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 2008 is the
International Year of Sanitation (IYS), with the
overall objective of accelerating progress on
sanitation to help save lives and foster economic
and social development. The IYS is expected to keep
the issue of sanitation at the forefront of the
global agenda. It will raise the issue prominently
to politicians, civil society, and the public in
general focusing on the need to take effective
action.
http://www.sanitationyear2008.org |
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SANITATION EDUCATION
Philippine Regulations on Sanitation and
Wastewater Systems
(DOWNLOADABLE HERE IN PDF FILE)
PCWS is widely disseminating the international
edition of this compilation by Engr. Bonifacio
B. Magtibay.
PCWS is also working with communities to make
them stewards of the environment, making
sanitation a life skill. Information materials,
focus group discussions, participatory learning
activities and capacity building trainings on
water and sanitation are resorted to. |
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WASH INFRASTRUCTURES
PCWS has made hundreds of ferrocement rainwater
harvesting tanks, reservoirs, iron removal
filters, sedimentation tanks, urine diverting
toilets, low-cost wastewater treatment
facilities, and biogas digesters. These ferro-cement
structures that PCWS continue to build are
low-cost. PCWS makes it a point to work with
local masons and even inexperienced community
volunteers on these structures so that the
knowledge and skills on the construction of
these low-cost water supply and sanitation
facilities are transferred to them.
"HOW TO CONSTRUCT FERRO-CEMENT
TANKS FOR RAINWATER HARVESTING"
- downloadable here in PDF file
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CONTINUING EFFORTS
PCWS will continue to work along the UN's
eight broad based objectives for IYS:
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Increasing awareness and commitment for
sanitation from all stakeholders at all levels; |
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Mobilizing Governments (from national to
local), existing alliances, financial
institutions, sanitation and other service
providers; |
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Securing real commitments to review,
develop and implement effective action to scale
up sanitation programs; |
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Encouraging demand driven, sustainable
and traditional sanitation solutions; |
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Securing increased financing to jump
start and sustain progress via commitments; |
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Developing and strengthening
institutional and human capacity; |
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Enhancing the sustainability and
therefore the effectiveness of available
sanitation solutions and; |
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Promoting and capturing learning to enhance the
evidence base and knowledge on sanitation. |
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