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Guidelines for Assessing the Risk to Groundwater from On–Site Sanitation (ARGOSS)

Guide to assess and reduce the risk of contamination of groundwater supply from on-site sanitation systems and help plan low cost water and sanitation schemes

A G Howard

A R Lawrence

British Geological Survey

Robens Centre for Public and Environmental Health

S Pedley

University of Dhaka

Posted on 05 Dec, 2010 05:37 PM

These "Guidelines for Assessing the Risk to Groundwater from On–Site Sanitation (ARGOSS)" were developed to provide guidance on how to assess and reduce the risk of contamination of groundwater supplies from on–site sanitation systems and are aimed at those responsible for planning low cost water supply and sanitation schemes. The manual developed by the British Geological Survey has been field tested between 1999 and 2003.

How the Karnataka Watershed Development Project helped Goodamma become self reliant

A success story- KAWAD helps Goodamma become self reliant

Posted on 17 Sep, 2009 02:42 PM

The KAWAD project has helped Goodamma save money, secure a reliable supply of food, given her access to affordable loans through her SHG, and a site on which she can construct her own house.

Natural resource management action plan development for Hubli-Dharwad PUI - Final technical report on the Natural Resources Systems Programmes (DFID)

Posted on 22 May, 2009 03:34 PM

This report by the DFID describes the outcomes and the process of implementation of the project that aimed at developing ‘Natural resources management strategies for peri-urban areas, which could benefit the poor and could be developed and promoted’. The project, along with NRSP funded peri-urban interface projects in Kumasi and Kolkata (Calcutta), was designed to address the following aspects of this goal:

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