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[[Image:landscape wash.png|thumb|none|1000px900px|This landscape gives insight in the various factors at play between the environment and WASH interventions. An assessment of these factors will help you guide your WASH interventions to achieve environmental sustainability at a catchment level.]]
<font size="3" color="#999">Read some valuable, practical recommendations on catchment-based approaches to Water Resource Management: [http://www.uwasnet.org/Elgg/file/download/6722 Recommendations for Practitioners by Practitioners on Catchment-Based Approaches to Water Resources Management (CB WRM)]</font> 
'''TIPS & TRICKS FOR INCORPORATING ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN YOUR WASH PROJECT:'''
# Remain flexible to change directions within your WASH project planning. This way, you can make sure your solutions will still work if the world around you changes.
<br>===Approaches to Make Wash WASH Environmentally Sustainable=== 
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|<font size="3">Ecosystem Restoration</font>
* Recharging water involves the application of techniques for restoring groundwater levels through letting rainwater penetrate back into the ground.
* Retaining water involves storing rainwater to ensure that the water does not flow away, but is captured in the area and made available when needed.
* Re-using rainwater involves using and re-using reusing water for multiple purposes.
Learn more about 3R in the online booklet [http://www.bebuffered.com/ Be Buffered].<br>
Check out [http://www.nineyrainfoundation.org/showcasetools/rain/rainwater-harvestis-gain.html Rain is Gain], the rainwater harvesting guide for sustainable water supply, and find an overview of different 3R techniques.<br>
Also have a look at the [http://akvopedia.org/wiki/Rainwater%20Harvesting Rainwater Harvesting Wiki].
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* It provides a practical tool to look more in-depth at the actual needs of the people. This way, it helps local governments and their technical staff to go beyond the simple importation of Northern waste management models, systems and technologies.
Learn more about the [http://www.nineyrainfoundation.org/showcase/raintools/downloads/tools_ISWMconcept.pdf Integrated Solid Waste Management model] of Dutch WASH Alliance partner [http://www.waste.nl/ WASTE].
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* Protection of springs and wells from pollution from their immediate surroundings. You can think of protecting their surroundings from normal runoff and during floods; keeping animal husbandry and latrines at a distance of drinking water; or launching waste management initiatives.
The [http://www.watercompass.info/dst/sanitation/ WaterCompass] can help you further with making informed decisions on low cost, low maintenance and environmental friendly water methods for your project. It comprises more than 70 sustainable technologies.
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===Acknowledgements===
* RAIN. [http://www.rainfoundation.org/tools/wash.html WASH and the Environment]. October 2014.
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