Peter Cookey

Rivers State University

This presentation provide insights to the global sanitation situation and the need for contextualization as well as the option for adopting Regenerative Urban Integrated with WASH. It also, provide information about sanitation governance and economy, integration of resource recovery, recycling and reuse in sanitation as well as the opportunities av...

Este libro propone el Saneamiento Regenerativo como la próxima etapa en la gestión del saneamiento y busca sentar las bases para el estudio de esta área, partiendo de la premisa de que el saneamiento es un sistema complejo y dinámico compuesto por sistemas socioecológicos, tecnológicos y de recursos. La idea es que el saneamiento generará máximos b...

SDG 6 will be a key instrument to guide social development and environmental sustainability globally as well as embody a universally shared vision of development towards a safe, just and sustainable space for all human beings. Based on the principle that everyone and every country should resume responsibility for playing their part in delivering on...

This paper presents the Regenerative Sanitation concept and framework, a comprehensive, holistic, integrated and systemic outlook for sanitation management that embraces the dynamic complexities and contextual peculiarities of ‘place and scale’ in delivering sanitation solutions. The framework was developed using mixed methods content analysis, exp...

The challenges of urban sanitation management seem to be taking on new dimensions even as efforts intensify to change behavior that increase human exposure and technological solutions. This paper aims to present a pathway for the systemic-integration of sanitation into urban development. Systemic integration could contribute to some urban aspiratio...

Many studies have raised concern about the potential impact of onsite wastewater treatment systems (OWTS) on groundwater and their likely negative impacts on public health, but not many have been able to quantify the risks these systems pose to vulnerable groups, especially children. Therefore, the aim of this study was to quantify the public healt...

Sanitation is regenerative when it integrates psycho-social, ecosystem, resource recovery and technological elements based on well-defined infrastructure standard specifications for the rejuvenation and revitalization of sanitation solutions in urban environments in a manner that mimics and contributes to contextual natural systems. This paper pres...

The adaptive Integrated Lake Basin Management (AILBM) is a diagnostic and prescriptive governance performance assessment framework for lake basins to make empirically based recommendations as well as measure the adequacy of the current solutions and strategies created to ameliorate these challenges and problems and then, prescribe further solutions...

Action for water, sanitation and hygiene is action for peace In conflicts, unsafe water and open defecation (unsafe sanitation) can be just as deadly as bullets.

Providing safely managed sanitation/hygiene requires key competencies for education, training, service delivery, enterprise development and management, product and infrastructure design and development, construction and installation, governance, financing, research, etc. These strategic sanitation capacities will have to be built from higher educat...

Providing safely-managed sanitation/hygiene requires key competencies for education, training, service delivery, enterprise development and management, product and infrastructure design and development, construction and installation, governance, financing, research, etc. These strategic sanitation capacities will have to be built from higher educat...

Climate change is one of the most significant and pressing challenges of the 21st century The consequential risks, impacts, quality, failure and breakdown of sanitation and hygiene services are huge. This could further extend and exacerbate the existing risks for areas with inadequate facilities by increasing strain on sanitation and hygiene syst...

The Nigerian Sanitation Economy could be worth USD$26.1 billion by 2030 according to the Toilet Board Coalition (TBC) 2020 report “Sanitation Economy Markets: Nigeria”. The Sanitation Economy is described as a growing marketplace of products, services, renewable resource flows, data and information that could transform cities, communities and busin...

The value chain (VC) system is a key way to address important sanitation technological and institutional gaps in production and service delivery and could constitute a natural platform for development actions and also serve as a market systems approach to improve access to safely-managed sanitation. It has been suggested that sanitation could boost...

The value chain (VC) system is a key way to address important sanitation technological and institutional gaps in production and service delivery and could constitute a natural platform for development actions and also serve as a market systems approach to improve access to safely-managed sanitation. It has been suggested that sanitation could boost...

The value chain (VC) system is a key way to address important sanitation technological and institutional gaps in production and service delivery and could constitute a natural platform for development actions and also serve as a market systems approach to improve access to safely-managed sanitation. It has been suggested that sanitation could boost...

The value chain (VC) system is a key way to address important sanitation technological and institutional gaps in production and service delivery and could constitute a natural platform for development actions and also serve as a market systems approach to improve access to safely-managed sanitation. It has been suggested that sanitation could boost...

The value chain (VC) system is a key way to address important sanitation technological and institutional gaps in production and service delivery and could constitute a natural platform for development actions and also serve as a market systems approach to improve access to safely-managed sanitation. It has been suggested that sanitation could boost...

The value chain (VC) system is a key way to address important sanitation technological and institutional gaps in production and service delivery and could constitute a natural platform for development actions and also serve as a market systems approach to improve access to safely-managed sanitation. It has been suggested that sanitation could boost...

The value chain (VC) system is a key way to address important sanitation technological and institutional gaps in production and service delivery and could constitute a natural platform for development actions and also serve as a market systems approach to improve access to safely-managed sanitation. It has been suggested that sanitation could boost...

The value chain (VC) system is a key way to address important sanitation technological and institutional gaps in production and service delivery and could constitute a natural platform for development actions and also serve as a market systems approach to improve access to safely-managed sanitation. It has been suggested that sanitation could boost...

The value chain (VC) system is a key way to address important sanitation technological and institutional gaps in production and service delivery and could constitute a natural platform for development actions and also serve as a market systems approach to improve access to safely-managed sanitation. It has been suggested that sanitation could boost...

The value chain (VC) system is a key way to address important sanitation technological and institutional gaps in production and service delivery and could constitute a natural platform for development actions and also serve as a market systems approach to improve access to safely-managed sanitation. It has been suggested that sanitation could boost...

In this era of climate change challenges, WASH, especially the sanitation component, needs a paradigm shift from safely managed services to more adaptive‐integrated systems that are effective, practical, applicable and replicable within boundaries that guarantee access without compromising public health, well‐being, water, and environmental quality...

This paper explores the influence of perception on behaviours associated with emptying of faecal sludge from non-sewered sanitation systems using findings from a study on the emptying behaviour of residents of Khulna city, Bangladesh. The purpose of the study was to highlight perception as a behaviour determinants as well as develop perception mana...

Sanitation is regenerative when it integrates psycho-social, ecosystem, resource recovery and technological elements based on well-defined infrastructure standard specifications for the rejuvenation and revitalization of sanitation solutions in urban environments in a manner that mimics and contributes to contextual natural systems. This paper pres...

The next era of sanitation management This book proposes Regenerative Sanitation as the next era of sanitation management and attempts to provide a foundation for the study of sanitation on the premise that sanitation is a complex and dynamic system that comprises of social-ecological, technological and resource systems. The preconception is that s...

Chapter 10 (Adaptive Integrated Lake Basin Management – The Case of the Songkhla Lake Basin, Thailand) is about developing a specific social-ecological system to evaluate governance performance of Songkhla lake basin in southern Thailand. The chapter demonstrates the use of an adaptive integrated management tool to qualitatively and quantitatively...

The adaptive Integrated Lake Basin Management (AILBM) is a diagnostic and prescriptive governance performance assessment framework for lake basins to make empirically based recommendations as well as measure the adequacy of the current solutions and strategies created to ameliorate these challenges and problems and then, prescribe further solutions...

The objective of this study was to assess the potential impact of wastewater from dysfunctional and failing OWTS on the site groundwater water supply systems (OGSS) to determine public health risks. The study involved the assessment of OWTS performance using groundwater as an exposure endpoint to predict its likely impact on public health. The resu...

The purpose of this work was to quantitatively determine the institutional fit of the existing and applicable water governance laws in the Songkhla Lake Basin (SLB) Thailand, using text mining analysis. The study found out that the current governance system is not fit for the purpose of the sustainability of the SLB. Data derived from text mining w...

The present study examines water governance challenges in the Songkhla Lake Basin (SLB) with the aim of evaluating and analysing policies, legislations, regulations, institutions and actors responsible for the current state of the basin. The present study adopted three methodological approaches, including literature reviews, face-to-face expert int...

This comprehensive lake basin water governance performance assessment study was carried out at the Songkhla Lake Basin, Thailand to examine and analyze the existing relevant and related legislations governing water and natural resources. It also examined and analyzed key actors involved in planning and implementation of programmes for management an...

Governance is essential to lake basin management, but it is the most challenged and needs increased attention. Lake Basin Governance performance assessment is designed to measure the progress and impacts of policies, institutions and the roles of various actors in ensuring sustainability. It measures the performance of technical/operational, social...

Public health risk assessment of onsite wastewater treatment systems (OWTS) in the city of Port Harcourt, Nigeria and its environs was carried out between the period of August 2012 and April 2013. The objective of the study was to show how the public health risk assessment tool can be used to improve public policies on OWTS. The study involved desk...

Local people's perceptions on water governance performance were explored in the Songkhla Lake Basin, Thailand. The study was conducted through self-administered survey questionnaires, interviews, observations as well as review of relevant literature and archival records. The objective was to understand the perceptions of the local people regarding...

A Lake Basin Water Governance Performance Composite Index (LBWGPCI) framework was developed to test and evaluate the performance of water governance for lake basins using the Songkhla Lake Basin (SLB), Thailand as a case study. The LBWGPCI integrates a range of water resources and environmental related indicators together to provide a holistic prof...

The study was based on the use of text mining to evaluate the integrative and adaptive elements of water resources for related and relevant institutions in the Songkhla Lake Basin, Thailand. The results were able to show some very interesting patterns like being able to determine the basic statistics of the sets of institutions under review includi...

Water governance performance of lake basins require a proper understanding of institutions that govern their multiple uses and the quantification of the degree of their institutional fit. Institutional fit, on the other hand, is very important for assessing the governance challenges of these resource systems. The objective of this paper is to prese...

Public Health Risks Assessment of Decentralized Wastewater Treatment System in the city of Port Harcourt and its environs (which includes both Port Harcourt City Council and Obio Akpor LGA) were carried out. Performance audit of more than 140 On-site Wastewater Treatment Systems, investigations into the governance and regulatory of sewage managemen...

The major challenge facing policy-makers and other stakeholders in Nigeria today will be devising ways of ensuring that more than 50% of the 160 million Nigerians gain access to improved sanitation and/or sanitation protection options. Sanitation access varies widely in Nigeria, with estimates ranging from as low as 15% in some areas and higher tha...

Our Mission is to effect a positive change in Nigeria by leading her towards a green future; to sustain that change; and to ensure that positive change continues to evolve; and to do all these through a large constituency of green professionals with a strong voice and commitment to one cause which is to ensure sustainability in our environment and...

The role of education is to give better scientific understanding of water and sanitation problems and knowledge-based approaches to managing water resources and sanitation in integrated manner as well as coupled with capacity building and technology transfer that are brought to bear on more efficient solutions to these problems. There are opportuni...

There is ample opportunity for willing private sector to engage and drive the process of water policy implementation in Nigeria and Africa in general. For instance, out of 36 States of the Federation of Nigeria, only about three states have ratified water policies and only about two are at the drafting stage. At the Federal level, there is no ratif...

Improvements in practice of disposing of human excreta and other wastes management techniques are crucial to raising levels of public health. However an increasing amount of health associated problems result from lack of sanitation facilities, especially among the rural and the poor who live in our communities. According to the latest population ce...

The success of water supply and sanitation programs strategies is dependent on skilled work forces at all levels. Skills and knowledge are the engines of economic growth and social development. These are crucial to improve and sustain staff productivity and income-earning opportunities at work. Therefore, a highly skilled and motivated workforce is...

The situation of sanitation in Port Harcourt is in a State of crisis. Sanitation management in the city is a ridiculous near-zero. It is chaotic, unplanned and unfocused. The sewage infrastructure is mainly provided by conservancy tanks, traditional pit latrines, ventilated pit latrines, jetty toilets and direct river flush toilets. The pour flush...

The provision of effective, efficient and sustainable water services to households, institutions, businesses and industries is necessary to support economic development. This capacity to provide services effectively and efficiently is a critical constraint in many areas in Nigeria. There is an urgent need for country-wide water sector reform, if we...

A series of separate surveys were carried out on six coastal communities within a span of three years. The study focused on the assessment of water supply and sanitation facilities in the selected communities. Water samples were collected at various sources (boreholes, rivers, wells, streams and springs). Physico-chemical and Microbiological charac...

Breaking Frontiers in Water and Sanitation comprises all the papers that were presented from the 1st - 5th EarthWatch Conference on Water and Sanitation (The Nigerian Water and Sanitation Forum) and the 1st EarthWatch Round-table Discussion on the Use of the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) on water quality control in Nigeria. The title of this publ...

Water is a vital aspect of the environment, which is needed by all for one purpose or the other ranging from domestic use to industrial use. It makes up a greater percentage of the earth yet so scare as millions of Nigerians are faced with inadequate water supply and sanitation service and this is largely responsible for illnesses such as typhoid,...

Sanitation has remained consistently poor in Nigeria for a long time. Gastro-intestinal and other water related diseases exact a high cost in terms of poor health and lost productivity. An estimated 150,000 to 200,000 diarrhoea-related deaths occur among children each year, some 650,000 people are seriously affected by Guinea Worm causing an annual...

The management of solid wastes in the city of Port Harcourt has become increasingly complex and very difficult and there is no solution insight. Hence the research took some attempt to look at using composting as a source reduction strategy in order to address this problem. The study developed a model Home made Composting, that is inexpensive, requ...

Bacteria exist virtually everywhere in the biosphere. There are in food, in water, we use for drinking and bathing, on our utensils, on our clothing and bed sheets, and on our bodies. The air we breathe carries a wide variety of bacteria. Their varied nature allows some types to survive in even the most unlikely environment. Bacteriologically, safe...