Wastewater Treatment and Reuse: A Guide to Help Small Towns Select Appropriate Options

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Wastewater Treatment and Reuse: A Guide to Help Small Towns Select Appropriate Options

dc.contributor.author	Brault, Jean-Martin
dc.contributor.author	Buchauer, Konrad
dc.contributor.author	Gambrill, Martin
dc.date.accessioned	2022-04-19T17:05:25Z
dc.date.available	2022-04-19T17:05:25Z
dc.date.issued	2022-03-31
dc.description.abstract	Small towns in low- and middle-income countries are growing rapidly and struggling to meet the increased demands of wastewater collection and treatment. To avert public health crises and continued environmental degradation, small towns are actively seeking safely managed sanitation solutions, appropriate for their scale, institutional capacity, financial resources, and overarching needs. This document is designed to provide a guide of small-town wastewater treatment processes in order to assist engineers, managers and other stakeholders responsible for wastewater service provision in identifying and selecting appropriate wastewater treatment processes for small towns. This guide is part of a World Bank suite of tools and other material to support World Bank teams and their government counterparts in the planning, design, and implementation of sanitation projects in urbanizing areas. Addressing the specific context of small towns, the format of this guide begins with an introduction of key concepts for a decision maker to understand and then applies a suggested five-step approach to exploring appropriate wastewater treatment technologies, culminating with case studies from three regions applying this approach. It delves into the unique considerations for small-town wastewater treatment and the exploration of corresponding technologies. Before demonstrating the application of the approach, the guide also navigates: (a) factors external to the technologies that define the characteristics and environment of a given small town and that will affect technology choice; and (b) technology-specific information that will ultimately influence decision making. Before embarking on the formal planning and design process, the user is highly encouraged to become familiar with the guide methodology in its entirety while drawing on the principles of the Citywide Inclusive Sanitation approach.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099255004152219327/P16560308e102b0870a9ce0d5b36392d554
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/37317
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/37317
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	WATER
dc.subject	SANITATION
dc.subject	SEWAGE
dc.subject	WASTEWATER
dc.subject	PUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject	CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION
dc.subject	SDG 6
dc.title	Wastewater Treatment and Reuse	en
dc.title.subtitle	A Guide to Help Small Towns Select Appropriate Options	en
dc.type	Report	en
dc.type	Rapport	fr
dc.type	Informe	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crossref.title	Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
okr.date.disclosure	2022-04-16
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-05-07T12:33:20.283477Z
okr.date.lastmodified	2022-04-16T00:00:00Z	en
okr.doctype	Report
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099255004152219327/P16560308e102b0870a9ce0d5b36392d554
okr.guid	099255004152219327
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	33787195
okr.identifier.report	170502
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okr.pdfurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099255004152219327/pdf/P16560308e102b0870a9ce0d5b36392d554.pdf	en
okr.sector	Water, sanitation and flood protection
okr.topic	Water Resources::Water Use
okr.topic	Water Supply and Sanitation::Wastewater Treatment
okr.topic	Water Supply and Sanitation::Water Treatment & Quality
okr.unit	Water Africa 3 (SAEW2)