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close this bookHandbook for Emergencies - Second Edition (UNHCR, 1999, 414 p.)
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Key References

Assisting in Emergencies, A resource Handbook for UNICEF Field Staff, Emergency Operations Unit, UNICEF, New York, 1986.

Community Water Supply. The Handpump Option, A Joint Contribution by the United Nations Development Programme and the World Bank to the International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade, World Bank, Washington, 1987.

Emergency Water Sources, Guidelines for Selection and Treatment, S. House & B. Reed, Water Engineering Development Centre (WEDC), Lough-borough University, 1997.

Engineering in Emergencies, A practical Guide for Relief Workers, Davis J., Lambert R., IT Publications on behalf of RedR. Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd., London, 1995.

Environmental Health Engineering in the Tropics:

An Introductory Text, Cairncross S., Feachem R., John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 1983.

Guidelines for Drinking Water Quality, 3 Volumes, Second Edition, WHO, Geneva, 1993.

Handbook of Gravity-Flow Water Systems for Small Communities, Jordan Jr. T.D, UNICEF/Nepal, Kathmandu, 1980.

Hand Dug Wells and their Construction, Watt S., Wood W., Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd., London, 1977.

Handpumps, Technical Paper Series 10, International Reference Centre for Community Water Supply and Sanitation, The Hague, 1977.

Principles of Water Quality Control, Tebbutt, T.H.Y., Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1973.

Stow Sand Filtration for Community Water Supply in Developing Countries, A Design and Construction Manual, Technical Paper Series 11, International Reference Centre for Community Water Supply and Sanitation, The Hague, 1982.

Small Community Water Supplies, Technology of Small Water Supply Systems in Developing Countries, International Reference Centre for Community Water Supply and Sanitation, John Wiley & Sons., Chichester, 1983.

Small Water Supplies, Cairncross S., Feachem R., Ross Bulletin No. 10 The Ross Institute of Tropical Hygiene, London, 1978.

Water Manual for Refugee Situations, Programme and Technical Support Section, UNHCR, Geneva, 1992.

Water and War, Report on the Symposium on Water in Armed Conflicts (Montreux, Nov. 1994), International Committee Of The Red Cross, Geneva, 1995.