Water Supply and Sanitation in Development: Problems and Solutions

Series: Water Supply and Sanitation in Development Series

Duration: 42

Year Published: 1985

Creator: National Film Board of Canada

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Presents in fuller detail the problems and potential solutions introduced in program one, reviewing the numerous enteric pathogens that thrive in unsanitary conditions and showing through animation how they are transmitted. Follows the construction of several low-cost systems designed to control human excreta at its source, and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of each, particularly the highly successful Ventilated Improved Pit latrine. Explains that a safe, adequate water supply is the second crucial component for controlling enteric diseases, again following the construction and maintenance of several successful water retrieval and storage systems including slow-sand-filter ponds and wells with Blair pumps.

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