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<font size="3">Updated!! Compendium of Sanitation Systems and Technologies, 2nd Edition</font><br>
We now have links in our [[Sustainability Portal]], column 5 (Social Sustainability) for 70 new documents in both French and English. These colorfully  illustrate a variety of handwashing and sanitation methods that include topics such as schools and gender. Great for teaching kids! All links go to the [http://www.pseau.org/outils/biblio/index.php?vue_pgm_o_tout=1&tri1=titre&pgmpseau_id=37&l=fr&langue=en&operateur_titre_contenant=%2B&motclef%5B%5D=129&vuepp=3&autosubmit=1 pseau.org] site where you can search by topic, country, or target audience.
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The entire [[Sanitation Portal]] is now updated with the most current information from the new compendium from [http://www.sandec.ch/index_EN Sandec/EAWAG]. It contains several brand new topics such as Pre-treatment Technologies, Settler, and the Imhoff tank. Plus redefinitions for many sanitation products. Biomass is now included a lot as well. Plus some newer versions of treatment systems that mention biogas and blackwater more frequently than the 1st edition.
 
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* '''70 Sustainable Sanitation Documents from [http://pseau.org Pseau.org] ''': We now have links in our [[Sustainability Portal]], column 5 (Social Sustainability) for 70 new documents in both French and English. These colorfully  illustrate a variety of handwashing and sanitation methods that include topics such as schools and gender. Great for teaching kids! All links go to the [http://www.pseau.org/outils/biblio/index.php?vue_pgm_o_tout=1&tri1=titre&pgmpseau_id=37&l=fr&langue=en&operateur_titre_contenant=%2B&motclef%5B%5D=129&vuepp=3&autosubmit=1 pseau.org] site where you can search by topic, country, or target audience.
 
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* '''NEW Malayalam Page: [[മഴവെള്ള സംഭരണം|<font size="2">മഴവെള്ള സംഭരണം</font>]]''' - We now have a new Indian language translator! He will be helping us in the Water Portal to translate pages into Malayalam, Hindi, and Tamil. We hope this will enable our Indian users to gain much water and sanitation knowledge and find valuable help and resources for their projects. We have started with a translation for our [[Rainwater Harvesting]] page with the alternative language links at the bottom of the page. More to come!
 
* '''NEW Malayalam Page: [[മഴവെള്ള സംഭരണം|<font size="2">മഴവെള്ള സംഭരണം</font>]]''' - We now have a new Indian language translator! He will be helping us in the Water Portal to translate pages into Malayalam, Hindi, and Tamil. We hope this will enable our Indian users to gain much water and sanitation knowledge and find valuable help and resources for their projects. We have started with a translation for our [[Rainwater Harvesting]] page with the alternative language links at the bottom of the page. More to come!
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* '''NEW PORTAL: [[Decision & Assessment Tools|<font size="2">Decision & Assessment Tools</font>]]''' -Introducing a new Akvopedia portal to guide our users through critical water and sanitation choices. The [[Decision & Assessment Tools]] portal has 21 tools, some of which originate from our other portals and some brand new to Akvopedia, consolidated into the new portal for convenience. With so much information on the web coming from the thousands of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) organisations around the world, users need to know how best to navigate the information stream.
 
 
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Revision as of 03:01, 6 November 2014

Welcome, bienvenue and bienvenido to Akvopedia!

Welcome to Akvopedia, the open water and sanitation resource that anyone can edit. We strive to improve water and sanitation projects through knowledge exchange on smart and affordable technical solutions and effective approaches. Akvopedia now contains 2,211 articles primarily in English, including some in French and Spanish. Akvopedia is hosted and managed by Akvo Foundation.

Water Portal

Water Portal
The Water Portal contains information on water collection, pumping and transportation, storage, treatment, and use of water.

Sanitation Portal

Sanitation Portal
The Sanitation Portal contains information on toilets, collection, transportation, treatment, use of products, hygiene, and training materials.

Finance Portal

Finance Portal
The Finance Portal contains information on the costs needed to finance, how to finance these costs, and how to monitor finance.

Sustainability Portal

Sustainability Portal
The Sustainability Portal contains information on numerous sustainability frameworks, tools, and methods, using the F.I.E.T.S approach.

Decision & Assessment Tools - NEW!

Decision & Assessment Tools
Decision & Assessment Tools contain several tools, assessments, or kits that aid in the implementation of water and sanitation projects in an easier way.

What's happening now

Eawag compendium cover.png

Updated!! Compendium of Sanitation Systems and Technologies, 2nd Edition

The entire Sanitation Portal is now updated with the most current information from the new compendium from Sandec/EAWAG. It contains several brand new topics such as Pre-treatment Technologies, Settler, and the Imhoff tank. Plus redefinitions for many sanitation products. Biomass is now included a lot as well. Plus some newer versions of treatment systems that mention biogas and blackwater more frequently than the 1st edition.

More news

Source: www.pseau.org
  • 70 Sustainable Sanitation Documents from Pseau.org : We now have links in our Sustainability Portal, column 5 (Social Sustainability) for 70 new documents in both French and English. These colorfully illustrate a variety of handwashing and sanitation methods that include topics such as schools and gender. Great for teaching kids! All links go to the pseau.org site where you can search by topic, country, or target audience.
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Source: business.rediff.com
  • NEW Malayalam Page: മഴവെള്ള സംഭരണം - We now have a new Indian language translator! He will be helping us in the Water Portal to translate pages into Malayalam, Hindi, and Tamil. We hope this will enable our Indian users to gain much water and sanitation knowledge and find valuable help and resources for their projects. We have started with a translation for our Rainwater Harvesting page with the alternative language links at the bottom of the page. More to come!

Translated pages

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We are proud to announce our new Akvopedia Translations program! We have started our language program with translators for French, Spanish, 3 Indian languages (Hindi, Malayalam, and Tamil), Korean, Chinese, and Japanese, with many more to come. See the upper right of our English page for the different language flags.

Contributing to Akvopedia

Share your news and knowledge on water and sanitation by contributing articles to the Akvopedia. We've used the same conventions as the well-known online resource Wikipedia, so adding and editing articles is quick and easy to learn. This graphical guide will get you started; more detailed information about editing wiki articles is available in the help pages: Help:Contents

Editorial support

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Do you have quality content that you would like to contribute to Akvopedia, but lack the time or resources to upload it? Akvopedia offers free limited editorial services and always appreciates suggestions and links to expand our WASH wiki. Please contact our editor Winona Azure at winonaAt symbol.jpgakvo.org. Thank you for visiting!