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WASH Technical Briefing Notes

Water bladder at the new relocation site at Coraille where Oxfam is providing water, sanitation and public health activities. Jane Beesley/Oxfam

Overview

Oxfam's WASH Technical Briefing Notes document our experience and learning from providing WASH programmes in over 35 countries worldwide.

The Briefing Notes are available to download from the links below.

WASH Technical Briefing Notes

  1. Excreta Disposal for Physically Vulnerable People in Emergencies, 2007
  2. Vulnerability and Socio-Cultural Considerations for PHE in Emergencies, 2006
  3. Water Quality Analysis in Emergency Situations, 2006
  4. Household Water Treatment and Storage, 2008
  5. Spring Protection, 2008
  6. Repairing, Cleaning and Disinfecting Hands Dug Wells, 2008
  7. UD Toilets and Composting Toilets in Emergency Settings Draft version, 2009
  8. Low Cost Drainage for Emergencies, 2008
  9. Septic Tank Guidelines, 2008
  10. Plastic Sheeting: Use and procurement in humanitarian relief, 2008
  11. Responding to Floods and Flooding, 2008
  12. Introduction to contracting out PH engineering works and contract management, 2008
  13. Technical Guidelines on Water Trucking in Drought Emergencies, 2008 Pending
  14. Solar Powered Borehole Pumps, 2008
  15. Domestic and Refugee Camp Waste Management Collection and Disposal, 2008
  16. Composting of Organic Materials and Recycling, 2008
  17. Large Scale Environmental Clean up Campaigns, 2008
  18. Handling and Storage of Hazardous wastes, 2008
  19. The Use of Poo Bags for Safe Excreta Disposal in Emergency Settings, 2010
  20. Introduction to Contracting out PH Engineering Works and Contract Management, 2010
  21. Design, Construction and Maintenance of a Biogas Generator, 2011
  22. Urban WASH Lessons Learned from Post-Earthquake Response in Haiti, 2011
  23. Hand-washing Briefing Paper, 2011 Pending

For more information on our water and sanitation work visit our WASH page.

  • Caroline Angom collecting water from one of twelve water points in Amida displaced camp, Uganda. Credit: Geoff Sayer/Oxfam

    WASH

    Oxfam has WASH programmes in over 35 countries worldwide, and works in rural and urban areas, in camps for refugees and internally-displaced persons, and amongst host communities.

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