This training introduces low cost sanitation using instruction and hands-on experience. Participants will gain a clear understanding of the issues and best practices included in sanitation and will work with concrete and construct basic latrine components and hand washing stations.

By the end of this training participants will be able to: 

• Demonstrate how to construct a latrine slab
• Describe excreta management options
• Calculate pit sizes for latrines and wastewater disposal facilities
• Describe best solid waste management practices
• Describe best wastewater disposal practices
• Describe sanitation promotion methods
  

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This training covers the foundation of rainwater harvesting and management. Using the concepts of rainwater management, and implementing key components of rainwater harvesting, professionals and trades practitioners will be able to design, create and manage quality systems in a sustainable and environmentally ethical manner.

By the end of this training the participants will be able to:

• Identify the components of a rainwater harvesting system
• Calculate the amount of potential water collection from a surface
• Calculate the amount of water needed to supply a household
• Assemble and install a rainwater collection system
  

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This training provides a detailed understanding of the principles and practice of borehole design and maintenance, including design, drilling, geophysical investigation, test pumping, and long-term maintenance. The focus is on water supply boreholes, although many of the techniques apply equally to other types of boreholes used for investigation, monitoring or water quality sampling.

The objective of this training is to broaden the participant’s knowledge of the technical information necessary to construct a shallow well that will meet technical specifications and supply sufficient good quality water for many years to come.

The repair of damaged handpumps is often an effective intervention in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) interventions. In order to enable WASH professionals to consider the rehabilitation of hand pumps within their work, a sound knowledge of different hand pump models is needed.