Fact Training - Water and Sanitation, Geneva April ‘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 beneficiaries in emergency situations

WatSan ERU - Distribution and Trucking module  Transport and Distribution of drinking water ( ltrs/day) to beneficiaries in remote areas

WatSan ERU - Specialized Water and Sanitation module  Drinking Water ( ltrs per day) and sanitation for health facilities and smaller populations (up to )

WatSan ERU - Mass Sanitation module  Basic Sanitation facilities to a population of beneficiaries in emergency situations

WatSan ERU‘s - shipping

ERU‘s - Oxfam tanks

ERU‘s - Bladder tanks

TapStands

Filtration & Treatment

Del Aqua water testing kit

Latrines

Vector control

Garbage collection

Standing water

Laundry Point

Hygiene Promotion