-07:00New paper on video surveillance of handwashing in schools<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<div href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text" rel="dc:type">
<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0092571?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+plosone%2FPLoSONE+%28PLOS+ONE+Alerts%3A+New+Articles%29" target="_blank"><b> Video Surveillance Captures Student Hand Hygiene Behavior, Reactivity to Observation, and Peer Influence in Kenyan Primary Schools </b></a></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span class="author" rel="dc:creator">
<span class="person">
Amy J. Pickering, Annalise G. Blum, Robert F. Breiman, Pavani K. Ram, Jennifer Davis
</span>
</span>
</div>
<div class="author_meta">
<br />
<div class="author_inner">
<span class="close"></span>
</div>
</div>
<br />
PLoS ONE<br />
</div>
Published: March 27, 2014<br />
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092571<br />
<br />
Findings from this study suggest that video compares favorably with the 'gold standard' of structured observation in terms of generating reliable data on hand hygiene behavior. Video is also potentially superior to observation in terms of cost (person-time for data collection and coding/data entry), particularly with quality control efforts such as double coding. </div>
Jenna Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732797491195353095noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441208280504956166.post-43764697182518982192013-10-11T09:23:00.000-07:002013-10-11T09:23:09.989-07:00Getting rid of New York City's poop<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<h5 class="uiStreamMessage userContentWrapper" data-ft="{"type":1,"tn":"K"}">
<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3,"tn":"K"}"><div>
<span class="userContent"><span style="font-weight: normal;">If
you haven't heard the story of NYC's biosolids management saga
before--or even if you have but would like an entertaining 20-minute
re-telling--I recommend this Radiolab podcast (in spite of the somewhat wanting
economic 'analysis' at the end!) </span><br /> <a href="http://www.radiolab.org/story/poop-quiz/" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank"><span>http://www.radiolab.org/story/</span><wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>poop-quiz/</a></span></div>
</span></h5>
</div>
Jenna Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732797491195353095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441208280504956166.post-84922490622821553732013-10-04T17:16:00.000-07:002013-10-04T17:16:55.587-07:00US government shuts down. Venezuelan government seizes toilet paper factory. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div id="disqus_title">
<h1>
Venezuela Is Running Out of Toilet Paper </h1>
</div>
<div class="bview_story_meta">
<cite class="byline">
By
<span class="last">Raul Gallegos</span>
</cite>
<cite class="byline story_time">
<span class="datestamp" style="display: inline;">Sep 27, 2013 3:18 PM PT</span>
</cite> </div>
<div class="bview_story_meta">
</div>
<div class="bview_story_meta">
Venezuela's government is known for its state-must-do-it-all mindset,
inherited from late President Hugo Chavez and his radical followers,
known as Chavistas. But late last week, the notoriously inefficient
government went above and beyond to shine its populist credentials: It
stepped right into Venezuelan bathrooms.<br />
<br />
On Sept. 20, President Nicolas Maduro and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/venezuelan-government-seizes-toilet-paper-factory-amid-shortage-2013-9" rel="external">a new</a> economic panel<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-20/venezuela-orders-national-guard-to-oversee-toilet-paper-factory.html" rel="external"> ordered</a> national price regulator Sundecop to “temporarily” seize plants owned by Manufacturas de Papel CA, or <a href="http://www.manpa.com.ve/espanol/esphome1.html" rel="external">Manpa</a>, the company that supplies <a href="http://www.clarin.com/mundo/Tropas-ejercito-fabrica-higienico-Venezuela_0_997700341.html" rel="external">40 percent </a>of
the country’s demand for toilet paper and personal-care paper goods.
Their reasoning? To oversee production, because consumers can't seem to
find enough rolls of toilet paper.<br />
<br />
Full story <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-27/venezuela-is-running-out-of-toilet-paper-.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.... </div>
</div>
Jenna Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732797491195353095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441208280504956166.post-3006636941292289462013-09-04T15:05:00.004-07:002013-09-04T15:05:44.372-07:00The real future of clean water, D. Bornstein<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Nice piece about the limitations of traditional philanthropy models to expand <u>sustainable</u> access to water supply services.<br />
<br />
The Real Future of Clean Water<br />By DAVID BORNSTEIN<br /><br />What would it take to ensure that everyone in the world had access to clean water? I’m prompted to ask this question in response to a recent New York Times Magazine <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/11/magazine/a-save-the-world-field-trip-for-millionaire-tech-moguls.html?pagewanted=all" target="_blank">article</a>, which focused on Charity: Water, an organization that has reportedly raised $100 million to finance water projects in the developing world, making it the largest water-focused nonprofit in the United States.<br /><br />The message that wealthy donors can solve the world’s water crisis is misleading.<br /><br />Charity: Water has done an important job raising public awareness about the world’s water crisis and demonstrated remarkable fundraising ability — engaging both “micro-philanthropists” and wealthy entrepreneurs. The organization’s fundraising is guided by the imperative of giving its donors a satisfying experience. However, to do this, Charity: Water has had to simplify the problem and narrow in on one piece of the solution — the piece with the most potential to deliver that experience: individualized water projects, like wells or purification systems, that can be photographed, located on Google Maps, and commemorated with plaques featuring donors’ names. To get the work done, the organization identifies partner organizations across the developing world with track records of delivering results, and provides flexible funding to meet local needs.<br /><br />Charity: Water aims to show through the growth of its philanthropic work that the world’s water crisis is solvable. The message it effectively conveys is: if enough affluent people in the West were generous enough to pay for water projects in poor countries, we could fix the problem. This message is misleading — and it doesn’t serve the interests of the organization’s donors, other water organizations, or people who are beyond the reach of Charity: Water.<br /><br />Let’s put this problem in perspective. The World Health Organization has estimated that it would require investments totaling $535 billion between 2011 and 2015 to provide universal access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation. This problem cannot be solved by scaling philanthropy. It’s like using an “adopt-a-highway” approach to solve the world’s transportation problems. To fix this problem, governments and businesses must take the lead...<br />
<br />
<i>Read the full piece <a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/21/the-real-future-of-clean-water/?_r=0" target="_blank">here</a>.</i></div>
Jenna Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732797491195353095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441208280504956166.post-68286934953190693452013-03-21T13:53:00.005-07:002013-03-21T13:53:58.398-07:00New paper on 'sense of ownership' and sustianability in rural water<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Does sense of ownership matter for rural water system sustainability? Evidence from Kenya<br /><br />Sara J. Marks, Kyle Onda and Jennifer Davis<br /> <br />Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development Vol 3
No 2 pp 122–133 © IWA Publishing 2013 doi:10.2166/washdev.2013.098<br /><br />ABSTRACT<br />Community sense of ownership for rural water infrastructure is widely cited as a key factor in ensuring sustainable service delivery, but no empirical investigation has evaluated the relationship between sense of ownership and sustainability outcomes. This study examines the association between system sustainability and sense of ownership among households and water committees, using primary data collected throughout 50 rural communities with piped water systems in Kenya. Data sources include in-person interviews with 1,916 households, 312 water committee members and 50 system operators, as well as technical assessments of water systems. Using principal components analysis we create composite measures of system sustainability (infrastructure condition, users' confidence, and ongoing management), and of water committees' and households' sense of ownership for the system. All else held constant, infrastructure condition is positively associated with water committee members' sense of ownership, whereas users' confidence and system management are positively associated with households' sense of ownership. These findings stand in contrast with much of the published literature on rural water planning, which assumes homogeneity of ownership feelings across all members of a community and which suggests a consistent and positive association between households' sense of ownership and sustainability.<br /><br />Full paper <a href="http://www.iwaponline.com/washdev/003/washdev0030122.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>!<br /><br /></div>
Jenna Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732797491195353095noreply@blogger.com0