1st Edition
Sanitation in Unsewered Urban Poor Areas Technology Selection, Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment and Grey Water Treatment
1. General introduction
2. Sanitation technology options for urban slums
3. Selection of sustainable sanitation technologies for urban slums
4. Genomic copy concentrations of selected waterborne viruses in a slum environment in Kampala, Uganda
5. Quantification of microbial risks to human health caused by waterborne viruses and bacteria in an urban slum
6. Grey water characterisation and pollutant loads in an urban slum
7. Grey water treatment in urban slums by a filtration system: optimisation of the filtration medium
8. A two-step crushed lava rock filter unit for grey water treatment at household level in an urban slum
9. General discussion, conclusions and recommendations
Biography
Alex Yasoni Katukiza (Uganda, 1976) is holder of a Bachelor of Science with honours (Upper Second) in Civil Engineering obtained from Makerere University in 2000 and a MSc. in Municipal Water and Infrastructure specialising in Sanitary Engineering obtained from UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education. He carried out his PhD on sanitation technologies for urban poor areas at UNESCO-IHE and Wageningen University. He is registered with the Engineers registration board in Uganda and has also been involved in Environmental and Sanitary Engineering Consultancy since 2001. He also has research experience of more than 5 years. His research interests include Sanitation in urban poor areas, domestic wastewater treatment, solid waste management and Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment (QMRA).
