Short Course in Water and Sanitation in Urban Humanitarian Context
Universidad Tecnológica del Uruguay – UTEC
This course provides an overview of urban humanitarian context, its complexities; discusses systemic approach to water and sanitation and develop a water and sanitation plan/project for long-term response.
Curriculum
Participants will be able to address the complexities and adopt a water and sanitation system approach in developing a water and sanitation response plan/project (long-term) for an urban humanitarian context.
This will be achieved through:
an overview of crisis in urban humanitarian contexts and the complexities, aided by an urban competency framework
water and sanitation system approach, with a technical focus on infrastructure(s) ‘beyond-households’, i.e. collection/distribution networks, storage, emptying and transport, treatment etc.
a case study to develop a holistic water and sanitation response plan/project in an urban humanitarian context aligned with developmental needs
Urban humanitarian context
Urban humanitarian crisis and complexities – (i) Major humanitarian crises affecting urban areas and six specific types of urban crises and (ii) Four themes/complexities within urban humanitarian context
Urban competency framework
Good practices of response in urban humanitarian context
Water and sanitation system
Water supply system – (i) water source; (ii) water treatment and (iii) water transport and distribution – Sanitation system (waste water) – (i) wastewater collection and (ii) wastewater treatment
Sanitation system (Faecal Sludge) – (i) Faecal Sludge emptying and transport and (ii) Faecal Sludge treatment
Water and sanitation stakeholders in urban humanitarian context
Alternative energy supplies for water and sanitation in urban humanitarian context
Planning for a water and sanitation response (long-term)
Context analysis
Need assessment
Sustainability approach for urban water and sanitation
