Emergency Water and Sanitation Training Course

Participants can select and size an emergency water-supply system using demand, source and risk data.

• Water-demand calculations using population, service level and non-domestic needs
• Source appraisal for surface water, groundwater, networks and water trucking
• Yield testing, seasonal variability and abstraction constraints at candidate sources
• Treatment-train selection using turbidity, pathogens, chemicals and operational capacity
• Coagulation, sedimentation, filtration and disinfection treatment process functions
• Household water treatment options and safe-storage requirements
• Source-protection measures against contamination, conflict and environmental damage

Participants can design water storage and distribution arrangements that provide equitable, reliable access.

• Storage-capacity calculations from daily demand, refill cycles and contingency stock
• Pipeline sizing principles, gravity systems and pumping operational limits
• Water-point layouts addressing distance, queues, lighting and accessibility
• Tanker supply planning, loading controls and chain-of-custody records
• Tap-stand management, drainage provision and community service arrangements
• Preventive maintenance schedules for pumps, tanks, fittings and generators
• Distribution monitoring through flow records, waiting times and user feedback

Participants can establish water-quality surveillance and corrective actions for routine and outbreak conditions.

• WHO drinking-water quality framework applied to emergency supply systems
• Free residual chlorine testing, target setting and field interpretation
• Turbidity, pH and conductivity measurements using portable test equipment
• Sanitary inspection forms for sources, tanks, pipelines and water points
• Bacteriological sampling plans, transport conditions and result interpretation
• Corrective actions after contamination, treatment failure or distribution breaches
• Cholera preparedness measures for water treatment, storage and household use

Participants can select sanitation systems that safely manage excreta throughout the service chain.

• Sanitation option appraisal using site conditions, density and user preferences
• Containment choices: trench latrines, pit latrines, raised toilets and tanks
• Latrine siting distances from water sources, homes and drainage channels
• Accessible, gender-sensitive and child-friendly toilet design requirements
• Faecal sludge emptying methods, worker safety and equipment selection
• Transport routes, transfer stations, treatment options and final disposal
• Operation and cleaning arrangements with supplies, staffing and feedback

Participants can develop hygiene actions based on behavioural evidence, risk analysis and community priorities.

• Formative assessment of hygiene behaviours, barriers and enabling factors
• Critical handwashing moments linked to faecal-oral transmission pathways
• Community-led hygiene promotion methods and representative participation structures
• Soap, handwashing facilities and water access as behaviour enablers
• Menstrual hygiene management supplies, privacy, disposal and information needs
• Risk communication messages during diarrhoeal disease outbreaks
• Feedback analysis used to adapt facilities, services and communication

Participants can reduce environmental health risks through drainage, waste and vector-control measures.

• Rapid drainage assessment identifying standing water, erosion and flood pathways
• Surface-water drainage design using gradients, outfalls and maintenance access
• Solid-waste characterisation, collection points and safe disposal arrangements
• Healthcare-waste segregation, sharps containment and treatment responsibilities
• Vector breeding-site management linked to drainage and waste controls
• Rodent-control measures combining waste management, proofing and monitoring
• Environmental screening for groundwater, soil, air and habitat impacts

Participants can adapt emergency WASH service models to different settlement types and constraints.

• Camp planning standards for water points, toilets and communal facilities
• Collective-centre assessments for shared plumbing, sanitation and cleaning arrangements
• Urban WASH mapping of landlords, utilities, vendors and informal networks
• Cash and voucher options for household water and hygiene supplies
• Service agreements with utilities, private operators and local authorities
• Protection risk analysis for facility location, access and use
• Design adaptations for older people, persons with disabilities and children

Participants can organise emergency WASH operations with realistic supply, staffing and risk controls.

• Bill of quantities for water treatment, sanitation and hygiene materials
• Procurement specifications for tanks, pumps, pipes, chlorine and latrine components
• Chlorine storage, handling, transport and chemical safety procedures
• Supply-chain planning for fuel, spare parts, consumables and local markets
• Contractor supervision using technical specifications, inspection points and acceptance criteria
• Security and access constraints incorporated into service-continuity plans
• Incident reporting for injuries, contamination events and equipment failures

Participants can prepare a monitored emergency WASH response plan and transition pathway.

• Response objectives linked to assessment findings, risks and affected-population priorities
• Activity sequencing for first 72 hours, first month and stabilisation
• Output, outcome and quality indicators for emergency WASH monitoring
• Disaggregated monitoring data, community feedback and adaptive management decisions
• Budget assumptions, unit costs and prioritisation under funding constraints
• Transition planning for local operation, maintenance and asset handover
• Personal application plan for immediate workplace implementation actions