MIT OpenCourseWare
Water and Sanitation Infrastructure in Developing Countries
- Instructor
- Susan Murcott
- Term
- Spring 2007
- Level
- Graduate
- What's inside
- 1 lecture note · 1 reading · 20 other files · 3 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 11.479J Water and Sanitation Infrastructure in Developing Countries, Spring 2007, Susan Murcott — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: none is claimed; materials are grouped by MIT's own sections. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Before you start
Prerequisites are not listed here. Check MIT's own syllabus for this course.
How this course was organized
What's here, and what isn't
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Materials by section
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Readings
- Tutorial 1: Principles of Microeconomics Download
- Implementation, Critical Factors and Challenges to Scale-Up of Household Drinking Water Treatment and Safe Storage Systems Download
Lecture Notes
12 files
- Introduction to Water and Sanitation Infrastructure in the Developing World Download
- Understanding the Potential for Pro-Poor Utility Reform in the Water Sector Download
- The Role of Water Quantity, Quality, Hygiene and Sanitation in Water-Related Disease Prevention in Developing Countries and Some Major Water-Related Diseases Download
- Water Sources (Improved and Unimproved) and Water Supply Planning Download
- Steps in Water and Sanitation Planning Download
- Water Quality Download
- Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage TechnologiesSusan Download
- Comparison of Beijing Municipality and MWRA (Boston) Water Systems Download
- A Brief Global and Western History of Water Supply and Sanitation Download
- Financing Water Supply and Sanitation Download
- On-site Sanitation Download
- Supply and Demand Management of Greater Boston’s Water System (1600s – the Present) Download
Assignments
MIT OpenCourseWare, Susan Murcott, 11.479J Water and Sanitation Infrastructure in Developing Countries, Spring 2007.
License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 · Edition: Spring 2007 · Open the original course on OCW ↗
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