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Fact Training - Water and Sanitation, Geneva April - 2005
‘meeting basic water and sanitation (WatSan) needs in post-disaster situations is crucial to save lives, control and prevent disease, reduce
psychological stress and restore dignity’
Fact Training - Water & Sanitation, Geneva April 2005
Coordinate & support WatSan Disaster Preparedness & Response (Acute WatSan Challenges)
Provide strategic direction, technical and programming support to long-term WatSan Development (Chronic WatSan Challenges)
Federation WatSan Objectives:
At community, country, regional and international levels
Fact Training - Water & Sanitation, Geneva April, 2005
WatSan Unit in Geneva/Regional & Country WatSan Delegates
Existing NS capacities (NDRT & HR’s)
Existing Regional Capacities (RDRT/RITS & equipment)
FACT – assessment tools - WatSan Team members
WatSan ERU’s & WatSan Delegate Deployments
Standard kits and equipment & minimum standards (SPHERE)
Other players (e.g. ICRC, Oxfam, Unicef, WHO etc.)
Federation WatSan Response Tools & Mechanisms:
For effective Disaster Response – all the above must be considered
Fact Training - Water & Sanitation, Geneva April 2005
Provision of safe, adequate water (drinking/cooking, bathing & laundry) and sanitation/solid waste disposal for the population & key structures (clinics, hospitals, feeding centres, markets, schools etc.)
Vector control (flies, mosquitoes, rats, fleas & lice) Surface water drainage/runoff Medical/hazardous waste disposal & disposal of the dead Health promotion & campaigns/targeting most vulnerable Coordinate with RC/RC, ICRC and other WatSan players Capacity building – NS’s and the Community – Plan reconstruction
Federation WatSan Priorities & Responsibilities, Post-Disaster:
Depending upon the context, Federation may not cover all these responsibilities
Fact Training - Water & Sanitation, Geneva April 2005
Diarrhoea (common, acute, bloody/mucus, cholera, typhoid) Bilharzia, Hepatitis, river blindness Worm infestations, scabies, other skin diseases, trachoma Malaria, Dengue, yellow fever Parasite infestations, bubonic plague, Hemorrhagic fevers Danger of contamination from medical waste Danger of contamination from dead bodies Water stress/civil unrest from lack of adequate & equitable
distribution
Common WatSan Related Diseases/Threats:
Fact Training - Water & Sanitation, Geneva April 2005
Basic WatSan for health structures & RC/RC staff, volunteers & Delegates
Basic WatSan for general population but targeting problem areas or threats
Coordination, planning, procurement/HR’s and
RC/RC volunteer mobilisation
Three Most Common WatSan Priorities:
Existing Water Supplies – Rehabilitation/Extension
Existing Water Supplies – Treatment Plant
Water Sources - Surface
Surface Water Intake
Spring Protection
Ground water – Drilling Rig
Handpump – Shallow well or Borehole
Water tankers
Trucking Bladder Tank
WatSan ERU - Treatment and Supply module
Provide 600,000 ltrs drinking water per day for 40.000 beneficiaries in emergency situations
WatSan ERU - Distribution and Trucking module
Transport and Distribution of drinking water (75.000 ltrs/day) to beneficiaries in remote areas
WatSan ERU - Specialized Water and Sanitation module
Drinking Water (120.000 ltrs per day) and sanitation for
health facilities and smaller populations (up to 15.000)
WatSan ERU - Mass Sanitation module
Basic Sanitation facilities to a population of 40.000 beneficiaries in emergency situations
WatSan ERU‘s - shipping
ERU‘s - Oxfam tanks
ERU‘s - Oxfam tanks
ERU‘s - Bladder tanks
TapStands
Filtration & Treatment
Del Aqua water testing kit
Latrines
Latrines
Vector control
Garbage collection
Standing water
Laundry Point
Hygiene Promotion
Hygiene Promotion
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