Sanitation
Australia: 30,000kg Fatberg in Sewer
Fatberg weighing 30,000kg is pulled from a sewer in Western Australia. The blockage – thought to be the state’s biggest ever – was discovered at a wastewater facility during routine maintenance. The b...
Argentina: Access to WASH Services
Argentina’s National University of La Plata (UNLP) has published a report that reveals the complex situation of the city’s inhabitants in terms of access to drinking water and sanitation s...
US: No Human Right for Transgender People
US: No human right on water and sanitation for transgender people? Texas House majority signs on to new bill restricting the use of bathrooms in public buildings by transgender people. House Bill 239,...
Sanitation and Water for All
Harnessing Our Collective Potential: 15 Years of Sanitation and Water for All SWA. Water, sanitation and hygiene are key solutions to the world’s toughest challenges. They lead to healthier population...
Ghana’s Loss on Sanitation
Ghana loses US$290 million annually on sanitation. Mr Yaw Attah Arhin, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Technical Specialist at World Vision Ghana, has disclosed that Ghana loses US$290 million ev...
E. Coli Fears at Cape Town Beaches
South Africa: E. Coli Fears Rise at Cape Town Beaches. A woman’s swim at Saunders’ Rocks Beach in Cape Town led to a near-fatal infection from E. coli and streptococcus, sparking urgent ca...
Public Toilets to Stop Dysentery in Portland
Public toilets could help stop the spread of dysentery (yes, dysentery) in Portland. People of a certain age have long associated Oregon with dysentery, an old fashioned name for terrible diarrhea. Th...
South Africa: Toilets Still Unemptied
Ekurhuleni’s unemptied toilets — a health and human rights crisis. Nearly two weeks after the Democratic Alliance in Gauteng lodged a complaint with the South African Human Rights Commission against t...
New WHO Guidance on Wastewater
New guidance from WHO on wastewater and environmental surveillance. The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched new guidance and pathogen-specific summaries for Wastewater and Environmental Surve...
