IRC Associate | Senior sanitation specialist
Erick Baetings has worked for more than 25 years in the WASH sector. He has extensive working and living experience in Nepal and Bhutan (14 years), Zambia (4 years) and Lao PDR (4 years). For his current assignments he travels regularly to Bangladesh, Vietnam, Indonesia and Cambodia.
This paper presents a number of small-sized septic tanks that may serve one to five families. Their appropriateness for adoption in Haor regions will... Read more...
The biggest challenge in the Haor areas is that toilets get inundated during the rainy season. The content of toilet pits frequently spills over into... Read more...
This appropriateness assessment has provided insights into the strengths and weaknesses of the existing water and sanitation service models in three... Read more...
This project brief is a baseline assessment for drinking water and sanitation in four climate hotspots in Bangladesh. Read more...
The lack of a post-handover operation and maintenance plan for handpumps has created an "install and forget" model. Read more...
Insight in the present WASH service monitoring systems and practices at subnational level in Bangladesh. Read more...
For the WASH sector as a whole to achieve greater impact, more organisations must address their gaps in organisational capacity and will need to embrace capacity development holistically and more systematically. Read more...
