===Promotions===
Effective promotions campaigns help to raise the level of awareness of sanitation issues while driving the demand and raising the willingness to pay for services. Please also refer to [http://www.susana.org/en/resources/akvo-sanitation-portal/factsheet-wg-9-b-public-awareness-raising-and-sanitation-marketing#akvopedia:Public%20Awareness%20Raising%20&%20Sanitation%20Marketing SuSanA's WG 9b Factsheet on Public Awareness Raising & Sanitation Marketing].
* [[Practitioner's Tool / Planning and Promotions / Developing Promotional Campaigns | Developing Promotional Campaigns]]* [[Practitioner's Tool / Promotions Plan for San Fernando City's Sewerage and Septage Program|Promotion Plans for San Fernando City's Sewerage and Septage Program]]
=== Starting the Development Process ===
==== Source Characterization ====
Before you can design a wastewater system, you must first accurately determine the characteristics of the wastewater. If you do not, you may undersize it, in which case it will surely fail, or if you oversize it, you will waste money. In order to get an overview of important characterization criteria, have a look at the [[Practitioner's Tool / Planning and Promotions / Source_Characterization|Source Characterization]] section.
To get started, you will need to download the "Source Characterization Tool" by clicking the link below. Follow the 8 steps below along with the tool to help you characterize your source. Within the tool, click the “Info” buttons for more information on a specific topic, or click the “Step” buttons to work your way through the tool. Here are the steps within the tool:
A Site Evaluation Tool guides you through the process of evaluating the setting of your project. Download the tool linked below and follow the steps below for the information you will need as you use the tool.
*Step 1: [[Practitioner's Tool / Step_1:_Site_Plan_Create a Site_Plan|Create a Site Plan]]
*Step 2: [[Practitioner's Tool / Step_2:_Soil_Depth|Soil Depth]]
*Step 3: [[Practitioner's Tool / Step_3:_Soil_Texture_and_Structure|Soil Texture and Structure]]
