Fact Training - Water and Sanitation, Geneva April - 2005

1. Fact Training - Water and Sanitation, Geneva April - 2005 ‘meeting basic water and sanitation (WatSan) needs in post-disaster situations is crucial to save lives, control and prevent disease, reduce psychological stress and restore dignity’

2. Fact Training - Water & Sanitation, Geneva April 2005 • Coordinate & support WatSan Disaster Preparedness & Response (Acute WatSan Challenges) • Provide strategic direction, technical and programming support to long-term WatSan Development (Chronic WatSan Challenges) Federation WatSan Objectives: At community, country, regional and international levels

3. Fact Training - Water & Sanitation, Geneva April, 2005 Federation WatSan Response Tools & Mechanisms: • WatSan Unit in Geneva/Regional & Country WatSan Delegates • Existing NS capacities (NDRT & HR’s) • Existing Regional Capacities (RDRT/RITS & equipment) • FACT – assessment tools - WatSan Team members • WatSan ERU’s & WatSan Delegate Deployments • Standard kits and equipment & minimum standards (SPHERE) • Other players (e.g. ICRC, Oxfam, Unicef, WHO etc.) For effective Disaster Response – all the above must be considered

4. Fact Training - Water & Sanitation, Geneva April 2005 Federation WatSan Priorities & Responsibilities, Post-Disaster: • Provision of safe, adequate water (drinking/cooking, bathing & laundry) and sanitation/solid waste disposal for the population & key structures (clinics, hospitals, feeding centres, markets, schools etc.) • Vector control (flies, mosquitoes, rats, fleas & lice) • Surface water drainage/runoff • Medical/hazardous waste disposal & disposal of the dead • Health promotion & campaigns/targeting most vulnerable • Coordinate with RC/RC, ICRC and other WatSan players • Capacity building – NS’s and the Community – Plan reconstruction Depending upon the context, Federation may not cover all these responsibilities

5. Fact Training - Water & Sanitation, Geneva April 2005 Common WatSan Related Diseases/Threats: • Diarrhoea (common, acute, bloody/mucus, cholera, typhoid) • Bilharzia, Hepatitis, river blindness • Worm infestations, scabies, other skin diseases, trachoma • Malaria, Dengue, yellow fever • Parasite infestations, bubonic plague, Hemorrhagic fevers • Danger of contamination from medical waste • Danger of contamination from dead bodies • Water stress/civil unrest from lack of adequate & equitable distribution

6. Fact Training - Water & Sanitation, Geneva April 2005 Basic WatSan for health structures & RC/RC staff, volunteers & Delegates Basic WatSan for general population but targeting problem areas or threats Coordination, planning, procurement/HR’s and RC/RC volunteer mobilisation Three Most Common WatSan Priorities:

7. Existing Water Supplies – Rehabilitation/Extension

8. Existing Water Supplies – Treatment Plant

9. Water Sources - Surface

10. Surface Water Intake

11. Spring Protection

12. Ground water – Drilling Rig

13. Handpump – Shallow well or Borehole

14. Water tankers

15. Trucking Bladder Tank

16. WatSan ERU - Treatment and Supply module • Provide 600,000 ltrs drinking water per day for 40.000 beneficiaries in emergency situations

17. WatSan ERU - Distribution and Trucking module • Transport and Distribution of drinking water (75.000 ltrs/day) to beneficiaries in remote areas

18. WatSan ERU - Specialized Water and Sanitation module • Drinking Water (120.000 ltrs per day) and sanitation for health facilities and smaller populations (up to 15.000)

19. WatSan ERU - Mass Sanitation module • Basic Sanitation facilities to a population of 40.000 beneficiaries in emergency situations

20. WatSan ERU‘s - shipping

21. ERU‘s - Oxfam tanks

22. ERU‘s - Oxfam tanks

23. ERU‘s - Bladder tanks

24. TapStands

25. Filtration & Treatment

26. Del Aqua water testing kit

27. Latrines

28. Latrines

29. Vector control

30. Garbage collection

31. Standing water

32. Laundry Point

33. Hygiene Promotion

34. Hygiene Promotion