Clean Water and Sanitation

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxix

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2. A

   1. Adaptive Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Management: Resilient Governance Systems

      • Felix Kwabena Donkor

      Pages 1-12

   2. Adequate and Equitable Sanitation in Sri Lanka: Achievements, Issues, and Challenges

      • Praveena Rajkobal, Handun Athukorala

      Pages 12-24

   3. Advanced Oxidation Processes

      Pages 24-24

   4. Advanced Technologies in Water Treatment

      • Yerkanat Nurmukhambetuly Kanafin, Simon R. Collinson

      Pages 24-35

   5. African Cities

      Pages 35-35

   6. Agricultural Output

      Pages 35-35

   7. Agricultural Produce

      Pages 35-35

   8. Agricultural Production

      Pages 35-35

   9. Approaches to Water Monitoring

      • Deborah V. Chapman, Stuart Warner, Chris Dickens

      Pages 36-46

   10. Aquatic

       Pages 46-46

   11. Aquatic Ecosystems

       Pages 46-46

   12. Aquifer

       Pages 46-46

   13. Awareness Creation

       Pages 46-46

3. B

   1. Blue Water Pond

      Pages 47-47

   2. Build Capacities

      Pages 47-47

4. C

   1. Capacity Building in Water Resource Management in Developing Countries

      • Rama Devi Nandineni, Shanta Pragyan Dash

      Pages 49-61

   2. Capacity-Development

      Pages 61-61

   3. Catchment

      Pages 61-61

   4. Ceramic Water Filter as a Household Water Treatment System

      • Akuemaho Virgile Onésime Akowanou, Martin Pépin Aina

      Pages 61-71

The problems related to the process of industrialisation such as biodiversity depletion, climate change and a worsening of health and living conditions, especially but not only in developing countries, intensify. Therefore, there is an increasing need to search for integrated solutions to make development more sustainable. The United Nations has acknowledged the problem and approved the “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. On 1st January 2016, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the Agenda officially came into force. These goals cover the three dimensions of sustainable development: economic growth, social inclusion and environmental protection.  

The Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals comprehensively addresses the SDGs in an integrated way. It encompasses 17 volumes, each devoted to one of the 17 SDGs. This volume is dedicated to SDG 6 "Ensure availability and sustainable management of water andsanitation for all". Water and sanitation are fundamental to human well-being. Integrated water resources management is essential to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all and to the realization of Sustainable Development.

Concretely, the defined targets are:

• Achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all
• Achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations
• Improve water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous chemicals and materials, halving the proportion of untreated wastewater and substantially increasing recycling and safe reuse globally
• Substantially increase water-use efficiency across all sectors and ensure sustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater to address water scarcity and substantially reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity 
• Implement integrated water resources management at all levels, including through transboundary cooperation as appropriate
• Protect and restore water-related ecosystems, including mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes 
• Expand international cooperation and capacity-building support to developing countries in water- and sanitation-related activities and programmes, including water harvesting, desalination, water efficiency, wastewater treatment, recycling and reuse technologies
• Support and strengthen the participation of local communities in improving Uwater and sanitation management

Editorial Board


Ulisses M. Azeiteiro, Anabela Marisa Azul, Luciana Brandli, Dominique Darmendrail, Despo Fatta–Kassinos, Walter Leal Filho, Susan Hegarty, Amanda Lange Salvia, Albert Llausàs, Paula Duarte Lopes,Javier Marugán, Fernando Morgado, Wilkister Nyaora Moturi, Karel F. Mulder, Alesia Dedaa Ofori, Sandra Ricart

• Sustainability
• Nutrition
• Innovation
• Research
• Integrated Water Resources Management
• Drinking Water
• Water Quality
• Water related Ecosystems
• Water use Efficiency

• European School of Sustainability Science and Research, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany

  Walter Leal Filho

• Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

  Anabela Marisa Azul

• Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University, Passo Fundo, Brazil

  Luciana Brandli

• University of Passo Fundo, Passo Fundo, Brazil

  Amanda Lange Salvia

• Liverpool Business School, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK

  Tony Wall

Walter Leal Filho (BSc, PhD, DSc, DPhil, DEd, DL, DLitt) is a Senior Professor and Head of the Research and Transfer Centre "Sustainable Development and Climate Change Management” at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences in Germany, and Chair of Environment and Technology at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He is the initiator of the Word Sustainable Development Symposia (WSSD-U) series, and chairs the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme. Professor Leal Filho has written, co-written, edited or co-edited more than 400 publications, including books, book chapters and papers in refereed journals.

Anabela Marisa Azul is a Researcher at the Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (CNC) and the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research of the University of Coimbra (UC, Portugal). She holds a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, specializing in Ecology (2002, UC), and pursued her investigation on biology and ecology of fungi to pinpoint the role of mycorrhizal symbiosis for sustainability of Mediterranean forests under different land use scenarios at the Centre for Functional Ecology (CFE-UC), where she became an Associate Researcher (from 2009 to 2014). At CFE-UC, Marisa Azul developed a holistic approach that combined innovation in food production with sustainable development and public scientific awareness to multiple actors. At CNC, from 2014 on, Marisa Azul focuses her investigation on basic research and participatory research dynamics to pinpoint links between metabolism, health/disease, and sustainability. She has broad academic experience as a researcher working in participatory research and interdisciplinary that link biomedical and life/environmental sciences, social sciences, science education, science communication, and artistic forms. Her research interests also lie in bringing together the academy and social/economical players. She has been successful in attracting national and international funding, coordinating projects, and mentoring young researchers on the topics mentioned. She has co-authored over 40 scientific publications and book chapters, co-edited 4 books on Climate Change Management Series and 1 onWorld Sustainability Series published by Springer, co-authored 4 books for children and 2 comics, and co-produced 1 animation.

Luciana Brandli, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the University of Passo Fundo, Brazil, working in the Ph.D. Program in Civil and Environment Engineering. Her current research interests include sustainability in higher education and green campus, management of urban infrastructure and sustainable cities, and the Agenda 2030 for sustainable development. She supervises a number of Master’s and Doctoral students on engineering and environment and sustainability issues and has in excess of 300 publications, including books, book chapters, and papers in refereed journals.



Amanda Lange Salviahas a degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Passo Fundo, Brazil, and graduate studies focused on sustainable cities and universities. Her work focuses on the Sustainable Development Goals, the role of universities towards sustainability and the impacts of climate change. Amanda has experience with international studies assessing aspects related to the 2030 Agenda and sustainability in higher education. She is reviewer of various journals and is also a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. 



Tony Wall (BSc Hons, PGDip, PGCHE, MA, MSc, EdD, MCIPD, NTFHEA) is the curator of Impact Incubators at Liverpool Business School in the UK and Visiting Professor at Stockholm University. He was previously the Founder and Head of the International Centre for Thriving, a global-scale collaboration between business, arts, health, and education to deliver sustainabletransformation for the common good. He is passionate about thriving and has published 200+ works, including articles in quartile 1 journals such as Nature Communications, The International Journal of Human Resource Management and Vocations and Learning, as well as global policy reports for the European Mentoring & Coaching Council in Brussels. Overall, his leadership and international impact in these areas have attracted numerous accolades including the prestigious Advance-HE National Teaching Fellowship and three Santander International Research Excellence Awards.

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