Dissertations

The dissertations listed here are a sample selection from those produced by students of WEDC MSc programmes.

2018-2019

• DRAKEFORD, KATY : Climate resilient WASH in rural communities in Fiji
• ILUNGA, REBECCA : Fluid African Cities – bottom-up adaptive decision-support for resilient urban water security
• LLORENTE, OSCAR : A framework of action for household water treatment and safe storage interventions run by Red Cross and Red Crescent Emergency Response Unit (ERU) in emergencies

2017-2018

• EVANS, LUKE : Barriers to effective solid waste management in Pacific Island countries
• MACK, PHOEBE : Navigating towards more sustainable outcomes in the Kiribati water, sanitation and hygiene sector
• PITTS, JAKE : Infant and young child feces management (IYCFM) and caretaker hygiene in displacement South Sudanese in Uganda, Rhino Camp Settlement.‌

2016-2017

• BONHAM-COZENS, JACK : Technical feasibility framework for sand dams applied to Eastern Chad
• DEWHURST, RICHARD : The required conditions and success criteria for container-based sanitation viability and the potential for implementation in Kathmandu, Nepal
• HIRST, DAVID : Review of alternative operation and maintenance (O&M) management models for rural water supplies in Uganda, focusing on hand pump mechanic associations (HPMAs)
• NEL, GEORGE : Appropriate technology selection for sewae treatment in the rural eastern Cape
• VIDAL, JEANNE : WASH and vulnerabilities: Addressing the needs of displaced women in the European migrant situation

2015-2016

• BARNES, JHANELLE : Sweet wastewater Irrigating sugarcane with soapberry effluent - Rio Cobre, Jamaica
• CILLIERS, JEANETTE : Developing standard wash practitioner competencies
• FERNANDEZ-MARTINEZ, LARA : Using the shit/excreta flow diagrams (SFDs) for modelling future scenarios in Kumasi, Ghana ‌
• IFILL, SHERVON : Faecal sludge emptying services in Trinidad‌‌
• McMANMON, TOMMY : Sanitation technology transfer - from UK festivals to migrant camps in Greece‌‌‌
• MIZUTANI, DOUGLAS : Sustainable options for desalination - A look into renewable energies and brine disposal‌‌‌‌

2014-2015

• ANGWEC, CATHERINE : Cost recovery for piped rural water supply systems in developing countries - case studies from Kenya Rwanda and Uganda
• MENA, RUBIS : Meeting gender and menstral hygiene needs in MSF-OCA health structures
• NEDJOH, JOHN : Review of sustainability of small towns piped water services in Ghana‌

2013-2014

• ALVAREZ, SALA : Climate change adaptation in the water and sanitation sector in Vietnam
• BRADY, CHRISTOPHER : Evaluation of the Indian Health Service Sanitation Facilities Construction Program
• LEHOT, LAURENT : Investigation of the use of multi-sectoral integration by NGOs: a case study with Intermon Oxfam
• SAHEKI, TAKESHIF : Water pricing in Zanzibar: effects of volumetric tariff on residential water consumption
• SMITHERS, STEPHANIE : Disposal of wastewater from cholera treatment centres ‌

2012-2013

• AMEKUDZIE, SELASI : Analysing water, sanitation and hygiene data to guide sector resource allocation - a case study of Ghana
• CLARKE, GARY : Clay, conductivity and rural water supplies
• DWAN, PETER : The Sustainability of CLTS in WaterAids programme in Timor Leste 
• FROST, SIAN : Institutional management of surface water in England and Wales
• KOHLITZ, JEREMY : Water quality management for domestic rainwater harvesting systems in Fiji
• WICKEN, JAMES‌ : Effectiveness of a Sanitation Marketing approach in rural PNG - The ATProjects Round Loo Programme 

2011-2012

• BURT, MURRAY : Evaluation of demand led biosand filter programme in complex emergency context of Afghanistan
• CHEGKAZI, KATERINA : Three-Pot household water treatment system - testing the effectiveness
• DUBE, ADDISE AMADO : Rethinking sustainable latrine use through human behaviour change and local capacity development
• KELLER, MIRCO‌ : Situation analysis and recommendations for an improved wastewater disposal system at Saint Francis Hospital in Zambia
• MELLONI, Gian‌ : Arsenic in drinking water and governance issues - a case study from Italy
• MORGAN, NED : What happens after Cholera? An examination of the transition from relief to development - a collective case study in Uganda

2010-2011

• BARAKZAI, SHIRIIN : Inclusive primary education in Tanzania - the role of accessible sanitation
• CURD, NATALIE : Energy and development in developing countries
• FENG, LIN : The impact and monitoring of sanitation and hygiene interventions in child survival and development in Sub-Saharan Africa
• HOPKINS, JOSEPH : Piloting a methodology to understand waste reduction behaviour in Charnwood
• KAPPAUF, LEONIE : Opportunities and constraints for more sustainable sanitation through sanitation marketing in Malawi - case study from Mzimba and Lilongwe Districts‌‌‌‌
• RAMLAGAN, KAYLASS : Cost and energy implications of leakage in water distribution networks in Co Galway
• SATTLER, KLAUS : Delegated water supply management - case studies from Lilongwe and Blantyre 
• WESTWELL, CHRISTOPHER : Fires in informal settlements in India and The Philippines

2009-2010

• ADEKILE, ADEDOTUN : Assessing potential of low-cost drilling in meeting MDGs for water supply in Nigeria
• CASTLE, THOMAS : High quality manual butt fusion joints using low cost pipe alignment technology
• CROFTS, TRACEY : Will they cotton on an investigation into schoolgirls use of low-cost sanitary pads in Uganda‌
• DOMINGUEZ-RIVERA, ISABEL : Balancing consumption and availability in a multiple uses of water system
• SAF, SOREN : Household biogas systems in low-income rural regions