Mobile notes
This collection of illustrated mobile notes on aspects of water, sanitation and hygiene in low- and middle-income countries has been designed for people on the move. Composed especially for smartphones and tablets, they can be read online or downloaded free of charge. The list below links to each item in the collection and is updated periodically as new notes are added to the collection. From each note, click on a home icon to return to the list.
- Apron slabs for water points (28)
- Arsenic in drinking water (1)
- Bacteriological testing of water (6)
- Building with the community (48)
- Captap handwashing device (3)
- Chlorination: an introduction (7)
- Chlorination: The Modified Horrocks’ Method (16)
- Disasters and emergencies (13)
- Disaster response (14)
- Disaster response: The Sphere Project (15)
- Domestic water containers (46)
- Economic development indicators (54)
- JMP (Joint Monitoring Programme) (8)
- Faecal-oral diseases: preventing transmission (18)
- Handwashing with soap (47)
- How to make concrete (56)
- Hygiene promotion (30)
- Latrines:introduction (19)
- Latrines:pit excavation and linings (20)
- Latrines:simple pit latrines (21)
- Latrines:pour-flush latrines (22)
- Latrines:VIP latrines (23)
- Latrines: superstructures (24)
- Latrines:for special circumstances (25)
- Latrines: emptying pit latrines (27)
- Latrines: raisedand elevated (59)
- Latrine slabs:design (9)
- Latrine slabs:construction materials (10)
- Latrine slabs: structural considerations (11)
- Latrine slabs: checklists (12)
- Measuring chemical concentrations in water (17)
- Measuring the turbidity of water supplies (50)
- Membrane filtration (51)
- Menstruation hygiene management for schoolgirls (29)
- On-plot sanitation in urban areas (62)
- Re-use of wastewater (61)
- Sanitary surveying (52)
- Septic tank and aqua privy design (26)
- Three-pot water treatment system (57)
- Visual impact assessment (2)
- Water – quality or quantity (60)
- Water safety plans (53)
- Water containers for handwashing (58)
- Water sampling (49)
- Water source selection (5)
- WELL Guiding Principles (4)
WHO Technical Notes on Drinking-water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Emergencies
- Cleaning and rehablitating hand-dug wells (31)
- Cleaning and rehabilitating boreholes (32)
- Cleaning and disinfecting water storage tanks and tankers (33)
- Rehabilitating small-scale piped water distribution systems (34)
- Emergency treatment of drinking-water at the point of use (35)
- Rehabilitating water treatment works after an emergency (36)
- Solid waste management in emergencies (37)
- Disposal of dead bodies in emergency conditions (38)
- How much water is needed in emergencies (39)
- Hygiene promotion in emergencies (40)
- Measuring chlorine levels in water supplies (41)
- Delivering safe water by tanker (42)
- Planning for excreta disposal in emergencies (43)
- Technical options for excreta disposal in emergencies (44)
- Cleaning wells after seawater flooding (45)