Netherlands funded projects, especially in Indonesia and India paid attention to sanitation, for example:
- Rural Water and Sanitation West Java Project (OTA-33) executed by IWACO
- Small Towns Sanitation (STS) West Java Project executed by IWACO and HASKONING
- PRED project in India
In order to improve the treatment efficiency of onsite systems, the University of Wageningen tested the household scale Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) reactor in Bandung, Indonesia, at the Borremeus Hospital.
The Netherlands' focus on numbers is highly influenced by world players such as UNICEF. Some important publications are:
- Sanitation without water by Uno Winblad
- Ecological Toilets by Peter Morgan
- Sanplat by Bjorn Brandberg.
The UNDP, especially the Low Cost Sanitation investment Project in Bandung in 1985, published interesting documents. Another groundbreaking initiative were the Urban Low Cost Sanitation Demonstration Project and the Urban Technical Services. See the Construction manual on Twin Leaching Pits.
