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Operational and structural diagnosis of sewerage and drainage networks in Cte d’Ivoire, West Africa (05/30/2023)
Ouattara, Z. A.; Kabo-Bah, A. T.; Dongo, K.; Akpoti, Komlavi; Siabi, E. K.; Kablan, M. K. A.; Kangah, K. M. 2023. Operational and structural diagnosis of sewerage and drainage networks in Cte d’Ivoire, West Africa. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 5:1032459. [DOI]
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A review of sewerage and drainage systems typologies with case study in Abidjan, Cte d'Ivoire: failures, policy and management techniques perspectives (05/22/2023)
Ouattara, Z. A.; Kabo-Bah, A. T.; Dongo, K.; Akpoti, Komlavi. 2023. A review of sewerage and drainage systems typologies with case study in Abidjan, Cte d'Ivoire: failures, policy and management techniques perspectives. Cogent Engineering, 10(1):2178125. [DOI]
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Prospects for treated wastewater reuse in agriculture in low- and middle-income countries: systematic analysis and decision-making trees for diverse management approaches (04/21/2023)
Hosney, H.; Tawfik, Mohamed Hassan; Duker, A.; van der Steen, P. 2023. Prospects for treated wastewater reuse in agriculture in low- and middle-income countries: systematic analysis and decision-making trees for diverse management approaches. Environmental Development, 46:100849. (Online first) [DOI]
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Expanding water reuse in the Middle East and North Africa: policy report (04/13/2023)
Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Nassif, Marie Helene; Tawfik, Mohamed; Gebrezgabher, Solomie; Mapedza, Everisto; Lahham, Nisreen; Al-Hamdi, M. 2023. Expanding water reuse in the Middle East and North Africa: policy report. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 18p. [DOI]
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Shifting waters: the challenges of transitioning from freshwater to treated wastewater irrigation in the northern Jordan Valley (03/31/2023)
Tawfik, Mohamed Hassan; Al-Zawaidah, Hadeel; Hoogesteger, J.; Al-Zuapos;bi, Maha; Hellegers, Petra; Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Elmahdi, A. 2023. Shifting waters: the challenges of transitioning from freshwater to treated wastewater irrigation in the northern Jordan Valley. Water, 15(7):1315. (Special issue: Water Contestations: Socio-Technical Entanglements, Politics and Social Mobilisation) [DOI]
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Spatially Explicit Wastewater Generation and Tracking (SEWAGE-TRACK) in the Middle East and North Africa Region (03/18/2023)
Velpuri, Naga Manohar; Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Orabi, Mohamed O. M. 2023. Spatially Explicit Wastewater Generation and Tracking (SEWAGE-TRACK) in the Middle East and North Africa Region. Science of the Total Environment, 875:162421. (Online first) [DOI]
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The contribution of tipping fees to the operation, maintenance, and management of fecal sludge treatment plants: the case of Ghana (11/30/2021)
Tanoh, Rebecca; Nikiema, Josiane; Asiedu, Zipporah; Jayathilake, Nilanthi; Cofie, Olufunke. 2022. The contribution of tipping fees to the operation, maintenance, and management of fecal sludge treatment plants: the case of Ghana. Journal of Environmental Management, 303:114125. [DOI]
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Investment priorities for research and innovation in urban agri-food systems: toward more resilient cities in the Global South (11/15/2022)
Prain, G.; Simon, D.; Halliday, J.; Drechsel, Pay. 2022. Investment priorities for research and innovation in urban agri-food systems: toward more resilient cities in the Global South. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 6:965011. [DOI]
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Water reuse in the Middle East and North Africa: a sourcebook (11/14/2022)
Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Al-Hamdi, M.; AbuZeid, K. 2022. Water reuse in the Middle East and North Africa: a sourcebook. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 292p. [DOI]
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Analytical hierarchy process tool in Google Earth Engine platform: a case study of a tropical landfill site suitability (10/31/2022)
Bhattacharya, S.; Ghosh, Surajit; Bhattacharyya, S. 2022. Analytical hierarchy process tool in Google Earth Engine platform: a case study of a tropical landfill site suitability. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 194(4):276 [DOI]
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Circular bio-economy innovations for resilient refugee and host communities in East Africa (10/03/2022)
Adam-Bradford, A.; Mendum, R.; Njenga, M.; Woldetsadik, D.; Acanakwo, E. F.; Gebrezgabher, Solomie. 2022. Circular bio-economy innovations for resilient refugee and host communities in East Africa. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 12p. (Resource Recovery and Reuse (RRR) in Refugee Settlements in Africa: Project Brief Series 3)
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Analysis of water reuse potential for irrigation in Lebanon (09/02/2022)
Eid-Sabbagh, K.; Roukoz, S.; Nassif, Marie-Helene; Velpuri, Naga; Mateo-Sagasta, Javier. 2022. Analysis of water reuse potential for irrigation in Lebanon. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 145p. (IWMI Research Report 181) [DOI]
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Sanitation biomass recovery and conversion (08/31/2022)
Cookey, P. E.; Cofie, Olufunke; Koottatep, T.; Polprasert, C. 2022. Sanitation biomass recovery and conversion. In Cookey, P. E.; Koottatep, T.; Gibson, W. T.; Polprasert, C. (Eds.). Integrated functional sanitation value chain: the role of the sanitation economy. London, UK: IWA Publishing. pp.125-180. [DOI]
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Food waste minimization and circularity for optimizing urban food system resilience (08/29/2022)
Simon, D.; Fauzi, D.; Drechsel, Pay; Melati, K.; Prain, G.; Jintarith, P.; Cavalleri, S. A. E.; Kangogo, D.; Osborne, M. 2022. Food waste minimization and circularity for optimizing urban food system resilience. Indonesia: Think20 (T20). Task Force 4 - Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture 18p.
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The cost of the food we waste: how to change behaviours? (08/18/2022)
Aheeyar, Mohamed; Drechsel, Pay. 2022. The cost of the food we waste: how to change behaviours? Urban Agriculture Magazine, 38:68.
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Urban waste and agriculture: a win-win for farmers and for the city? (08/18/2022)
Drechsel, Pay. 2022. Urban waste and agriculture: a win-win for farmers and for the city? Urban Agriculture Magazine, 38:65-67.
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Impact of material composition and food waste decomposition on characteristics of fuel briquettes (06/30/2022)
Nikiema, Josiane; Asamoah, Bernice; Egblewogbe, M. N. Y. H.; Akomea-Agyin, J.; Cofie, Olufunke O.; Hughes, A. F.; Gebreyesus, G.; Asiedu, Kerewaa Zipporah; Njenga, M. 2022. Impact of material composition and food waste decomposition on characteristics of fuel briquettes. Resources, Conservation and Recycling Advances, 15:200095. [DOI]
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First biomonitoring of microplastic pollution in the Vaal River using Carp fish (Cyprinus carpio) “as a bio-indicator” (05/17/2022)
Saad, D.; Chauke, P.; Cukrowska, E.; Richards, H.; Nikiema, Josiane; Chimuka, L.; Tutu, H. 2022. First biomonitoring of microplastic pollution in the Vaal River using Carp fish (Cyprinus carpio) “as a bio-indicator”. Science of the Total Environment, 836:155623. [DOI]
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Are fresh water and reclaimed water safe for vegetable irrigation? Empirical evidence from Lebanon (05/11/2022)
Abi Saab, M. T.; Jomaa, I.; El Hage, R.; Skaf, S.; Fahed, S.; Rizk, Z.; Massaad, R.; Romanos, D.; Khairallah, Y.; Azzi, V.; Sleiman, R.; Abi Saad, R.; Hajjar, C.; Sellami, M. H.; Aziz, R.; Sfeir, R.; Nassif, Marie Helene; Mateo-Sagasta, Javier. 2022. Are fresh water and reclaimed water safe for vegetable irrigation? Empirical evidence from Lebanon. Water, 14(9):1437. (Special issue: Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse: Feature Papers) [DOI]
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Food waste to livestock feed: prospects and challenges for swine farming in peri-urban Sri Lanka (04/18/2022)
Jayathilake, Nilanthi; Aheeyar, Mohamed; Drechsel, Pay. 2022. Food waste to livestock feed: prospects and challenges for swine farming in peri-urban Sri Lanka. Circular Economy and Sustainability, 2(4):1301-1315. [DOI]
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Spatiotemporal variation in urban wastewater pollution impacts on river microbiomes and associated hazards in the Akaki Catchment, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (04/11/2022)
Hiruy, A. M.; Mohammed, J.; Haileselassie, M. M.; Acharya, K.; Butte, G.; Haile, Alemseged Tamiru; Walsh, C.; Werner, D. 2022. Spatiotemporal variation in urban wastewater pollution impacts on river microbiomes and associated hazards in the Akaki Catchment, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Science of the Total Environment, 826:153912. [DOI]
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The WHO guidelines for safe wastewater use in agriculture: a review of implementation challenges and possible solutions in the global south (03/15/2022)
Drechsel, Pay; Qadir, M.; Galibourg, D. 2022. The WHO guidelines for safe wastewater use in agriculture: a review of implementation challenges and possible solutions in the global south. Water, 14(6):864. (Special issue: Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse: Feature Papers) [DOI]
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A selection of outstanding water reuse cases in MENA - Section 3: introduction (02/28/2023)
Mateo-Sagasta, Javier. 2022. A selection of outstanding water reuse cases in MENA - Section 3: introduction. In Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Al-Hamdi, M.; AbuZeid, K. (Eds.). Water reuse in the Middle East and North Africa: a sourcebook. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.172-175.
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Toward a more harmonious planning and governance of agricultural water reuse: guidelines, practices and obstacles (02/28/2023)
Nassif, Marie-Helene; Tawfik, Mohamed. 2022. Toward a more harmonious planning and governance of agricultural water reuse: guidelines, practices and obstacles. In Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Al-Hamdi, M.; AbuZeid, K. (Eds.). Water reuse in the Middle East and North Africa: a sourcebook. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.156-171.
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Water quality standards and regulations for agricultural water reuse in MENA: from international guidelines to country practices (02/28/2023)
Nassif, Marie-Helene; Tawfik, Mohamed; Abi Saab, M. T. 2022. Water quality standards and regulations for agricultural water reuse in MENA: from international guidelines to country practices. In Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Al-Hamdi, M.; AbuZeid, K. (Eds.). Water reuse in the Middle East and North Africa: a sourcebook. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.79-105.
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Cost of water reuse projects in MENA and cost recovery mechanisms (02/28/2023)
Gebrezgabher, Solomie; Kodua, T.; Mateo-Sagasta, Javier. 2022. Cost of water reuse projects in MENA and cost recovery mechanisms. In Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Al-Hamdi, M.; AbuZeid, K. (Eds.). Water reuse in the Middle East and North Africa: a sourcebook. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.63-78.
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Water reuse policy and institutional development in MENA: case studies from Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia (02/28/2023)
Tawfik, Mohamed; Nassif, Marie-Helene; Mahjoub, O.; Mahmoud, A. E. D.; Kassab, G.; Alomair, M.; Hoogesteger, J. 2022. Water reuse policy and institutional development in MENA: case studies from Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia. In Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Al-Hamdi, M.; AbuZeid, K. (Eds.). Water reuse in the Middle East and North Africa: a sourcebook. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.43-62.
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Wastewater production, treatment and reuse in MENA: untapped opportunities? (02/28/2023)
Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Velpuri, Naga Manohar; Orabi, Mohamed O. M. 2022. Wastewater production, treatment and reuse in MENA: untapped opportunities? In Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Al-Hamdi, M.; AbuZeid, K. (Eds.). Water reuse in the Middle East and North Africa: a sourcebook. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.15-42.
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Context and drivers of water reuse in MENA (02/28/2023)
Lahham, N.; Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Orabi, Mohamed O. M.; Brouziyne, Youssef. 2022. Context and drivers of water reuse in MENA. In Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Al-Hamdi, M.; AbuZeid, K. (Eds.). Water reuse in the Middle East and North Africa: a sourcebook. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.3-14.
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Evolution, state and prospects for water reuse in MENA - Section 1: introduction (02/28/2023)
Mateo-Sagasta, Javier. 2022. Evolution, state and prospects for water reuse in MENA - Section 1: introduction. In Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Al-Hamdi, M.; AbuZeid, K. (Eds.). Water reuse in the Middle East and North Africa: a sourcebook. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.1-2.
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Pharmaceutical pollution of the world’s rivers (02/28/2022)
Wilkinson, J. L.; Boxall, A. B. A.; Kolpin, D. W.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Lai, R. W. S.; Galban-Malagon, C.; Adell, A. D.; Mondon, J.; Metian, M.; Marchant, R. A.; Bouzas-Monroy, A.; Cuni-Sanchez, A.; Coors, A.; Carriquiriborde, P.; Rojo, M.; Gordon, C.; Cara, M.; Moermond, M.; Luarte, T.; Petrosyan, V.; Perikhanyan, Y.; Mahon, C. S.; McGurk, C. J.; Hofmann, T.; Kormoker, T.; Iniguez, V.; Guzman-Otazo, J.; Tavares, J. L.; De Figueiredo, F. G.; Razzolini, M. T. P.; Dougnon, V.; Gbaguidi, G.; Traore, O.; Blais, J. M.; Kimpe, L. E.; Wong, M.; Wong, D.; Ntchantcho, R.; Pizarro, J.; Ying, G.-G.; Chen, C.-E.; Paez, M.; Martinez-Lara, J.; Otamonga, J.-P.; Pote, J.; Ifo, S. A.; Wilson, P.; Echeverria-Saenz, S.; Udikovic-Kolic, N.; Milakovic, M.; Fatta-Kassinos, D.; Ioannou-Ttofa, L.; Belusova, V.; Vymazal, J.; Cardenas-Bustamante, M.; Kassa, B. A.; Garric, J.; Chaumot, A.; Gibba, P.; Kunchulia, I.; Seidensticker, S.; Lyberatos, G.; Halldorsson, H. P.; Melling, M.; Shashidhar, T.; Lamba, M.; Nastiti,. 2022. Pharmaceutical pollution of the world’s rivers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119(8):e2113947119. [DOI]
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From wastewater to resource (02/27/2022)
Petrik, L. F.; Ngo, H. H.; Varjani, S.; Osseweijer, P.; Xevgenos, D.; van Loosdrecht, M.; Smol, M.; Yang, X.; Mateo-Sagasta, Javier. 2022. From wastewater to resource. One Earth, 5(2):122-125. [DOI]
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Water reuse to free up freshwater for higher-value use and increase climate resilience and water productivity (02/24/2022)
Drechsel, Pay; Qadir, M.; Baumann, J. 2022. Water reuse to free up freshwater for higher-value use and increase climate resilience and water productivity. Irrigation and Drainage, 71(S1):100-109. (Special issue: Achieving Climate Resilience Through Improved Irrigation Water Management from Farm to Basin Scale) [DOI]
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Resource recovery from wastewater and the consumer point of view: social, cultural and economic aspects (02/21/2022)
Drechsel, Pay; Otoo, Miriam; Hanjra, Munir A. 2022. Resource recovery from wastewater and the consumer point of view: social, cultural and economic aspects. In Pikaar, I.; Guest, J.; Ganigue, R.; Jensen, P.; Rabaey, K.; Seviour, T.; Trimmer, J.; van der Kolk, O.; Vaneeckhaute, C.; Verstraete, W. (Eds.). Resource recovery from water: principles and application. London, UK: IWA Publishing. pp.383-414. [DOI]
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Circular bioeconomy business models - recovering food products to reduce agricultural waste: cases from Burkina Faso, India, Kenya and Vietnam (01/31/2023)
Taron, Avinandan; Gebrezgabher, Solomie; Sanfo, S.; Ouedraogo, R.; Salack, S.; Diarra, K.; Ouedraogo, S.; Ojungobi, K.; Muthuswamy, S.; Malviya, T.; Odero, J.; Liem, D. D.; Tripathi, Mansi. 2022. Circular bioeconomy business models - recovering food products to reduce agricultural waste: cases from Burkina Faso, India, Kenya and Vietnam. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Initiative on Nature-Positive Solutions 41p.
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Circular bioeconomy business models - energy recovery from agricultural waste: cases from Kenya and Burkina Faso (01/31/2023)
Gebrezgabher, Solomie; Taron, Avinandan; Odero, J.; Sanfo, S.; Ouedraogo, Ramata; Salack, S.; Diarra, K.; Ouedraogo, S.; Ojungobi, K. 2022. Circular bioeconomy business models - energy recovery from agricultural waste: cases from Kenya and Burkina Faso. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Initiative on Nature-Positive Solutions 37p.
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Investment climate assessment for circular bioeconomy - review of national policies and strategies in Kenya (01/31/2023)
Hagos, Fitsum; Gebrezgabher, Solomie; Taron, Avinandan; Odero, J. 2022. Investment climate assessment for circular bioeconomy - review of national policies and strategies in Kenya. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Initiative on Nature-Positive Solutions 34p.
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Emerging circular bioeconomy business models - consumer products from agricultural waste: cases from Kenya and India (01/31/2023)
Gebrezgabher, Solomie; Odero, J.; Muthuswamy, S.; Malviya, T.; Taron, Avinandan. 2022. Emerging circular bioeconomy business models - consumer products from agricultural waste: cases from Kenya and India. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Initiative on Nature-Positive Solutions 21p.
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A review of the cost and effectiveness of solutions to address plastic pollution (01/31/2022)
Nikiema, Josiane; Asiedu, Zipporah. 2022. A review of the cost and effectiveness of solutions to address plastic pollution. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29(17):24547-24573. [DOI]
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Asirifi, I.; Kaetzl, K.; Werner, S.; Saba, C. K. S.; Abagale, F. K.; Amoah, Philip; Marschner, B. 2021. Pathogen and heavy metal contamination in urban agroecosystems of northern Ghana: influence of biochar application and wastewater irrigation. Journal of Environmental Quality, 50(5):1097-1109. [DOI]
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Supporting enterprises in capturing waste value: lessons learned from the CapVal sanitation project in Ghana (9/15/2021)
Mansour, G.; Darteh, B.; Jabagi, E.; Nikiema, Josiane; Cofie, Olufunke. 2021. Supporting enterprises in capturing waste value: lessons learned from the CapVal sanitation project in Ghana. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 39p. [DOI]
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Safe and sustainable business models for water reuse in aquaculture in developing countries (8/6/2021)
Amoah, Philip; Gebrezgabher, Solomie; Drechsel, Pay. 2021. Safe and sustainable business models for water reuse in aquaculture in developing countries. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 46p. (Resource Recovery and Reuse Series 20) [DOI]
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Tawfik, Mohamed Hassan; Hoogesteger, J.; Elmahdi, Amgad; Hellegers, P. 2021. Unpacking wastewater reuse arrangements through a new framework: insights from the analysis of Egypt. Water International, 46(4):605-625. [DOI]
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Business models for urban food waste prevention, redistribution, recovery and recycling (6/1/2021)
Senanayake, Dehaja; Reitemeier, Maren; Thiel, Felix; Drechsel, Pay. 2021. Business models for urban food waste prevention, redistribution, recovery and recycling. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 85p. (Resource Recovery and Reuse Series 19) [DOI]
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Carrard, N.; Jayathilake, Nilanthi; Willetts, J. 2021. Life-cycle costs of a resource-oriented sanitation system and implications for advancing a circular economy approach to sanitation. Journal of Cleaner Production, 307:127135. [DOI]
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Food and agriculture (4/29/2021)
de Souza, M.; Koo-Oshima, S.; Kahil, T.; Wada, Y.; Qadir, M.; Jewitt, G.; Cudennec, C.; Uhlenbrook, Stefan; Zhang, L. 2021. Food and agriculture. In UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP); UN-Water. The United Nations World Water Development Report 2021: valuing water. Paris, France: UNESCO. pp.67-78.
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Burt, Z.; Prasad, C. S. S.; Drechsel, Pay; Ray, I. 2021. The cultural economy of human waste reuse: perspectives from peri-urban Karnataka, India. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 11(3):386-397. [DOI]
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Sey, S. E.; Agbo, N. W.; Edziyie, R.; Amoah, Philip; Yeboah-Agyepong, M.; Nsiah-Gyambibi, R.; Abbas, S. 2021. Consumer preference, growth and profitability of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) grown in treated and aerated wastewater fed ponds in Kumasi, Ghana. Heliyon, 7(3):E06424. [DOI]
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Special issue on selected papers from 2019 World Water Week (2/26/2021)
Harris, G. D.; Barron, J.; Uhlenbrook, Stefan; Hussein, H.; Choi, G. 2021. Special issue on selected papers from 2019 World Water Week. Water, (Special issue with contributions by IWMI authors)
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Organic waste system assessment: Kaduwela Municipal Council (12/31/2021)
Jayathilake, Nilanthi; Drechsel, Pay; Dominish, E.; Carrard, N. 2021. Organic waste system assessment: Kaduwela Municipal Council. Report prepared by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) as part of Activity 1 within the project “From Urban Waste to Sustainable Value Chains: Linking Sanitation and Agriculture through Innovative Partnerships”. Sydney, Australia: University of Technology Sydney. Institute for Sustainable Futures. 53p.
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Governance analysis for urban-wholesale-to-household’s food waste prevention and reduction in Sri Lanka (12/31/2021)
Aheeyar, Mohamed; Jayathilake, Nilanthi; Bucatariu, C.; Reitemeier, M.; Bandara, A.; Thiel, Felix; Drechsel, Pay. 2021. Governance analysis for urban-wholesale-to-household’s food waste prevention and reduction in Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 42p.
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Urban stakeholder analysis for food waste prevention and reduction in Sri Lanka (12/31/2021)
Aheeyar, Mohamed; Jayathilake, Nilanthi; Bandara, A.; Bucatariu, C.; Reitemeier, M.; Drechsel, Pay. 2021. Urban stakeholder analysis for food waste prevention and reduction in Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 62p.
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Circular economy solutions to close water, energy and food loops in West Africa (12/07/2021)
International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2021. Circular economy solutions to close water, energy and food loops in West Africa. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 4p. (IWMI Water Issue Brief 17) [DOI]
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A guide to scaling Resource Recovery and Reuse (RRR) business innovations in Africa and Asia (11/30/2021)
Danso, G. K.; Drechsel, Pay; Cofie, Olufunke O. 2021. A guide to scaling Resource Recovery and Reuse (RRR) business innovations in Africa and Asia. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 21p.
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Gebrezgabher, Solomie; Taron, Avinandan; Amewu, Sena. 2021. Nutrient recovery for use in agriculture: economic assessment of decentralized compost business model in Nairobi. In Hulsmann, S.; Jampani, Mahesh (Eds.). A nexus approach for sustainable development: integrated resources management in resilient cities and multifunctional land-use systems. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. pp.25-38. [DOI]
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Compost quality and markets are pivotal for sustainability in circular food-nutrient systems: a case study of Sri Lanka (11/28/2021)
Roy, E. D.; Esham, M.; Jayathilake, Nilanthi; Otoo, M.; Koliba, C.; Wijethunga, I. B.; Fein-Cole, M. J. 2021. Compost quality and markets are pivotal for sustainability in circular food-nutrient systems: a case study of Sri Lanka. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 5:748391. [DOI]
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Jayathilake, Nilanthi; Aheeyar, Mohamed; Drechsel, Pay. 2021. Reuse of food waste as animal feed in Sri Lanka. In Malathy, P.; Kajanthy, S.; Rukshani, P.; Sarmatha, P. (Eds.). Proceedings of the Vavuniya University International Research Conference (VUIRC) 2021 on Human Empowerment Through Research Excellence, Virtual Conference, 15 October 2021. Vavuniya, Sri Lanka: University of Vavuniya. pp.51-55.
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Haddaoui, I.; Mateo-Sagasta, Javier. 2021. A review on occurrence of emerging pollutants in waters of the MENA region. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28(48):68090-68110. [DOI]
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Gender dimensions of solid and liquid waste management for reuse in agriculture in Asia and Africa (10/21/2021)
Taron, Avinandan; Drechsel, Pay; Gebrezgabher, Solomie. 2021. Gender dimensions of solid and liquid waste management for reuse in agriculture in Asia and Africa. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 33p. (Resource Recovery and Reuse Series 21) [DOI]
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IWMI Annual report 2020 (10/04/2021)
International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2021. IWMI Annual report 2020. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 62p. [DOI]
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Reitemeier, Maren; Aheeyar, Mohamed; Drechsel, Pay. 2021. Perceptions of food waste reduction in Sri Lanka’s commercial capital, Colombo. Sustainability, 13(2):838. (Special issue: Sustainable Food Waste Management in Foodservice Establishments) [DOI]
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Mitigation technologies and best practices (07/31/2022)
De Falco, F.; Nikiema, Josiane; Wagner, S. 2021. Mitigation technologies and best practices. In Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Policies to reduce microplastics pollution in water: focus on textiles and tyres. Paris, France: OECD Publishing. pp.64-102. [DOI]
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IWMI Annual report 2019 (9/7/2020)
International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2020. IWMI Annual report 2019. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 60p. [DOI]
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Jampani, M.; Liedl, R.; Hulsmann, S.; Sonkamble, S.; Amerasinghe, Priyanie. 2020. Hydrogeochemical and mixing processes controlling groundwater chemistry in a wastewater irrigated agricultural system of India. Chemosphere, 239:124741. [DOI]
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Business models for fecal sludge management in India (9/25/2020)
Rao, Krishna C.; Velidandla, S.; Scott, C. L.; Drechsel, Pay. 2020. Business models for fecal sludge management in India. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 199p. (Resource Recovery and Reuse Series 18: Special Issue) [DOI]
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Solid and liquid waste management and resource recovery in Sri Lanka: a 20 city analysis (9/25/2020)
Jayathilake, Nilanthi; Kumara, I. U.; Fernando, Sudarshana. 2020. Solid and liquid waste management and resource recovery in Sri Lanka: a 20 city analysis. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 83p.
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Acharya, K.; Blackburn, A.; Mohammed, Jemila; Haile, Alemseged Tamiru; Hiruy, A. M.; Werner, D. 2020. Metagenomic water quality monitoring with a portable laboratory. Water Research, 184:116112. [DOI]
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Jampani, Mahesh; Amerasinghe, Priyanie; Liedl, R.; Locher-Krause, K.; Hulsmann, S. 2020. Multi-functionality and land use dynamics in a peri-urban environment influenced by wastewater irrigation. Sustainable Cities and Society, 62:102305. [DOI]
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Introducing co-composting to fecal sludge treatment plants in Benin and Burkina Faso: a logistical and financial assessment (7/20/2020)
Nikiema, Josiane; Tanoh-Nguessan, R.; Abiola, F.; Cofie, Olufunke O. 2020. Introducing co-composting to fecal sludge treatment plants in Benin and Burkina Faso: a logistical and financial assessment. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 50p. (Resource Recovery and Reuse Series 17) [DOI]
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Ebrahim, Girma Y.; Lautze, Jonathan F.; Villholth, Karen G. 2020. Managed aquifer recharge in Africa: taking stock and looking forward. Water, 12(7):1844. (Special issue: Managed Aquifer Recharge for Water Resilience) [DOI]
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Osipov, S.; Yermenbai, A.; Akylbekova, A.; Livinsky, Y.; Anarbekov, Oyture. 2020. The negative impact of anthropogenic factors on the state of groundwater of Kazakhstan. News of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan-Series of Geology and Technical Sciences, 2(440):132-140. [DOI]
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Hanjra, Munir A.; Williams, Timothy O. 2020. Global change and investments in smallholder irrigation for food and nutrition security in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Gomez y Paloma, S.; Riesgo, L.; Louhichi, K. (Eds.). The role of smallholder farms in food and nutrition security. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. pp.99-131. [DOI]
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Kookana, R. S.; Drechsel, Pay; Jamwal, P.; Vanderzalm, J. 2020. Urbanisation and emerging economies: issues and potential solutions for water and food security. Science of the Total Environment, 732:139057. [DOI]
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Lee-Smith, D.; Prain, G.; Cofie, Olufunke; van Veenhuizen, R.; Karanja, N. 2020. Urban and peri-urban farming systems: feeding cities and enhancing resilience. In Dixon, J.; Garrity, D. P.; Boffa, J.-M.; Williams, Timothy Olalekan; Amede, T.; Auricht, C.; Lott, R.; Mburathi, G. (Eds.). Farming systems and food security in Africa: priorities for science and policy under global change. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.504-531. (Earthscan Food and Agriculture Series)
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Faecal sludge management in Africa: socioeconomic aspects and human and environmental health implications (4/28/2021)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2020. Faecal sludge management in Africa: socioeconomic aspects and human and environmental health implications. : Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 64p.
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Climate finance: financial and economic considerations (3/26/2020)
Edberg, S.; Rodriguez, D. J.; Bernardini, F.; Koeppel, S.; Plotnykova, H.; Colombo, C. C.; Gaillard-Picher, D.; Gartner, T.; Amarnath, Giriraj; Hedger, M.; Kjellen, M.; Matthews, J.; Mauroner, A.; Pories, L. 2020. Climate finance: financial and economic considerations. In UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP); UN-Water. The United Nations World Water Development Report 2020: water and climate change. Paris, France: UNESCO. pp.160-171.
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Human health impacts related to water, sanitation and climate change (3/26/2020)
Medlicott, K.; De France, J.; Villalobos-Prats, E.; Gordon, B.; Graczyk, H.; Zandaryaa, S.; Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Hada, R.; Caucci, S.; Smakhtin, V.; Pories, L. 2020. Human health impacts related to water, sanitation and climate change. In UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP); UN-Water. The United Nations World Water Development Report 2020: water and climate change. Paris, France: UNESCO. pp.68-77.
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Water availability, infrastructure and ecosystems (3/26/2020)
Smakhtin, V.; Perera, D.; Qadir, M.; Aureli, A.; Carvalho-Resende, T.; Dhot, N.; Findikakis, A.; Villholth, Karen G.; Gurdak, J. J.; Zandaryaa, S.; Hulsmann, S.; Medlicott, K.; Connor, R.; Timmerman, J. 2020. Water availability, infrastructure and ecosystems. In UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP); UN-Water. The United Nations World Water Development Report 2020: water and climate change. Paris, France: UNESCO. pp.46-57.
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Circular economy (2/17/2021)
Cofie, Olufunke; Nikiema, Josiane. 2020. Circular economy. In African Development Bank (AfDB); United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); GRID-Arendal. Sanitation and wastewater atlas of Africa. Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire: African Development Bank (AfDB); Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); Arendal, Norway: GRID-Arendal. pp.127-145.
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Catalogue of technologies to address the risks of contamination of water bodies with plastics and microplastics (12/17/2020)
Nikiema, Josiane; Asiedu, Zipporah; Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Saad, Dalia; Lamizana, B. 2020. Catalogue of technologies to address the risks of contamination of water bodies with plastics and microplastics. Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 62p.
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Water pollution by plastics and microplastics: a review of technical solutions from source to sea (12/17/2020)
Nikiema, Josiane; Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Asiedu, Zipporah; Saad, Dalia; Lamizana, B. 2020. Water pollution by plastics and microplastics: a review of technical solutions from source to sea. Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 112p.
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Warner, S.; Chapman, D.; Dickens, Chris. 2020. Good ambient water quality. In Filho, W. L.; Azul, A. M.; Brandli, L.; Salvia, A. L.; Wall, T. (Eds.). Clean water and sanitation. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. 11p. (Online first). (Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals) [DOI]
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Catalog of technical options for fecal sludge management in Bangladesh (10/25/2020)
Ulrich, Andreas; Ekasanti, Prawisti; Jayathilake, Nilanthi; Taron, Avinandan. 2020. Catalog of technical options for fecal sludge management in Bangladesh. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 140p.
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Catalog of technical options for solid waste management in Bangladesh (10/25/2020)
Majumder, Ayan; Ulrich, Andreas; Taron, Avinandan. 2020. Catalog of technical options for solid waste management in Bangladesh. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 115p.
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Training manual for fecal sludge-based compost production and application (1/8/2020)
Nikiema, Josiane; Impraim, Robert; Cofie, Olufunke; Nartey, Eric; Jayathilake, Nilanthi; Thiel, Felix; Drechsel, Pay. 2020. Training manual for fecal sludge-based compost production and application. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 63p. (Resource Recovery and Reuse Series 15) [DOI]
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Qadir, M.; Drechsel, Pay; Cisneros, B. J.; Kim, Y.; Pramanik, A.; Mehta, P.; Olaniyan, O. 2020. Global and regional potential of wastewater as a water, nutrient and energy source. Natural Resources Forum, 44(1):40-51. [DOI]
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Guidelines and regulations for fecal sludge management from on-site sanitation facilities (8/20/2019)
Jayathilake, Nilanthi; Drechsel, Pay; Keraita, B.; Fernando, Sudarshana; Hanjra, M. A. 2019. Guidelines and regulations for fecal sludge management from on-site sanitation facilities. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 57p. (Resource Recovery and Reuse Series 14) [DOI]
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Towards a circular economy (7/15/2019)
International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2019. Towards a circular economy. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 4p. (IWMI Success Stories 026) [DOI]
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Pradhan, Surendra K.; Cofie, Olufunke; Nikiema, Josiane; Heinonen-Tanski, H. 2019. Fecal sludge derived products as fertilizer for lettuce cultivation in urban agriculture. Sustainability, 11(24):7101. [DOI]
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Towards a new generation of policies and investments in agricultural water in the Arab region: fertile ground for innovation. Background paper prepared for the high level meeting on agricultural water policies and investments (4/23/2020)
Borgomeo, Edoardo; Santos, N. 2019. Towards a new generation of policies and investments in agricultural water in the Arab region: fertile ground for innovation. Background paper prepared for the high level meeting on agricultural water policies and investments. : Rome, Italy: FAO; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 124p.
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Wang, M.; Tang, T.; Burek, P.; Havlik, P.; Krisztin, T.; Kroeze, C.; Leclere, D.; Strokal, M.; Wada, Y.; Wang, Y.; Langan, Simon. 2019. Increasing nitrogen export to sea: a scenario analysis for the Indus River. Science of the Total Environment, 694:133629. [DOI]
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Gebrezgabher, Solomie; Taron, A.; Amewu, Sena. 2019. Investment climate indicators for waste reuse enterprises in developing countries: application of analytical hierarchy process and goal programming model. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 144: 223-232. [DOI]
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Assessment of the FSM value-chain in Sri Lanka (12/30/2021)
Ulrich, Andreas; Taron, Avinandan; Jayathilake, Nilanthi. 2019. Assessment of the FSM value-chain in Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 123p.
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Mark, Y.-A.; Amoah, Philip; Nelson, A. W.; Muspratt, A.; Aikins, S. 2019. Safety assessment on microbial and heavy metal concentration in clarias gariepinus (African catfish) cultured in treated wastewater pond in Kumasi, Ghana. Environmental Technology, 40(3):302-311. [DOI]
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On-farm practices for the safe use of wastewater in urban and peri-urban horticulture: a training handbook for farmer field schools in Sub-Saharan Africa (11/27/2018)
Drechsel, Pay; Keraita, B. 2019. On-farm practices for the safe use of wastewater in urban and peri-urban horticulture: a training handbook for farmer field schools in Sub-Saharan Africa. Rome, Italy: FAO 57p.
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Global experiences on waste processing with black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens): from technology to business (11/14/2019)
Joly, Gabrielle; Nikiema, Josiane. 2019. Global experiences on waste processing with black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens): from technology to business. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 62p. (Resource Recovery and Reuse Series 16) [DOI]
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Jamwal, P.; Brown, R.; Kookana, R.; Drechsel, Pay; McDonald, R.; Vorosmarty, C. J.; van Vliet, M. T. H.; Bhaduri, A. 2019. The future of urban clean water and sanitation. One Earth, 1(1):10-12. [DOI]
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Sonkamble, S.; Sahya, A.; Jampani, M.; Ahmed, S.; Amerasinghe, Priyanie. 2019. Hydro-geophysical characterization and performance evaluation of natural wetlands in a semi-arid wastewater irrigated landscape. Water Research, 148: 176-187. [DOI]
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Akoto-Danso, E. K.; Mankaapos;abusi, D.; Steiner, C.; Werner, S.; Haering, V.; Lompo, D. J.-P.; Nyarko, G.; Marschner, B.; Drechsel, Pay; Buerkert, A. 2019. Nutrient flows and balances in intensively managed vegetable production of two West African cities. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 182(2):229-243. [DOI]
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McGill, B. M.; Altchenko, Yvan; Hamilton, S. K.; Kenabatho, P. K.; Sylvester, S. R.; Villholth, Karen G. 2019. Complex interactions between climate change, sanitation, and groundwater quality: a case study from Ramotswa, Botswana. Hydrogeology Journal, 27(3):997-1015. [DOI]
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Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Zadeh, S. M.; Unver, O.; De Souza, M.; Turral, H.; Burke, J. 2018. Setting the scene. In Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Zadeh, S. M.; Turral, H. (Eds.). More people, more food, worse water?: a global review of water pollution from agriculture. Rome, Italy: FAO; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). pp.3-13.
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The regional assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services for Asia and the Pacific.Summary for policymakers (8/27/2018)
Karki, M.; Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali; Okayasu, S.; Suzuki, W.; Acosta, L. A.; Alhafedh, Y.; Anticamara, J. A.; Ausseil, A.-G.; Davies, K.; Gasparatos, A.; Gundimeda, H.; Ibrahim, F.-H.; Kohsaka, R.; Kumar, R.; Managi, S.; Ning, W.; Rajvanshi, A.; Rawat, G. S.; Riordan, P.; Sharma, S.; Virk, A.; Wang, C.; Yahara, T.; Yeo-Chang, Y. 2018. The regional assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services for Asia and the Pacific.Summary for policymakers. Bonn, Germany: Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) 44p.
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Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Turral, H. 2018. Policy responses. In Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Zadeh, S. M.; Turral, H. (Eds.). More people, more food, worse water?: a global review of water pollution from agriculture. Rome, Italy: FAO; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). pp.159-178.
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Zandaryaa, S.; Mateo-Sagasta, Javier. 2018. Organic matter, pathogens and emerging pollutants. In Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Zadeh, S. M.; Turral, H. (Eds.). More people, more food, worse water?: a global review of water pollution from agriculture. Rome, Italy: FAO; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). pp.125-138.
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Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Turral, H. 2018. Agricultural pollution sources and pathways. In Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Zadeh, S. M.; Turral, H. (Eds.). More people, more food, worse water?: a global review of water pollution from agriculture. Rome, Italy: FAO; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). pp.41-51.
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Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Turral, H.; Burke, J. 2018. Global drivers of water pollution from agriculture. In Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Zadeh, S. M.; Turral, H. (Eds.). More people, more food, worse water?: a global review of water pollution from agriculture. Rome, Italy: FAO; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). pp.15-38.
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More people, more food, worse water?: a global review of water pollution from agriculture (8/1/2018)
Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Zadeh, S. M.; Turral, H. 2018. More people, more food, worse water?: a global review of water pollution from agriculture. : Rome, Italy: FAO; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 224p.
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IWMI Annual report 2017 (6/8/2018)
International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2018. IWMI Annual report 2017. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 36p. [DOI]
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Xiong, K.; Miphokasap, P.; Jongkroy, P.; Pavelic, Paul. 2018. Investigation the soil aquifer treatment for domestic wastewater treatment, Xaysetha District Vientiane capital, Lao PDR. International Journal of Advances in Science, Engineering and Technology, 6(3):64-67.
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Shah, Tushaar; Ray, C.; Lele, U. 2018. How to clean up the Ganges?. Editorial. Science, 362(6414):503. [DOI]
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Jampani, M.; Huelsmann, S.; Liedl, R.; Sonkamble, S.; Ahmed, S.; Amerasinghe, Priyanie. 2018. Spatio-temporal distribution and chemical characterization of groundwater quality of a wastewater irrigated system: a case study. Science of the Total Environment, 636:1089-1098. [DOI]
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Gebrezgabher, Solomie; Rao, Krishna C. 2018. Bio-ethanol and chemical products from agro and agro-industrial waste - Business Model 9. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.307-313
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Rao, Krishna C.; Gebrezgabher, Solomie. 2018. Recovering energy from waste: an overview of presented business cases and models. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.34-37.
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Di Mario, L.; Rao, Krishna C.; Drechsel, Pay. 2018. Enabling environment and financing - Section V. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.778-815.
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Di Mario, L.; Rao, Krishna C.; Drechsel, Pay. 2018. The enabling environment and finance of resource recovery and reuse. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.778-800.
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Amewu, Sena; Gebrezgabher, Solomie; Drechsel, Pay. 2018. Farmers' innovation capacity as driver of change - Business Model 24. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.760-774.
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Hanjra, Munir A.; Rao, Krishna C.; Danso, G. K.; Amerasinghe, Priyanie; Drechsel, Pay. 2018. Wastewater as a commodity driving change - Business Model 23. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.745-759.
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Drechsel, Pay. 2018. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) as driver of change - Business Model 22. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.733-744.
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Hanjra, Munir A.; Drechsel, Pay. 2018. Cities as their own downstream user (Towards managed aquifer recharge) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.720-732.
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Danso, G. K.; Naidu, D. R.; Drechsel, Pay. 2018. Revival of Amani Doddakere tank (Bangalore, India) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.710-719.
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Drechsel, Pay; Hanjra, Munir A. 2018. Wastewater for agriculture, forestry and aquaculture: an overview of presented business cases and models. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.548-552.
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Drechsel, Pay; Danso, G. K.; Qadir, M. 2018. Growing opportunities for Mexico city to tap into the Tula aquifer (Mexico) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.698-709.
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Drechsel, Pay; Hanjra, Munir A. 2018. Inter-sectoral water exchange - Business Model 20. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.691-697.
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Drechsel, Pay; Danso, G. K.; Hanjra, Munir A. 2018. Flexible wastewater-freshwater swap (Llobregat delta, Spain) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.679-690.
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Danso, G. K.; Hanjra, Munir A.; Drechsel, Pay. 2018. Fixed wastewater-freshwater swap (Mashhad Plain, Iran) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.670-678.
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Felgenhauer, Katharina. 2018. Enabling private sector investment in large scale wastewater treatment - Business Models 19. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.656-669.
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Drechsel, Pay; Danso, G. K.; Hanjra, Munir A. 2018. Viability gap funding (As Samra, Jordan) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.642-655.
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Drechsel, Pay; Hanjra, Munir A. 2018. Leapfrogging the value chain through aquaculture - Business Model 18. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.631-638.
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Amoah, Philip; Muspratt, A.; Drechsel, Pay; Otoo, Miriam. 2018. A public-private partnership linking wastewater treatment and aquaculture (Ghana) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.617-630.
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Drechsel, Pay; Skillicorn, P.; Buijs, J.; Hanjra, Munir A. 2018. Wastewater for the production of fish feed (Bangladesh) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.606-616.
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Drechsel, Pay; Hanjra, Munir A. 2018. Wastewater for greening the desert - Business Models 17. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.595-603.
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Drechsel, Pay; Hanjra, Munir A. 2018. Suburban wastewater treatment designed for reuse and replication (Morocco) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.584-594.
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Drechsel, Pay; Hanjra, Munir A. 2018. Wastewater and biosolids for fruit trees (Tunisia) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.569-583
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Drechsel, Pay; Hanjra, Munir A. 2018. Wastewater for fruit and wood production (Egypt) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.556-568.
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Drechsel, Pay; Hanjra, Munir A. 2018. Wastewater for agriculture, forestry and aquaculture - Section iv. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.548-774.
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Drechsel, Pay; Danso, G. K.; Hanjra, Munir A. 2018. Phosphorus recovery from wastewater at scale - Business Model 16. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.538-546.
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Otoo, Miriam; Dagerskog, L. 2018. Urine and fecal matter collection for reuse (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.527-537.
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Buijs, J.; Drechsel, Pay; Otoo, Miriam. 2018. Outsourcing fecal sludge treatment to the farm - Business Model 15. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.516-526.
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Otoo, Miriam; Hanjra, Munir A. 2018. Compost production for sustainable sanitation service delivery - Business Model 14. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.496-507.
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Otoo, Miriam; Hanjra, Munir A. 2018. Nutrient recovery from own agro-industrial waste - Business Model 13. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.478-486.
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Reynoso-Lobo, J.; Otoo, Miriam; Schoebitz, L.; Strande, L. 2018. Livestock waste for compost production (ProBio/Viohache Mexico) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.468-477.
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Otoo, Miriam; Nageswaran, M.; Hope, L.; Amerasinghe, Priyanie. 2018. Enriched compost production from sugar industry waste (PASIC, India) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.459-467.
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Otoo, Miriam; Karanja, N.; Odero, J.; Hope, L. 2018. Agricultural waste to high quality compost (DuduTech, Kenya) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.450-458.
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Otoo, Miriam; Hanjra, Munir A. 2018. Large-scale composting for revenue generation - Business Model 12. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.434-446.
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Otoo, Miriam; Hope, L. 2018. Socially-driven municipal solid waste composting for profit (Waste Concern, Bangladesh) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.422-433
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Otoo, Miriam; Hope, L.; Kumar, S. N.; Vishwanath, P. S.; Atukorala, I. 2018. Franchising approach to municipal solid waste composting for profit (Terra Firma, India) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.411-421.
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Otoo, Miriam; Kumar, S. N.; Vishwanath, P. S.; Hope, L. 2018. Partnership-driven municipal solid waste composting at scale (KCDC, India) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.400-410.
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Gebrezgabher, Solomie; Kumar, S. N.; Vishwanath, P. S.; Otoo, Miriam. 2018. Municipal solid waste composting with carbon credits for profit (ILamp;FS, Okhla, India) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.391-399.
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Otoo, Miriam; Singh, J.; Hope, L.; Amerasinghe, Priyanie. 2018. Inclusive, public-private partnership-based municipal solid waste composting for profit (A2Z Infrastructure Limited, India) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.381-390
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Otoo, Miriam; Hanjra, Munir A. 2018. Subsidy-free community-based composting - Business Model 11. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.371-380.
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Otoo, Miriam; Karanja, N.; Odero, J.; Hope, L. 2018. Cooperative model for financially sustainable municipal solid waste composting (NAWACOM, Kenya) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.362-370.
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Otoo, Miriam. 2018. Nutrient and organic matter recovery: an overview of presented business cases and models. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.316-320.
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Hanjra, Munir A.; Otoo, Miriam. 2018. Partially subsidized composting at district level - Business Model 10. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.351-361.
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Otoo, Miriam; Rao, Krishna C.; Hope, L.; Atukorala, I. 2018. Fecal sludge and municipal solid waste composting for cost recovery (Balangoda Compost Plant, Sri Lanka) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.341-350.
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Otoo, Miriam; Hope, L.; Rao, Krishna C. 2018. Public-private partnership-based municipal solid waste composting (Greenfield Crops, Sri Lanka) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.333-340.
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Niwagaba, C. B.; Otoo, Miriam; Hope, L. 2018. Municipal solid waste composting for cost recovery (Mbale Compost Plant, Uganda) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.324-332.
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Otoo, Miriam. 2018. Nutrient and organic matter recovery - Section III. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.316-546.
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Watson, P.; Rao, Krishna C. 2018. Bio-ethanol from cassava waste (ETAVEN, Carabobo, Venezuela) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.286-295.
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Gebrezgabher, Solomie; Rao, Krishna C. 2018. Combined heat and power from agro-industrial waste for on-and off-site use - Business Model 8. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.278-283.
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Gebrezgabher, Solomie; Natarajan, H. 2018. Combined heat and power and ethanol from sugar industry waste (SSSSK, Maharashtra, India) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.257-267.
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Odero, J.; Rao, Krishna C.; Karanja, N. 2018. Power from slaughterhouse waste (Nyongara Slaughter House, Dagorretti, Kenya) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.248-256.
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Rao, Krishna C.; Gebrezgabher, Solomie. 2018. Power from municipal solid waste - Business Model 7. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.232-237.
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Rao, Krishna C.; Parthan, B.; Doshi, K. 2018. Power from municipal solid waste at Pune Municipal Corporation (Pune, Maharashtra, India) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.222-231.
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Rao, Krishna C.; Gebrezgabher, Solomie. 2018. Power from agro-waste - Business Model 6. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.215-221.
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Rao, Krishna C.; Natarajan, H.; Doshi, K. 2018. Power from rice husk for rural electrification (Bihar, India) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.203-214.
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Rao, Krishna C.; Parthan, B.; Doshi, K. 2018. Power from agro-waste for the grid (Greenko, Koppal, India) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.193-202.
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Gebrezgabher, Solomie; Rao, Krishna C. 2018. Power from manure - Business Model 5. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.182-192.
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Reynoso-Lobo, J.; Rao, Krishna C.; Schoebitz, L.; Strande, L. 2018. Power from manure and slaughterhouse waste for industry's internal use (SuKarne, Mexico) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.172-181.
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Gebauer, H.; Gebrezgabher, Solomie. 2018. Power from swine manure for industry's internal use (Sadia, Concordia, Brazil) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.162-171.
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Watson, P.; Rao, Krishna C. 2018. Power from manure and agro-waste for rural electrification (Santa Rosillo, Peru) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.152-161.
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Rao, Krishna C.; Gebrezgabher, Solomie. 2018. Biogas from kitchen waste - Business Model 4. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.142-151.
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Doshi, K.; Rao, Krishna C.; Parthan, B. 2018. Biogas from kitchen waste for internal consumption (Wipro Employees Canteen, India) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.133-141.
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Rao, Krishna C.; Gebrezgabher, Solomie. 2018. Biogas from fecal sludge at community level - Business Model 3. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.124-132.
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Gebrezgabher, Solomie; Odero, J.; Karanja, N. 2018. Biogas from fecal sludge at Kibera communities at Nairobi (Umande Trust, Kenya) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.114-123.
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Rao, Krishna C.; Doshi, K. 2018. Biogas from fecal sludge and kitchen waste at prisons - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.93-102.
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Rao, Krishna C.; Gebrezgabher, Solomie. 2018. Briquettes from municipal solid waste - Business Model 2. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.82-92.
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Gebrezgabher, Solomie; Niwagaba, C. B. 2018. Briquettes from agro-waste and municipal solid waste (Eco-Fuel Africa, Uganda) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.72-81.
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Adam-Bradford, A.; Gebrezgabher, Solomie. 2018. Briquettes from municipal solid waste (COOCEN, Kigali, Rwanda) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.61-71.
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Rao, Krishna C.; Gebrezgabher, Solomie. 2018. Briquettes from agro-waste - Business Model 1. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.52-60.
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Drechsel, Pay; Otoo, Miriam; Rao, Krishna C.; Hanjra, Munir A. 2018. Business models for a circular economy: introduction - Section I. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.4-31.
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Rao, Krishna C.; Gebrezgabher, Solomie. 2018. Energy recovery from organic waste - Section II. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.34-313.
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Gebrezgabher, Solomie; Musisi, A. 2018. Briquettes from agro-waste (Kampala Jellitone Suppliers, Uganda) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.41-51.
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Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries (4/12/2018)
Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay. 2018. Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan 816p.
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Otoo, Miriam; Gebrezgabher, Solomie; Drechsel, Pay; Rao, Krishna C.; Fernando, Sudarshana; Pradhan, S. K.; Hanjra, Munir A.; Qadir, M.; Winkler, M. 2018. Defining and analyzing RRR business cases and models. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.17-31.
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Drechsel, Pay; Otoo, Miriam; Rao, Krishna C.; Hanjra, Munir A. 2018. Business models for a circular economy: linking waste management and sanitation with agriculture. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.4-15.
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Hanjra, Munir A.; Lydecker, M.; Drechsel, Pay; Paul, Johannes. 2018. Rural-urban food and nutrient dynamics and nutrient recovery from waste in developing countries. In Zeunert, J.; Waterman. T. (Eds.). Routledge handbook of landscape and food. Routledge: Oxon, UK. pp.344-365.
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Hanjra, Munir A.; Wichelns, D.; Drechsel, Pay. 2018. Investing in water management in rural and urban landscapes to achieve and sustain global food security. In Zeunert, J.; Waterman. T. (Eds.). Routledge handbook of landscape and food. Routledge: Oxon, UK. pp.278-295.
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Pricing reforms for sustainable water use and management in Vietnam (3/28/2018)
Horbulyk, Ted; Price, Joseph P. G. 2018. Pricing reforms for sustainable water use and management in Vietnam. Geneva, Switzerland: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Resources and Markets Branch 81p.
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The regional assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services for Asia and the Pacific (3/1/2019)
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Financing resource recovery and reuse in developing and emerging economies: enabling environment, financing sources and cost recovery (12/4/2018)
Lazurko, Anita; Drechsel, Pay; Hanjra, M. A. 2018. Financing resource recovery and reuse in developing and emerging economies: enabling environment, financing sources and cost recovery. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 39p. (Resource Recovery and Reuse Series 11) [DOI]
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Drechsel, Pay; Karg, H. 2018. Food flows and waste: planning for the dirty side of urban food security. In Cabannes, Y.; Marocchino, C. (Eds.). Integrating Food into Urban Planning. London, UK: UCL Press; Rome, Italy: FAO. pp.154-170.
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Assessing and planning city region food system: Colombo (Sri Lanka) synthesis report (12/14/2021)
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Market adoption and diffusion of fecal sludge-based fertilizer in developing countries: crosscountry analyses (12/13/2018)
Otoo, Miriam; Gebrezgabher, Solomie; Danso, G.; Amewu, Sena; Amirova, Iroda. 2018. Market adoption and diffusion of fecal sludge-based fertilizer in developing countries: crosscountry analyses. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 68p. (Resource Recovery and Reuse Series 12) [DOI]
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Atlas of West African urban food systems: examples from Ghana and Burkina Faso (11/30/2018)
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Woldetsadik, D.; Drechsel, Pay; Keraita, B.; Itanna, F.; Gebrekidan, H. 2018. Farmers’ perceptions on irrigation water contamination, health risks and risk management measures in prominent wastewater-irrigated vegetable farming sites of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Environment Systems and Decisions, 38(1):52-64. [DOI]
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An assessment of the business environment for waste-to-energy enterprises and how it affects women entrepreneurs in Kenya (11/28/2018)
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Meeting the nutrition and water targets of the Sustainable Development Goals: achieving progress through linked interventions (11/16/2018)
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Lebel, L.; Rao, Krishna C. 2018. Combined heat and power from agro-industrial wastewater (TBEC, Bangkok, Thailand) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.268-277.
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Shah, Tushaar; Verma, Shilp; Durga, Neha; Rajan, Abhishek; Goswami, Alankrita; Palrecha, A. 2018. Achieving 'Har Khet Ko Pani': a practical roadmap for PMKSY [Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana]. In Swain, M.; Kalamkar, S. S. (Eds). Water governance in India: issues and concerns. New Delhi, India: Allied Publishers. pp.11-51.
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Andersson, K.; Otoo, Miriam; Nolasco, M. 2018. Innovative sanitation approaches could address multiple development challenges. Water Science and Technology, 77(4):855-858. [DOI]
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The Zambezi River Basin: water and sustainable development (9/19/2017)
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Agriculture (9/18/2017)
Zadeh, S. M.; Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Antoniou, A.; Qadir, M.; Chilton, J.; Carrion-Crespo, C.; de Souza, M.; Zandaryaa, S.; Medlicot, K. 2017. Agriculture. In United Nations World Water Assessment Programme. The United Nations world water development report. Wastewater: the untapped resource. Paris, France: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. pp.69-77.
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Water pollution from agriculture: a global review. Executive summary (8/29/2017)
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Resource recovery from waste for agriculture, landscaping and aquaculture (8/16/2017)
Drechsel, Pay; Otoo, Miriam; Paul, Johannes. 2017. Resource recovery from waste for agriculture, landscaping and aquaculture. Resources, 6(3):12, 19, 26, 30, 31(Special issue with contributions by IWMI authors).
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Danso, G. K.; Otoo, Miriam; Ekere, W.; Ddungu, S.; Madurangi, Ganesha. 2017. Market feasibility of faecal sludge and municipal solid waste-based compost as measured by farmers’ willingness-to-pay for product attributes: evidence from Kampala, Uganda. Resources, 6(2):1-17. [DOI]
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Danso, G. K.; Otoo, Miriam; Duy Linh, N.; Madurangi, Ganesha. 2017. Households’ willingness-to-pay for fish product attributes and implications for market feasibility of wastewater-based aquaculture businesses in Hanoi, Vietnam. Resources, 6(2):1-22. [DOI]
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Thebo, A. L.; Drechsel, Pay; Lambin, E. F.; Nelson, K. L. 2017. A global, spatially-explicit assessment of irrigated croplands influenced by urban wastewater flows. Environmental Research Letters, 12(7):1-13 [DOI]
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Grau, Felix; Drechsel, Nikita; Haering, V.; Trautz, D.; Weerakkody, W. J. S. K.; Drechsel, Pay; Marschner, B.; Dissanayake, D. M. P. S.; Sinnathamby, V. 2017. Impact of fecal sludge and municipal solid waste co-compost on crop growth of Raphanus Sativus L. and Capsicum Anuum L. under stress conditions. Resources, 6(3):1-12. [DOI]
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Miller-Robbie, Leslie; Ramaswami, A.; Amerasinghe, Priyanie. 2017. Wastewater treatment and reuse in urban agriculture: exploring the food, energy, water, and health nexus in Hyderabad, India. Environmental Research Letters, 12(7):075005. (Focus issue: Focus on Urban Food-Energy-Water Systems: Interdisciplinary, Multi-Scalar and Cross-Sectoral Perspectives) [DOI]
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Rao, Krishna C.; Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay; Hanjra, Munir A. 2017. Resource recovery and reuse as an incentive for a more viable sanitation service chain. Water Alternatives, 10(2):493-512.
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Kjellen, M.; Vairavamoorthy, Kalanithy; Donoso, G. 2017. Editorial – Stockholm World Water Week 2016: 'Water for sustainable growth'. Water Alternatives, 10(2):455-458.
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Woldetsadik, D.; Drechsel, Pay; Keraita, B.; Itanna, F.; Gebrekidan, H. 2017. Heavy metal accumulation and health risk assessment in wastewater-irrigated urban vegetable farming sites of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. International Journal of Food Contamination, 4:1-13. [DOI]
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Saad, D.; Byrne, D.; Drechsel, Pay. 2017. Social perspectives on the effective management of wastewater. In Farooq, R.; Ahmad, Z. (Eds.). Physico-chemical wastewater treatment and resource recovery. Rijeka, Croatia: InTech. pp.253-267. [DOI]
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Lwiza, F.; Mugisha, J.; Walekhwa, P. N.; Smith, J.; Balana, Bedru. 2017. Dis-adoption of household biogas technologies in Central Uganda. Energy for Sustainable Development, 37:124-132. [DOI]
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Balasubramanya, Soumya; Evans, E.; Ahmed, R.; Habib, A.; Asad, N. S. M.; Rahman, M.; Hasan, M.; Dey, D.; Camargo-Valero, M.; Rao, Krishna Chaitanya; Fernando, Sudarshana. 2017. Take it away: the need for designing fecal sludge disposal services for single-pit latrines. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 7(1):121-128. [DOI]
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Balasubramanya, Soumya; Evans, B.; Hardy, Richard; Ahmed, R.; Habib, A.; Asad, N. S. M.; Rahman, M.; Hasan, H.; Dey, D.; Fletcher, J.; Camargo-Valero, M. A.; Rao, Krishna Chaitanya; Fernando, Sudarshana. 2017. Towards sustainable sanitation management: Establishing the costs and willingness to pay for emptying and transporting sludge in rural districts with high rates of access to latrines. PLoS One, 12(3):1-20. [DOI]
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Nartey, Eric Gbenatey; Amoah, Philip; Ofosu-Budu, G. K.; Muspratt, A.; Pradhan, Surendra Kumar. 2017. Effects of co-composting of faecal sludge and agricultural wastes on tomato transplant and growth. International Journal of Recycling of Organic Waste in Agriculture, 6(1):23-36. [DOI]
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Wastewater irrigation in Jammu and Kashmir: an exploration (2/16/2018)
Shaheen, F. A. 2017. Wastewater irrigation in Jammu and Kashmir: an exploration. IWMI-Tata Water Policy Research Highlight, 6. 8p.
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Mohammed, M.; Egyir, I. S.; Donkor, A. K.; Amoah, Philip; Nyarko, S.; Boateng, K. K.; Ziwu, C. 2017. Feasibility study for biogas integration into waste treatment plants in Ghana. Egyptian Journal of Petroleum, 26(3):695-703. [DOI]
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Liebe, J.; Mateo-Sagasta, Javier. 2017. Desarrollo de capacidades para un uso mas seguro y productivo de aguas residuales en agricultura en America Latina y el Caribe. In Spanish. In Mateo-Sagasta, Javier (Ed.). Reutilizacion de aguas para agricultura en America Latina y el Caribe: estado, principios y necesidades. Santiago, Chile: FAO. pp.57-65.
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Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Qadir, M.; Drechsel, Pay; Hanjra, M. A. 2017. Aspectos economicos e institucionales en la reutilizacion de aguas y ejemplos en America Latina y el Caribe. In Spanish. In Mateo-Sagasta, Javier (Ed.). Reutilizacion de aguas para agricultura en America Latina y el Caribe: estado, principios y necesidades. Santiago, Chile: FAO. pp.43-55.
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Keraita, B.; Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Qadir, M.; Medlicott, K.; Drechsel, Pay; Lamizana, B. 2017. Mitigacion de riesgos en los sistemas de uso agricola de aguas residuales y ejemplos en America Latina y el Caribe. In Spanish. In Mateo-Sagasta, Javier (Ed.). Reutilizacion de aguas para agricultura en America Latina y el Caribe: estado, principios y necesidades. Santiago, Chile: FAO. pp.29-42.
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Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Gonzalez, G.; Moscoso, J. 2017. Los beneficios de la reutilizacion de aguas y ejemplos en America Latina y el Caribe. In Spanish. In Mateo-Sagasta, Javier (Ed.). Reutilizacion de aguas para agricultura en America Latina y el Caribe: estado, principios y necesidades. Santiago, Chile: FAO. pp.21-27.
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Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Gonzalez, G.; Thebo, A. 2017. Produccion, tratamiento y reutilizacion de aguas residuales municipales en America Latina y el Caribe. In Spanish. In Mateo-Sagasta, Javier (Ed.). Reutilizacion de aguas para agricultura en America Latina y el Caribe: estado, principios y necesidades. Santiago, Chile: FAO. pp.9-20.
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Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Gonzalez, G.; Liebe, J. 2017. Contexto de la reutilizacion de aguas residuales municipales en America Latina y el Caribe. In Spanish. In Mateo-Sagasta, Javier (Ed.). Reutilizacion de aguas para agricultura en America Latina y el Caribe: estado, principios y necesidades. Santiago, Chile: FAO. pp.1-8.
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Reutilizacion de aguas para agricultura en America Latina y el Caribe: estado, principios y necesidades. In Spanish (12/15/2017)
Mateo-Sagasta, Javier. 2017. Reutilizacion de aguas para agricultura en America Latina y el Caribe: estado, principios y necesidades. In Spanish. Santiago, Chile: FAO 133p.
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Gebrezgabher, Solomie; Krishna Rao. 2017. Waste-to-Energy Business Models: Insights from a compendium of business models. Urban Agriculture Magazine, 32:8-10.
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Saldias, C.; Speelman, S.; Drechsel, Pay; Van Huylenbroeck, G. 2017. A livelihood in a risky environment: farmers’ preferences for irrigation with wastewater in Hyderabad, India. Ambio, 46(3):347-360. [DOI]
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Houessionon, P.; Fonta, W. M.; Bossa, A. Y.; Sanfo, S.; Thiombiano, N.; Zahonogo, P.; Yameogo, T. B.; Balana, Bedru. 2017. Economic valuation of ecosystem services from small-scale agricultural management interventions in Burkina Faso: a discrete choice experiment approach. Sustainability, 9(9):1-16. [DOI]
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Sonkamble, S.; Wajihuddin, M.; Ahmed, S.; Jampani, M.; Amerasinghe, Priyanie. 2017. Natural wetlands as energy efficient wastewater treatment systems: a pilot study from Hyderabad, India [Abstract Only]. In Germany. Institute for Technology and Resources Management (ITT). (Ed.). Water Security and Climate Change Conference, Cologne, Germany, 18-21 September 2017. Book of abstracts. Cologne, Germany: Institute for Technology and Resources Management (ITT). pp.91.
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Hanjra, Munir A.; Drechsel, Pay; Masundire, H. M. 2017. Urbanization, water quality and water reuse. In Lautze, Jonathan; Phiri, Z.; Smakhtin, Vladimir; Saruchera, D. (Eds.). 2017. The Zambezi River Basin: water and sustainable development. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.158-174. (Earthscan Series on Major River Basins of the World)
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Woldetsadik, D.; Drechsel, Pay; Keraita, B.; Itanna, F.; Erko, B.; Gebrekidan, H. 2017. Microbiological quality of lettuce (Lactuca sativa) irrigated with wastewater in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and effect of green salads washing methods. International Journal of Food Contamination, 4:1-9. [DOI]
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Woldetsadik, D.; Drechsel, Pay; Marschner, B.; Itanna, F.; Gebrekidan, H. 2017. Effect of biochar derived from faecal matter on yield and nutrient content of lettuce (Lactuca sativa) in two contrasting soils. Environmental Systems Research, 6(1):1-12. [DOI]
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The Volta River Basin: water for food, economic growth and environment (9/29/2016)
Williams, Timothy O.; Mul, Marloes L.; Biney, C. A.; Smakhtin, Vladimir. 2016. The Volta River Basin: water for food, economic growth and environment. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan 281p. (Earthscan Series on Major River Basins of the World)
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Gordon, C.; Mensah, A.; Nikiema, Josiane; Drechsel, Pay. 2016. Water quality and public health. In Williams, Timothy O.; Mul, Marloes L.; Biney, C. A.; Smakhtin, Vladimir (Eds.). The Volta River Basin: water for food, economic growth and environment. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.214-227.
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Van Rooijen, Daniel; Ampomah, B.; Nikiema, Josiane; Coulibaly, Y. N.; Yiougo, L. 2016. Urban and industrial development. In Williams, Timothy O.; Mul, Marloes L.; Biney, C. A.; Smakhtin, Vladimir (Eds.). The Volta River Basin: water for food, economic growth and environment. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.145-160.
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Natarajan, Rajmohan; Prathapar, S. A. 2016. Assessment of geochemical processes in the uncon ned and con ned aquifers in the Eastern Ganges Basin: a geochemical approach. Environmental Earth Sciences, 75:1-14.
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Energy recovery from domestic and agro-waste streams in Uganda: a socioeconomic assessment (8/11/2016)
Gebrezgabher, Solomie; Amewu, Sena; Taron, Avinandan; Otoo, Miriam. 2016. Energy recovery from domestic and agro-waste streams in Uganda: a socioeconomic assessment. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 52p. (Resource Recovery and Reuse Series 09) [DOI]
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IWMI Annual report 2015 (8/11/2016)
International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2016. IWMI Annual report 2015. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 28p. [DOI]
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Mapani, B.; Meck, M.; Makurira, H.; Magole, L.; Mashauri, D.; Mazvimavi, D.; Mul, Marloes. 2016. Water: the conveyor belt for sustainable livelihoods and economic development. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 92:1-2. [DOI]
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Mayer, B. K.; Baker, L. A.; Boyer, T. H.; Drechsel, Pay; Gifford, M.; Hanjra, Munir A. 2016. Total value of phosphorus recovery. Environmental Science amp; Technology, 50(13):6606-6620. [DOI]
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Global gender and environment outlook (7/30/2016)
Seager, J.; Bechtel, J.; Bock, S.; Dankelman, I.; Fordham, M.; Gabizon, S.; Thuy Trang, N.; Perch, L.; Qayum, S.; Roehr, U.; Schoolmeester, T.; Steinbach, R.; Watts, M.; Wendland, C.; Aguilar, L.; Alvarez, I.; Araujo, K.; Basnett, B. S.; Bauer, J.; Bowser, G.; Caterbow, A.; Corendea, C.; Donners, A.; Dutta, S.; Halle, S.; halainen, M.; Ismawati, Y.; Joshi, D.; Kiwala, L.; Kolbeinsdottir, L.; van Koppen, Barbara. 2016. Global gender and environment outlook. Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 233p.
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Har Khet Ko Pani(Water to Every Farm): rethinking Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY) (6/30/2016)
Shah, Tushaar; Verma, S.; Durga, N.; Rajan, A.; Goswami, A.; Palrecha, A. 2016. Har Khet Ko Pani(Water to Every Farm): rethinking Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY). Gujarat, India: IWMI-TATA Water Policy Program 62p.
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Natarajan, Rajmohan; Amarasinghe, Upali A. 2016. Groundwater quality issues and management in Ramganga Sub-Basin. Environmental Earth Sciences, 75(12):1-14. [DOI]
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Testing the implementation potential of resource recovery and reuse business models: from baseline surveys to feasibility studies and business plans (6/28/2016)
Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay; Danso, G.; Gebrezgabher, Solomie; Rao, Krishna; Madurangi, Ganesha. 2016. Testing the implementation potential of resource recovery and reuse business models: from baseline surveys to feasibility studies and business plans. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 59p. (Resource Recovery and Reuse Series 10) [DOI]
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Saldias, C.; Speelman, S.; van Koppen, Barbara; van Huylenbroeck, G. 2016. Institutional arrangements for the use of treated effluent in irrigation, western Cape, South Africa. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 32(2):203-218. [DOI]
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Barlund, I.; da Costa, M. P.; Modak, P.; Mensah, A. M.; Gordon, C.; Babel, M. S.; Dickens, Chris; Jomaa, S.; Ollesch, G.; Swaney, D.; Alcamo, J. 2016. Water pollution in river basins. In United Nations Environment Programme. A snapshot of the world’s water quality: towards a global assessment. Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Programme. pp.49-80.
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Drechsel, Pay; Hanjra, Munir A. 2016. Green opportunities for urban sanitation challenges through energy, water and nutrient recovery. In Dodds, F.; Bartram, J. (Eds.). The water, food, energy and climate nexus: challenges and an agenda for action. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.204-218.
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Woldetsadik, D.; Drechsel, Pay; Keraita, B.; Marschner, B.; Itanna, F.; Gebrekidan, H. 2016. Effects of biochar and alkaline amendments on cadmium immobilization, selected nutrient and cadmium concentrations of lettuce (Lactuca sativa) in two contrasting soils. SpringerPlus, 5:1-16. [DOI]
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Co-composting of solid waste and fecal sludge for nutrient and organic matter recovery (5/13/2016)
Cofie, Olufunke; Nikiema, Josiane; Impraim, Robert; Adamtey, N.; Paul, Johannes; Kone, D. 2016. Co-composting of solid waste and fecal sludge for nutrient and organic matter recovery. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 47p. (Resource Recovery and Reuse Series 03) [DOI]
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Recycling and reuse of treated wastewater in urban India: a proposed advisory and guidance document (4/25/2016)
World Bank. Water and Sanitation Program (WSP); International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2016. Recycling and reuse of treated wastewater in urban India: a proposed advisory and guidance document. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 57p. (Resource Recovery and Reuse Series 08) [DOI]
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Wastewater irrigation in Karnataka: an exploration (3/4/2016)
Gupta, Mahima; Ravindra, V.; Palrecha, A. 2016. Wastewater irrigation in Karnataka: an exploration. IWMI-Tata Water Policy Research Highlight, 4. 8p.
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Opportunities for sustainable municipal solid waste management services in Batticaloa: business strategies for improved resource recovery. [Project report submitted to United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) as a part of the research project on Opportunities for Sustainable Municipal Solid Waste Management Services in Batticaloa: Business Strategies for Improved Rresource Recovery and Reuse] (3/20/2017)
Otoo, Miriam; Fernando, Sudarshana; Jayathilake, Nilanthi; Aheeyar, Mohamed; Madurangi, Ganesha. 2016. Opportunities for sustainable municipal solid waste management services in Batticaloa: business strategies for improved resource recovery. [Project report submitted to United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) as a part of the research project on Opportunities for Sustainable Municipal Solid Waste Management Services in Batticaloa: Business Strategies for Improved Rresource Recovery and Reuse]. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 71p.
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Five years after the Bonn Nexus Conference: implications for irrigation and drainage (3/20/2017)
Bird, Jeremy. 2016. Five years after the Bonn Nexus Conference: implications for irrigation and drainage. Forth Quarter: pp.2-3.
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A review on production, marketing and use of fuel briquettes (2/7/2017)
Asamoah, Bernice; Nikiema, Josiane; Gebrezgabher, Solomie; Odonkor, Elsie; Njenga, M. 2016. A review on production, marketing and use of fuel briquettes. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 51p. (Resource Recovery and Reuse Series 07) [DOI]
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Balasubramanya, Soumya; Evans, B.; Ahmed, R.; Habib, A.; Asad, N. S. M.; Vuong, L.; Rahman, M.; Hasan, M.; Dey, D.; Camargo-Valero, M. 2016. Pump it up: making single-pit emptying safer in rural Bangladesh. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 6(3):456-464. [DOI]
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Hettiarachchi, Lakshika; Fernando, Sudarshana; Gunawardena, S.; Jayathilake, Nilanthi; Paul, Johannes G.; Grau, Felix. 2016. Strength and disintegration characteristics of compost pellets produced from urban waste in Sri Lanka. Paper presented at the Annual Tropical and Subtropical Agricultural and Natural Resource Management (Tropentag) Conference on Food Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development, Vienna, Austria, 18-21 September 2016. 5p.
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City region food system situational analysis, Colombo, Sri Lanka (12/2/2016)
Fernando, Sudarshana; Semasinghe, Christina; Jayathilake, Nilanthi; Wijayamunie, R.; Wickramasinghe, N.; Dissanayake, S. 2016. City region food system situational analysis, Colombo, Sri Lanka. : Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE); Rome, Italy: FAO; Accra, Ghana: Resource Centres on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF) 251p.
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Grau, Felix; Drechsel, Nikita; Trautz, D.; Weerakody, J.; Ranaweera, B. 2016. Fertiliser derived from fecal sludge in Sri Lanka: analysis of plant nutritional value and heavy metal contamination. Paper presented at the Annual Tropical and Subtropical Agricultural and Natural Resource Management (Tropentag) Conference on Food Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development, Vienna, Austria, 18-21 September 2016. 4p.
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Karg, H.; Drechsel, Pay; Akoto-Dans, E. K.; Glaser, R.; Nyarko, G.; Buerkert, A. 2016. Foodsheds and city region food systems in two West African cities. Sustainability, 8(12):1-32. [DOI]
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Watershed moments: a photographic anthology celebrating 30 years of research for a water-secure world (1985–2015 and beyond) (11/8/2016)
International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2016. Watershed moments: a photographic anthology celebrating 30 years of research for a water-secure world (1985–2015 and beyond). Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 96p. [DOI]
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Amoah, Philip; Nartey, E. G.; Schrecongost, A. 2016. Performance evaluation of biofil toilet waste digester technologies in Ghana: the efficacy of effluent treatment options. Environmental Technology, 37(23):3002-3013. [DOI]
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Amoah, Philip; Nartey, E. G.; Schrecongost, A. 2016. Effect of different income housing zones on effluent quality of biofil toilet digesters in Accra, Ghana. Paper presented at the 39th WEDC International Conference: Ensuring Availability amp; Sustainable Management of Water and Sanitation for All, Kumasi, Ghana, 11-15 July 2016. 7p.
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Bellwood-Howard, I.; Amoah, Philip; Zakaria, R.; van Veenhuizen, R. 2016. Experiences from stakeholder dialogues in Tamale, northern Ghana. Urban Agriculture Magazine, 31:33-34.
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The Ganges River Basin: status and challenges in water, environment and livelihoods (11/18/2016)
Bharati, Luna; Sharma, Bharat R.; Smakhtin, Vladimir. 2016. The Ganges River Basin: status and challenges in water, environment and livelihoods. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan 327p. (Earthscan Series on Major River Basins of the World)
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Wastewater irrigation in Maharashtra: an exploration (11/17/2016)
Palrecha, A.; Sakhare, N.; Patkar, S.; Sule, S.; Sebastian, S.; Ramola, M. 2016. Wastewater irrigation in Maharashtra: an exploration. IWMI-Tata Water Policy Research Highlight, 9. 8p.
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Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Tare, V. 2016. Ganga water quality: dirty past, promising future? In Bharati, Luna; Sharma, Bharat R.; Smakhtin, Vladimir (Eds.). The Ganges River Basin: status and challenges in water, environment and livelihoods. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.222-237. (Earthscan Series on Major River Basins of the World)
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Abraham, E. M.; Martin, A.; Cofie, Olufunke. 2016. Perceptions, attitudes and behaviours toward urban surface water quality in Accra, Ghana. Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, 27(5):491-506. [DOI]
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Business models for fecal sludge management (11/1/2016)
Rao, Krishna C.; Kvarnstrom, E.; Di Mario, L.; Drechsel, Pay. 2016. Business models for fecal sludge management. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 80p. (Resource Recovery and Reuse Series 06) [DOI]
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Composting urban organic waste into agricultural inputs: Balangoda, Sri Lanka (10/24/2016)
Gianfelici, F.; Lancon, L.; Bucatariu, C.; Dubbeling, M.; Santini, G.; Fernando, Sudarshana. 2016. Composting urban organic waste into agricultural inputs: Balangoda, Sri Lanka. In Dubbeling, M.; Bucatariu, C.; Santini, G.; Vogt, C.; Eisenbeiss, K. City region food systems and food waste management: linking urban and rural areas for sustainable and resilient development. Eschborn, Germany: Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. pp.172-182.
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Pradhan, Surendra K.; Nikiema, Josiane; Cofie, Olufunke O.; Heinonen-Tanski, H.; Drechsel, Pay. 2016. Fecal sludge-derived pellet fertilizer in maize cultivation. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 6(3):474-481. [DOI]
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Food and non-food private sector engagement in the city region food system rotterdam: with a focus on the supportive role of social housing corporations (1/27/2017)
van der Schans, J. W.; de Graaf, P. 2016. Food and non-food private sector engagement in the city region food system rotterdam: with a focus on the supportive role of social housing corporations. : Wageningen, Netherlands: LEI-Wageningen University and Research Centre; Rotterdam, Netherlands: Paul de Graaf Ontwerp and Onderzoek; Leusden, The Netherlands: RUAF Foundation; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 53p.
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Sinnathamby, V.; Paul, Johannes G.; Dasanayaka, S. W. S. B.; Gunawardena, S. H. P.; Fernando, Sudarshana. 2016. Factors affecting sustainability of municipal solid waste composting projects in Sri Lanka. In University of Moratuwa. Department of Management of Technology. Conference Proceedings of International Conference in Technology Management. Moratuwa, Sri Lanka: University of Moratuwa. Department of Management of Technology. pp.98-103.
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Keraita, B.; Drechsel, Pay. 2016. Agricultural water reuse in low-income settings: health risks and risk management strategies. In Eslamian, S. (Ed.). Urban water reuse handbook. Boca Raton, FL, USA: CRC Press. pp. 505-512.
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Qadir, M.; Drechsel, Pay. 2016. Contaminant management in water reuse systems. In Eslamian, S. (Ed.). Urban water reuse handbook. Boca Raton, FL, USA: CRC Press. pp. 525-532.
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Nhemachena, Charles; Jonas, S.; Karuaihe, S. 2015. Understanding of the current practices, challenges and opportunities of the green economy in Limpopo Province [South Africa]. Journal of Public Administration, 50(1):6-31.
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Saldias, C.; Speelman, S.; Amerasinghe, Priyanie; van Huylenbroeck, G. 2015. Institutional and policy analysis of wastewater (re)use for agriculture: case study Hyderabad, India. Water Science and Technology, 72(2):322-331. [DOI]
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Balana, Bedru B.; Jackson-Blake, L.; Martin-Ortega, J.; Dunn, S. 2015. Integrated cost-effectiveness analysis of agri-environmental measures for water quality. Journal of Environmental Management, 161:163-172. [DOI]
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Paul, Johannes G.; Acosta, V. L.; Lange, U. 2015. Experiences and lessons learnt from supporting waste sector development in the Philippines. Paper presented at the International Conference on Solid Wastes 2015, Hong Kong, China, 19-23 May 2015. 4p.
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Paul, Johannes G.; Boorsma, J. D.; Sarana, G.; Bollos, I. 2015. Designing local policies and economic instruments to enhance waste management in Bayawan city, Philippines. Paper presented at the International Conference on Solid Wastes 2015, Hong Kong, China, 19-23 May 2015. 4p.
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Jampani, Mahesh; Amerasinghe, Priyanie; Pavelic, Paul. 2015. An integrated approach to assess the dynamics of a peri-urban watershed influenced by wastewater irrigation. Journal of Hydrology, 523:427-440. [DOI]
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Kloppmann, W.; Sandhu, C.; Groeschke, M.; Pandian, R. S.; Picot-Colbeau, G.; Fahimuddin, M.; Ahmed, S.; Alazard, M.; Amerasinghe, Priyanie; Bhola, P.; Boisson, A.; Elango, L.; Feistel, U.; Fischer, S.; Ghosh, N. C.; Grischek, T.; Grutzmacher, G.; Hamann, E.; Nair, I. S.; Jampani, Mahesh; Mondal, N. C.; Monninkhoff, B.; Pettenati, M.; Rao, S.; Sarah, S.; Schneider, M.; Sklorz, S.; Thiery, D.; Zabel, A. 2015. Modelling of natural water treatment systems in India: Learning from the Saph Pani case studies. In Wintgens. T.; Nattorp, A.; Elango, L.; Asolekar, S. R. (Eds.). Natural water treatment systems for safe and sustainable water supply in the Indian context: Saph Pani, London, UK: IWA Publishing. pp. 227-250.
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Water security in the Bhadrachalam catchment within the Godavari Basin: emerging issues and potential solutions. Project final report – Annexes (6/11/2015)
Amarasinghe, Upali A.; Kakumanu, Krishna Reddy; Rao, M.; Anand, S.; Mehra, K.; Phillip, A.; Prathapar, S. 2015. Water security in the Bhadrachalam catchment within the Godavari Basin: emerging issues and potential solutions. Project final report – Annexes. Project Final Report Submitted to ITC Limited under the project “Water Security of the Bhadrachalam Catchment”. 110p.
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Water security in the Bhadrachalam catchment within the Godavari Basin: emerging issues and potential solutions. Project final report (6/11/2015)
Amarasinghe, Upali A.; Kakumanu, Krishna Reddy; Rao, M.; Anand, S.; Mehra, K.; Phillip, A.; Prathapar, S. 2015. Water security in the Bhadrachalam catchment within the Godavari Basin: emerging issues and potential solutions. Project final report. Project Final Report Submitted to ITC Limited under the project “Water Security of the Bhadrachalam Catchment”. 38p.
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Starkl, M.; Amerasinghe, Priyanie; Essl, L.; Jampani, Mahesh; Kumar, D.; Asolekar; S. R. 2015. Rapid assessment and SWOT analysis of non-technical aspects of natural wastewater treatment systems. In Wintgens. T.; Nattorp, A.; Elango, L.; Asolekar, S. R. (Eds.). Natural water treatment systems for safe and sustainable water supply in the Indian context: Saph Pani, London, UK: IWA Publishing. pp. 283-300.
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Amerasinghe, Priyanie; Sonkamble, S.; Jampani, Mahesh; Wajihuddin, Md.; Lakshmanan, E.; Starkl, M.; Sarah, S.; Fahimuddin, Md.; Ahmed, S. 2015. Developing integrated management plans for natural treatment systems in urbanised areas: case studies from Hyderabad and Chennai. In Wintgens. T.; Nattorp, A.; Elango, L.; Asolekar, S. R. (Eds.). Natural water treatment systems for safe and sustainable water supply in the Indian context: Saph Pani, London, UK: IWA Publishing. pp. 251-264.
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Amerasinghe, Priyanie; Jampani, Mahesh; Sonkamble, S.; Wajihuddin, Md.; Boisson, A.; Fahimuddin, Md.; Ahmed, S. 2015. Characterization and performance assessment of natural treatment systems in a wastewater irrigated micro-watershed: Musi River case study. In Wintgens. T.; Nattorp, A.; Elango, L.; Asolekar, S. R. (Eds.). Natural water treatment systems for safe and sustainable water supply in the Indian context: Saph Pani, London, UK: IWA Publishing. pp.177-190.
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Hanjra, Munir A.; Drechsel, Pay; Wichelns, D.; Qadir, Manzoor. 2015. Transforming urban wastewater into an economic asset: opportunities and challenges. In Drechsel, Pay; Qadir, Manzoor; Wichelns, D. (Eds.). Wastewater: economic asset in an urbanizing world. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp.271-278.
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Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay; Hanjra, Munir A. 2015. Business models and economic approaches for nutrient recovery from wastewater and fecal sludge. In Drechsel, Pay; Qadir, Manzoor; Wichelns, D. (Eds.). Wastewater: economic asset in an urbanizing world. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp.247-268.
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Gebrezgabher, Solomie; Rao, Krishna; Hanjra, Munir A.; Hernandez-Sancho, F. 2015. Business models and economic approaches for recovering energy from wastewater and fecal sludge. In Drechsel, Pay; Qadir, Manzoor; Wichelns, D. (Eds.). Wastewater: economic asset in an urbanizing world. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp.217-245.
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Rao, Krishna; Hanjra, Munir A.; Drechsel, Pay; Danso, G. 2015. Business models and economic approaches supporting water reuse. In Drechsel, Pay; Qadir, Manzoor; Wichelns, D. (Eds.). Wastewater: economic asset in an urbanizing world. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp.195-216.
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De Keuckelaere, A.; Jacxsens, L.; Amoah, Philip; Medema, G.; McClure, P.; Jaykus, L.-A.; Uyttendaele, M. 2015. Zero risk does not exist: lessons learned from microbial risk assessment related to use of water and safety of fresh produce. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, 14(4):387-410. [DOI]
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Lefore, Nicole. 2015. Strengthening facilitation competencies in development: processes, challenges and lessons of a learning alliance to develop facilitators for local community engagement. Knowledge Management for Development Journal, 11(1):118-135.
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Community water access, availability and management survey in the Tonle Sap Region, Cambodia (5/19/2015)
Joffre, O.; de Silva, Sanjiv. 2015. Community water access, availability and management survey in the Tonle Sap Region, Cambodia. Penang, Malaysia: CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems 32p.
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A review of environmental impact assessment frameworks for livestock production systems (5/14/2015)
Ran, Y.; Lannerstad, M.; Barron, Jennie; Fraval, S.; Paul, B.; Notenbaert, A.; Mugatha, S.; Herrero, M. 2015. A review of environmental impact assessment frameworks for livestock production systems. Stockholm, Sweden: Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) 56p. (SEI Project Report 2015-03)
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Uyttendaele, M.; Jaykus, L.-A.; Amoah, Philip; Chiodini, A.; Cunliffe, D.; Jacxsens, L.; Holvoet, K.; Korsten, L.; Lau, M.; McClure, P.; Medema, G.; Sampers, I.; Jasti, P. R. 2015. Microbial hazards in irrigation water: standards, norms, and testing to manage use of water in fresh produce primary production. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, 14(4):336-356. [DOI]
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Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Environment Management and Planning, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka, 23-24 February 2015 (4/6/2015)
Gunawardena, J.; Muthuwatta, Lal; Fernando, M. J. J.; Rathnayake, S.; Rodrigo, T. M. A. S. K.; Gunawardena, A. 2015. Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Environment Management and Planning, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka, 23-24 February 2015. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Central Environmental Authority (CEA) 55p.
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Otoo, Miriam; Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Madurangi, Ganesha. 2015. Economics of water reuse for industrial, environmental, recreational and potable purposes. In Drechsel, Pay; Qadir, Manzoor; Wichelns, D. (Eds.). Wastewater: economic asset in an urbanizing world. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp.169-192.
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Qadir, Manzoor; Boelee, E.; Amerasinghe, Priyanie; Danso, G. 2015. Costs and benefits of using wastewater for aquifer recharge. In Drechsel, Pay; Qadir, Manzoor; Wichelns, D. (Eds.). Wastewater: economic asset in an urbanizing world. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp.153-167.
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Drechsel, Pay; Danso, G.; Qadir, Manzoor. 2015. Wastewater use in agriculture: challenges in assessing costs and benefits. In Drechsel, Pay; Qadir, Manzoor; Wichelns, D. (Eds.). Wastewater: economic asset in an urbanizing world. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp.139-152.
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Hanjra, Munir A.; Drechsel, Pay; Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Otoo, Miriam; Hernandez-Sancho, F. 2015. Assessing the finance and economics of resource recovery and reuse solutions across scales. In Drechsel, Pay; Qadir, Manzoor; Wichelns, D. (Eds.). Wastewater: economic asset in an urbanizing world. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp.113-136.
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Wichelns, D.; Qadir, Manzoor. 2015. Policy and institutional determinants of wastewater use in agriculture. In Drechsel, Pay; Qadir, Manzoor; Wichelns, D. (Eds.). Wastewater: economic asset in an urbanizing world. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp.93-112.
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Drechsel, Pay; Mahjoub, O.; Keraita, Bernard. 2015. Social and cultural dimensions in wastewater use. In Drechsel, Pay; Qadir, Manzoor; Wichelns, D. (Eds.). Wastewater: economic asset in an urbanizing world. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp.75-92.
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Qadir, Manzoor; Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Jimenez, B.; Siebe, C.; Siemens, J.; Hanjra, Munir A. 2015. Environmental risks and cost-effective risk management in wastewater use systems. In Drechsel, Pay; Qadir, Manzoor; Wichelns, D. (Eds.). Wastewater: economic asset in an urbanizing world. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp.55-72.
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Keraita, Bernard; Medlicott, K.; Drechsel, Pay; Mateo-Sagasta, Javier. 2015. Health risks and cost-effective health risk management in wastewater use systems. In Drechsel, Pay; Qadir, Manzoor; Wichelns, D. (Eds.). Wastewater: economic asset in an urbanizing world. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp.39-54.
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Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Raschid-Sally, Liqa; Thebo, A. 2015. Global wastewater and sludge production, treatment and use. In Drechsel, Pay; Qadir, Manzoor; Wichelns, D. (Eds.). Wastewater: economic asset in an urbanizing world. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp.15-38.
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Wichelns, D.; Drechsel, Pay; Qadir, M. 2015. Wastewater: economic asset in an urbanizing world. In Drechsel, Pay; Qadir, Manzoor; Wichelns, D. (Eds.). Wastewater: economic asset in an urbanizing world. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp.3-14.
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Wastewater: economic asset in an urbanizing world (4/27/2015)
Drechsel, Pay; Qadir, Manzoor; Wichelns, D. 2015. Wastewater: economic asset in an urbanizing world. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer 287p. [DOI]
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Synthesis report on feasibility assessment for the implementation of RRR [resource recovery and reuse] business models proposed for Kampala. Report output of a part of Resource Recovery and Reuse project: from research to implementation (4/20/2017)
Otoo, Miriam; Rao, Krishna; Taron, Avinandan. 2015. Synthesis report on feasibility assessment for the implementation of RRR [resource recovery and reuse] business models proposed for Kampala. Report output of a part of Resource Recovery and Reuse project: from research to implementation. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 73p.
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Otoo, Miriam; Taron, Avinandan; Danso, George; Madurangi, Ganesha; Subrahmanya, M. H. B.; Ramachandran, P.; Balachandra, P.; Sudhira, H. S. 2015. Market assessment of RRR [resource recovery and reuse] business models-Bangalore city report. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 134p.
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Market assessment of RRR [resource recovery and reuse] business models-Kampala city report (3/23/2017)
Otoo, Miriam; Taron, Avinandan; Danso, George; Madurangi, Ganesha; Ekere, W.; Dungu, S. 2015. Market assessment of RRR [resource recovery and reuse] business models-Kampala city report. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 121p.
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Otoo, Miriam; Rao, Krishna; Taron, Avinandan. 2015. Synthesis report on feasibility assessment for the implementation of RRR [resource recovery and reuse] business models proposed for Hanoi. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 81
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Synthesis report on feasibility assessment for the implementation of RRR [resource recovery and reuse] business models proposed for Bangalore (3/23/2017)
Otoo, Miriam; Rao, Krishna; Taron, Avinandan. 2015. Synthesis report on feasibility assessment for the implementation of RRR [resource recovery and reuse] business models proposed for Bangalore. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 73p.
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Otoo, Miriam; Rao, Krishna; Taron, Avinandan. 2015. Synthesis report on feasibility assessment for the implementation of RRR [resource recovery and reuse] business models proposed for Lima. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 73p.
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Gebrezgabher, Solomie A.; Amewu, Sena; Amoah, Philip. 2015. Consumer preference and willingness to pay for fish farmed in treated wastewater in Ghana. Paper presented at the AAEA and WAEA [Agricultural and Applied Economics Association and Western Agricultural Economics Association] Joint Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, 26-28 July 2015. 22p.
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Managing water and fertilizer for sustainable agricultural intensification (2/9/2015)
Drechsel, Pay; Heffer, P.; Magen, H.; Mikkelsen, R.; Wichelns, D. 2015. Managing water and fertilizer for sustainable agricultural intensification. : Paris, France: International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA); Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Georgia, USA: International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI); Horgen, Switzerland: International Potash Institute (IPI) 270p.
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Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Drechsel, Pay. 2015. Water reuse in Africa and the sustainable development goals. Construction Review, 3p.
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Starkl, M.; Brunner, N.; Amerasinghe, Priyanie; Jampani, Mahesh; Kumar, D.; Asolekar, S. R.; Sonkamble, S.; Ahmed, S.; Wajihuddin, M.; Pratyusha, A.; Sarah, S. 2015. Stakeholder views, financing and policy implications for reuse of wastewater for irrigation: a case from Hyderabad, India. Water, 7(1):300-328. [DOI]
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Economic valuation of wastewater: the cost of action and the cost of no action (12/31/2015)
Hernandez-Sancho, F.; Lamizana-Diallo, B.; Mateo-Sagasta, Javier. 2015. Economic valuation of wastewater: the cost of action and the cost of no action. Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 72p.
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Drechsel, Pay; Keraita, B. 2015. Agriculture in the rural-urban continuum: a CGIAR research perspective. Agriculture for Development, 26:14-19.
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Fernando, Sudarshana; Drechsel, Pay; Amirova, I.; Semasinghe, Christina; Jayathilake, Nilanthi. 2015. Turning urban waste into an economic asset for urban and periurban farming in Sri Lanka. In Sismondi, L. (Ed.). Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Agriculture in an Urbanizing Society-Reconnecting agriculture and food chains to societal needs, 14-17 September 2015, Rome, Italy. Pisa, Italy: Lab di Studi Rurali Sismondi. pp.284-285.
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Improving water quality is an opportunity to avert a global crisis (10/23/2015)
Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Drechsel, Pay. 2015. Improving water quality is an opportunity to avert a global crisis. New York, NY, USA: UN. Department of Economic and Social Affairs 3p. (Global Sustainable Development Report Brief (GSDR).)
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Consumer perceptions of fruit and vegetable quality: certification and other options for safeguarding public health in West Africa (10/2/2015)
Keraita, B.; Drechsel, Pay. 2015. Consumer perceptions of fruit and vegetable quality: certification and other options for safeguarding public health in West Africa. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 32p. (IWMI Working Paper 164) [DOI]
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Characteristics of urban and peri-urban agriculture in West Africa: results of an exploratory survey conducted in Tamale (Ghana) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) (10/2/2015)
Bellwood-Howard, I.; Haring, V.; Karg, Hanna; Roessler, R.; Schlesinger, J.; Shakya, M. 2015. Characteristics of urban and peri-urban agriculture in West Africa: results of an exploratory survey conducted in Tamale (Ghana) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso). Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 38p. (IWMI Working Paper 163) [DOI]
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Cities and agriculture: developing resilient urban food systems (10/15/2015)
de Zeeuw, H.; Drechsel, Pay. 2015. Cities and agriculture: developing resilient urban food systems. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan 431p.
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Drechsel, Pay; Keraita, Bernard; Cofie, Olufunke O.; Nikiema, Josiane. 2015. Productive and safe use of urban organic wastes and wastewater in urban food production systems in low-income counties. In de Zeeuw, H.; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Cities and agriculture: developing resilient urban food systems. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.162-191.
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Pradhan, Surendra K.; Torvinen, E.; Siljanen, H. M. P.; Pessi, M.; Heinonen-Tanski, H. 2015. Iron flocculation stimulates biogas production in Microthrix parvicella-spiked wastewater sludge. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 12(9):3039-3046. [DOI]
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Keraita, B.; Mateo-Sagasta Davila, Javier; Drechsel, Pay; Winkler, M.; Medlicott, K. 2015. Risk mitigation for wastewater irrigation systems in low-income countries: opportunities and limitations of the WHO guidelines. In Memon, F. A.; Ward, S. (Eds.). Alternative water supply systems. London, UK: IWA Publishing. pp.367-389.
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Drechsel, Pay; Obuobie, E.; Adam-Bradford, A.; Cofie, Olufunke O. 2014. Governmental and regulatory aspects of irrigated urban vegetable farming in Ghana and options for its institutionalization. In Drechsel, Pay; Keraita, B. (Eds.) Irrigated urban vegetable production in Ghana: characteristics, benefits and risk mitigation. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.199-218.
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Drechsel, Pay; Keraita, B.; Amoah, Philip; Karg, H. 2014. Health risk management for safe vegetable irrigation. In Drechsel, Pay; Keraita, B. (Eds.) Irrigated urban vegetable production in Ghana: characteristics, benefits and risk mitigation. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.180-198.
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Drechsel, Pay; Keraita, B.; Seidu, R.; Abaidoo, R. C. 2014. Human health risks from wastewater-irrigated vegetable farming. In Drechsel, Pay; Keraita, B. (Eds.) Irrigated urban vegetable production in Ghana: characteristics, benefits and risk mitigation. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.104-115
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Keraita, B.; Silverman, A.; Amoah, Philip; Asem-Hiablie, S. 2014. Quality of irrigation water used for urban vegetable production. In Drechsel, Pay; Keraita, B. (Eds.) Irrigated urban vegetable production in Ghana: characteristics, benefits and risk mitigation. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.62-73.
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Irrigated urban vegetable production in Ghana: characteristics, benefits and risk mitigation (9/17/2014)
Drechsel, Pay; Keraita, B. 2014. Irrigated urban vegetable production in Ghana: characteristics, benefits and risk mitigation. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 247p. [DOI]
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Global experiences in water reuse (9/10/2014)
Lautze, Jonathan; Stander, E.; Drechsel, Pay; da Silva, A. K.; Keraita, B. 2014. Global experiences in water reuse. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 31p. (Resource Recovery and Reuse Series 04) [DOI]
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Cofie, Olufunke; Van Rooijen, D.; Nikiema, Josiane. 2014. Challenges and opportunities for recycling excreta for peri-urban agriculture in urbanising countries. In Maheshwari, B.; Purohit, R.; Malano, H.; Singh, V. P.; Amerasinghe, Priyanie. (Eds.). The security of water, food, energy and liveability of cities: challenges and opportunities for peri-urban futures. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp.301-310 (Water Science and Technology Library Volume 71)
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Fernando, Sudarshana; Drechsel, Pay; Jayathilake, Nilanthi; Semasinghe, Cristina. 2014. Performance and potential of the public sector municipal solid waste compost plants in Sri Lanka [Abstract only]. In Marambe, B; Abeyratne, F.; Amarasinghe, U. S.; Silva, G. L. L. P.; Alwis, P. L. A. G.; Chandrasiri, A. D. N.; Rajapaksha, R. M. C. P.; Abeysiriwardena, S.; Wijesundara, D. S. A.; Hewajulige, I. G. N.; Prematilake, K. G.; Niranjan, F. (Eds.). SLCARP International Agricultural Research Symposium, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 11-12 August 2014. Book of Abstracts. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka Council for Agricultural Research Policy (SLCARP). pp.14
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Keraita, Bernard; Amoah, Philip; Drechsel, Pay; Akple, M. 2014. Enhancing adoption of food safety measures in urban vegetable production and marketing systems. In Nono-Womdim, R.; Mendez, D. Gutierrez; Sy Gaye, A. (Eds.). International Symposium on Urban and Peri-Urban Horticulture in the Century of Cities: Lessons, Challenges, Opportunities, Dakar, Senegal, 5-9 December 2010. Vol 1. Leuven, Belgium: International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS). pp.391-399. (ISHS Acta Horticulturae 1021)
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Larbi, T. O.; Cofie, Olufunke; Amoah, Philip; Veenhuizen, R. V. 2014. Strengthening urban producer organizations for innovative vegetable production and marketing in West African cities: experiences from Accra, Chana and Ibadan, Nigeria. In Nono-Womdim, R.; Mendez, D. Gutierrez; Sy Gaye, A. (Eds.). International Symposium on Urban and Peri-Urban Horticulture in the Century of Cities: Lessons, Challenges, Opportunities, Dakar, Senegal, 6 December 2010. Vol 1. Leuven, Belgium: International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS). pp.167-180. (ISHS Acta Horticulturae 1021)
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On-farm treatment options for wastewater, greywater and fecal sludge with special reference to West Africa (4/7/2014)
Keraita, B.; Drechsel, Pay; Klutse, A.; Cofie, Olufunke O. 2014. On-farm treatment options for wastewater, greywater and fecal sludge with special reference to West Africa. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 36p. (Resource Recovery and Reuse Series 01) [DOI]
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Conceptual model of flow and transport for a hard rock aquifer-Musi River microwatershed case study. Saph Pani Deliverable 3.2. [Project report of the Enhancement of Natural Water Systems and Treatment Methods for Safe and Sustainable Water Supply in India (Saph Pani)] (4/23/2015)
Ahmed, S.; Alazard, M.; Amerasinghe, Priyanie; Boisson, A.; Jampani, Mahesh; Pavelic, Paul; Sonkamble, S. 2014. Conceptual model of flow and transport for a hard rock aquifer-Musi River microwatershed case study. Saph Pani Deliverable 3.2. [Project report of the Enhancement of Natural Water Systems and Treatment Methods for Safe and Sustainable Water Supply in India (Saph Pani)]. Vienna, Austria: Center for Environmental Management and Decision Support (CEMDS) 56p.
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Aboah, J.; Gebrezgabher, Solomie; Meuwissen, M. P. M. 2014. Financial feasibility analysis of the fortifer business model in the Cape Coast Metropolis in Ghana. Paper presented at the 14th EAAE [European Association of Agricultural Economists] International Congress on Agri-Food and Rural Innovations for Healthier Societies, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 26-29 August 2014. 6p.
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Bird, Jeremy. 2014. Game changers for irrigated agriculture—do the right incentives exist? Irrigation and Drainage, 63:146-153.
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Review paper on ‘Garden Kits’ in Africa: lessons learned and the potential of improved water management (3/20/2015)
Merrey, D. J.; Langan, Simon. 2014. Review paper on ‘Garden Kits’ in Africa: lessons learned and the potential of improved water management. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 60p. (IWMI Working Paper 162) [DOI]
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Amerasinghe, Priyanie; Ahmad, Waqas; Simmons, R. 2014. Household sewage disposal systems and their impact on groundwater quality in peri-urban Faisalabad, Pakistan [Abstract only]. In Maheshwari, B. L.; Simmons, B.; Thoradeniya, B. Proceedings of the International Conference on Peri-Urban Landscapes: Water, Food and Environmental Security. Penrith, New South Wales, Australia: University of Western Sydney. pp.30.
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Assessments of key small-scale irrigation technologies, agricultural water management options and integrated irrigated fodder in Ethiopia (12/24/2014)
Gebregziabher, Gebrehaweria; Haileslassie, A. 2014. Assessments of key small-scale irrigation technologies, agricultural water management options and integrated irrigated fodder in Ethiopia. Unpublished Discussion Paper prepared by Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small-Scale Irrigation Project for Stakeholder Consultation Workshop. 30p.
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Report on case study assessment and feasibility studies. Saph Pani Deliverable 6. 2. [Project report of the Enhancement of Natural Water Systems and Treatment Methods for Safe and Sustainable Water Supply in India (Saph Pani)] (12/24/2014)
Amerasinghe, Priyanie; Bouzit, M.; Brunner, M.; Essl, L.; Jampani, Mahesh; Kimothi, C.; Lakshmanan, E.; Sidhu, J.; Page, D.; Sandhu, C.; Starkl, M. 2014. Report on case study assessment and feasibility studies. Saph Pani Deliverable 6. 2. [Project report of the Enhancement of Natural Water Systems and Treatment Methods for Safe and Sustainable Water Supply in India (Saph Pani)]. Vienna, Austria: Center for Environmental Management and Decision Support (CEMDS) 194p.
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Report on initial sustainability assessment. Saph Pani Deliverable 6.1. [Project report of the Enhancement of Natural Water Systems and Treatment Methods for Safe and Sustainable Water Supply in India (Saph Pani)] (12/24/2014)
Amerasinghe, Priyanie; Asolekar, S. R.; Essl, L.; Grischek, T.; Gupta, P. K.; Heinze, K; Jampani, Mahesh; Kimothi, C.; Kumar, D.; Lesch, M.; Sandhu, C.; Semwal, M.; Singh, P. D. K.; Starkl, M. 2014. Report on initial sustainability assessment. Saph Pani Deliverable 6.1. [Project report of the Enhancement of Natural Water Systems and Treatment Methods for Safe and Sustainable Water Supply in India (Saph Pani)]. Vienna, Austria: Center for Environmental Management and Decision Support (CEMDS) 109p.
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Fernando, Sudarshana; Drechsel, Pay; Jayathilake, Nilanthi; Semasinghe, Christina. 2014. Solid waste and septage co-composting as a pathway to cost and resource recovery in Sri Lanka. In Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). From toilet to source - Accelerating uptake of sustainable and integrated wastewater management solutions: proceedings of the 1st Specialist Conference on Municipal Water Management and Sanitation in Developing Countries, Bangkok, Thailand, 2-4 December 2014. London, UK: IWA Publishing; Bangkok, Thailand: Asian Institute of Technology. pp.246-252.
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Fernando, Sudarshana; Drechsel, Pay; Manthrithilake, Herath; Jayawardena, Lalith. 2014. Septage management related regulatory and institutional aspects and needs in Sri Lanka. A review. Sabaragamuwa University Journal, 13(1):1-15.
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