Short course/CPD
Health, Sanitation and Wastewater Management
Course date: Please enquire
Course overview
A wholesome water supply and good sanitation are essential for a healthy life. Poor sanitation is a significant cause of diseases from which millions in low-income countries / communities suffer. Promoting hygiene and sanitary excreta / waste management practice / technology should be an important component of proactive public health development. This course explores the links between water, excreta related behaviour, and health and the related technologies that are appropriate in low and middle income communities.
Location
Course fee:
- £1400 - Standard. 20% discount for Cranfield alumni, 10% discount for colleagues of alumni
- £1340 - Professional/trade association discount
- £1280 - Multiple bookings*
*Minimum of five delegates.
Accommodation fee:
Accommodation is not included in the price.
How to register
To request a place on this course, please complete the online Registration Form.
If you have any queries please contact:
Cranfield University
Cranfield
Bedfordshire
MK43 0AL, UK
T: +44 (0) 1234 754176
E: shortcourse@cranfield.ac.uk
F: +44 (0) 1234 751206
Please be aware that short courses/CPD are subject to:
Booking ConditionsAccreditation
Attendance on this course counts towards your individual CPD with CIWEM
Course description
- health: health and hygiene in developing countries; classification of water- and excreta-related disease; risk behaviours in relation to water-and excreta-related disease; health and hygiene impact assessment; hygiene evaluation and promotion
- on-site excreta disposal systems: why they are not used, benefits of their use, pit latrines, VIP latrines, pour-flush latrines, composting latrines, septic tanks, soakage systems, ecological sanitation.
- urban sanitation: conventional and low-cost sewerage, cartage; urban drainage; solid waste management
- wastewater treatment: the need for sewage treatment: environmental pollution, health impacts, economic impacts.
- conventional sewage treatment
- waste stabilisation ponds
- reed beds.
On completion of the course the delegate will be able to:
- Identify the principal transmission routes of water and excreta-related diseases.
- Recognise the disease risks associated with water and excreta-related behaviours.
- Design a basic programme for hygiene evaluation and promotion.
- Select and design a sanitation system for a given situation.
- Evaluate excreta/wastewater management systems and recommend improvements / alternatives.
This short course is also a module associated with a Masters-level programme. For further information please click on the programme title directly above in the Quick navigation box.
