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