Guidelines on decentralized wastewater management for sustainable infrastructure development in small urban areas

The guidelines provide the basic knowledge on how to initiate, plan, implement and maintain decentralized wastewater management for sustainable infrastructure development in small urban areas. Special emphasis is given to the improvement of urban water courses; most of them are currently terribly polluted. The main concerns related to deteriorating water quality and declining human health, the advantages of compact and efficient decentralized wastewater treatment and the restoration of small urban water bodies are addressed