Integrated Water Supply, Sanitation & Hygiene

Actively participated in the training course on " Integrated Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene". This was my first orientation training course along team from Water For People. This was five days program, Experts from different parts of India given specialized training program covering the following topics

Water

1. Sector Overview Government Policies & MDGs, 
2. Technological Options - Water Supply, 
3. Water Quality Issues & Guidelines, 
4. Water Quality - Field Kit Practical demonstration,  
5. Rain Water Harvesting,  
6. Institutional setup for O&M and water quality surveillance.  

Sanitation  

1. Feacal oral transmission route, 
2. Technological Options – Sanitation, Debate on Open defecation VS toilet usage, Technological Options - Sanitation (Construction techniques/ decomposition process) 
3. Ecological Sanitation - Basic Concept, Ecological Sanitation - Construction Steps &  Video Film on Ecosan,  Open discussion on sanitation Challenges,  Urine Application for crop production and protocol,  Economical Value of Human Waste &  Ecosan-Dos and Don't, Toilet usage & Maintenance and demand creation, 
4. Liquid and Solid Waste disposal, School Sanitation,  
5. Urban Ecosan - Use toilet and get paid, 
6. Decentralized Wastewater Treatment. 

Hygiene and Disaster Management 

1. Key hygiene messages Hygiene Promotion 
2. Diarrhoea management, 
3. Behaviour Changes - Monitoring & impact assessment, 
4. Challenges in Community Mobilisation for Sustainable Sanitation, 
5. Sphere standards for WES.