Former Senior programme officer | Change hub
René is senior program manager and a WASH generalist with experience as manager of large programmes and in the role of advisor for the water sector. René is by education a sanitary engineer and has 32 years of experience related to development cooperation in water supply, sanitation, and water resource management in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe. His expertise ranges from developing urban infrastructure to participatory appraisals with community members; from action research of rural water supply service delivery models to piloting biological wastewater treatment plants. In the period prior to his retirement in 2023 René's time was divided between developing IRC's WASH System strengthening approach further, supporting IRC (country) teams and evaluating water sector programmes for external clients.
The effect of control of houseflies on the incidence of diarrhoea and shigellosis was evaluated in a prospective crossover intervention study at two... Read more...
As part of SANDEC's research project on alternative solutions for refuse collection in low-income urban areas in developing countries, the... Read more...
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Examples of dramatic increases of vector-borne diseases caused by large-scale water management projects (dams, irrigation canals) demonstrate the... Read more...
The Delhi College of Engineering, India, tested the structural behaviour of two 2,500 litre ferrocement water tanks. Read more...
A new type of coarse media flocculator, using buoyant media instead of the heavier gravel in order to facilitate cleaning, was evaluated in... Read more...
This study, which was conducted by Sydney Water Board (SWB), consumed more than five person-years of effort. Read more...
Reliable data can be drawn from most pilot plant studies if the ratio between filter column diameter and media diameter (D/d) is 50 or greater. Read more...
This article presents case studies of roughing filter applications in Europe and developing countries (Sudan and Ethiopia). Read more...