Akvopedia structure

The following shows the current thinking how we want to structure the Akvopedia.

Water (Focus)

Water Collection
- Rainwater harvesting
  - Rooftop
  - Rooftop storage tank
  - Runoff / contour systems
- Fog water harvesting
  - Nets
  - Trees
- Surface water harvesting
  - Dams
  - Water intake
  - Tyrolean weir
  - Planting pits
  - Closed micro-catchment
  - Semi-circular bunds
  - Infiltration improvement
- Groundwater abstraction
  - Pumps
    - Treadle pump
    - Rope / elephant pump
    - PVC / deep well pump
    - Fuel efficient motor pump
    - Motorized deep well pump
    - Horse and wind powered pumps
    - Hand pumps
  - Wells
    - Dug wells in rock
    - Dug wells in coarse material
    - Dug wells in fine material
    - Bamboo screens
    - Tube wells
  - Drilling techniques
    - Baptist / Emas drilling
    - Rota sludge well drilling
    - Stone hammer well drilling
- Springwater
  - Artesian depression spring
  - Small capacity fissure spring
  - Large capacity fissure spring
  - Artesian contact spring
  - Gravity spring
  - Gravity overflow spring
  - Tapping from a fractured rock aquifer
Storage and artificial recharge
- Groundwater
  - Sub surface dam
  - Percolation
  - Vetiver contours
  - Differentiated water, moisture and soil conservation
  - Contour trenching
  - Teras
  - Tube recharge of groundwater
- Tanks and reservoirs
  - Storage tanks for rooftop harvesting
    - Underground tanks
    - Wire cement tanks
    - Plastic lined tanks
  - Elevated service reservoir
  - Small service reservoir
Treatment
- Ceramic filters
- Sodis
- Biosand filters
- Planted soil filter
- Safe Water Systems
Use of water
- Irrigation
  - Lay hose
  - Flat hose
  - Spray head
  - Pepsi drip
  - Nica drip
  - Spate irrigation
- Drinking water
- Sanitation
- Domestic water
- Ponds
  - Pond farming
  - Finger ponds
Distribution
- Water transportation
  - Pipe lines
  - Tankers
- Water provision
  - Standpipes
  - Communal taps ‘Cistem’
  - Elevated service reservoir
Water management
Water and environment → (a link)

Sanitation (Focus)

Sanitation
- Toilets
  - Arborloo
  - Dry toilets
  - Dry Urine diversion toilets
  - Pour flush-toilets
  - Waterless urinals
- Collection pits
  - Fossa Alterna
  - Oil drums and containers
  - Vault and chambers
  - Aqua Privy
- Transportation
  - Cartage system
  - MAPET / Vacutug system
  - Settled sewerage
- Treatment
  - Co-composting
  - Dehydratation
  - Planted soil filter
  - Anaerobic digestion
- Use of products
  - Compost as soil conditioner
  - Human urine as fertilizer
  - Biogas as source of energy

Organisations portal (Focus)

NGO's
- Networks
- International NGO's
- National NGO's
- Local NGO's
Governments
- Central governments
- Local governments
Commercial companies
- Suppliers
- Engineers
- Consultants
Banks
- Development banks
- Commercial banks
Knowledge & research
- Knowledge centers
- Universities

Approaches portal (Focus)

Self help approach
- Site considerations
- Appropriate technology
- Tools
- Safety and health
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Site management
- Maintenance
- Cost estimation
- Program management
- Funding
Community approach
- Site considerations
- Recruitment & Mobilization
- Wages & contracts
- Appropriate technology
- Tools
- Safety and health
- Supervision
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Site management
- Maintenance
- Cost estimation
- Program management
- Policies and law
- Training
- Funding
Project management
Sector wide approach (SWAP)
- Program management
- Contact facilitation

Water and environment portal

Waterbody restoration
Water pollution
Groundwater management
Water quality

Geographic portal

With connection to Google Earth / Google Maps

Continents
- Countries
  - Regions

Thematic areas portal

Self supply
Cost-effective boreholes
Sustainable water supplies
Handpump technology
Water and sanitation sector performance measurement
Impact

Guidelines portal

Project implementation
Contract management
Borehole siting and supervision
Technology
- Water
- Sanitation
Community mobilisation and sensitization
Participatory Hygien and Sanitation Transformation (PHAST)

Technology and tools portal

Computer
- Software
- Hardware
Appropriate technology
Field tools
- Well drills
- Link to → Water and sanitation technology

Training portal

Educational material
How to organize training
Self help groups
Women groups
Watershed management

Personal Stories

Water and sanitation users
Community-based organizations
Local government staff
Volunteers
Entrepreneurs
Companies
Others

Academic papers portal

Include links to WEDC conference papers and encourage people to post abstracts with links.