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Community-based Sewerage

in Asia



     Urban sanitation − lessons from experience (Waterlines, 2008) − excellent review of
     community-based sewerage in South Asia

               "SLUM NETWORKING" IN INDIA (see photo at bottom of page)
               Water and Sanitation: The Quickest Route to Prosperity ['Slum networking'] (RSA, 2005)
               Slum Networking: An Innovative Approach to Urban Development in India (BSHF, 1997)
               Slum Networking of Indore City (pages 54−65 of  Legacies for the Future: Contemporary
                   Architecture in Islamic Societies, Thames and Hudson, 1998)  Additional details and down-
                   loadable files here.

               Engineering as a tool for improving human habitat (Int. J. Management and Decision Making,
               2009)
– Quote: The concept of Slum Networking proposes comprehensive water
               and environmental sanitation infrastructure as the central and catalytic
               leverage for holistic development. At costs less than the conventional ‘slum’
               solutions, it tries to penetrate a high quality urban infrastructure net deeply
               into the slums to assimilate them into the city rather than lock them in as
               disadvantaged islands.


               Ahmedabad Parivarten (WSP, 1997)
               Slum Networking - A Holistic Approach for Improvement of Urban Infrastructure
                    Environment (AIT, 1999)
               Slum networking: changing settlements from within (changemakers.net, 2006)
               Sustainable infrastructure development for slums and villages (WEDC, 2002)
               

               The Orangi Pilot Project (OPP), Pakistan
              
OPP's homepage
               From the Lane to the City: The Impact of the Orangi PP's Low Cost Sanitation Model
                  (WaterAid, 2001)             

               Orangi Pilot Project: the expansion of work beyond Orangi and the mapping of informal
                  settlements and infrastructure (E&U, 2006)
               The Orangi Pilot Project, Pakistan (iied, 1996)              
               Community-driven Water and Sanitation: The work of the Anjuman Samaji Behmood and the
                  larger Faisalabad context, Pakistan (iied, 2001)
               
               Video
(in Microsoft Producer format):
 Return of the Drain Gang (low-cost sewerage in
                  Faisalabad, Pakistan) (download zip file here)

               Urban Sewer Planning in Developing Countries and the "Neighbourhood Deal" (WSP, 1997)

               Of the People, by the People, for the People: Community-based Sewer Systems in Melang,
                  Indonesia (WSP, 2000)

               Sanitation by the Community in Denpasar, Indonesia [SANIMAS] (UNESCAP, undated −
                  probably 2006)

     Appropriate Design Standards and Construction Specifications for Tertiary Sewerage Systems
     [Faisalabad, Pakistan] (GHK, 2002) − in this publication settled sewerage is
      recommended: “Solids traps and interceptor tanks on household connections
      are therefore an integral component of the recommended design for tertiary
      sewerage systems” (pdf page 28) − interceptor tank design is given on pdf
      pages 41−43.

     See also: Low-cost combined sewerage

     Simplified sewerage in India     
     Simplified Sewerage – An appropriate option for rapid sanitation coverage in urban areas
     (
Foundation for Greentech Environmental Systems, 2008) − reported costs are one third
     of those for conventional sewerage.

     Note:
simplified and settled sewerage are at least mentioned in the
Indian 
     Sewerage and Sewage Treatment Manual (2nd ed., Ministry of Urban Develop-
     ment, New Delhi, 1993): details here.

     Slum networking: sewered lane     Slum networking in India: a sewered lane