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Published on: 05/09/2019

Bringing together research with policy, practice and networking events. The 2019 Water and Health Conference: Where Science Meets Policy, organised by the Water Institute at UNC explores drinking water supply, sanitation, hygiene and water resources in both the developing and developed worlds with...

Published on: 04/03/2019

Since my first post about some first-hand experience of running a WASH business within the Ethiopian business framework I've been wondering how much of the challenges is due to being a foreign business. Maybe the thought occurred to a few readers.

Published on: 03/10/2018

A networking event on 9 October 2018 for water and environmental professionals in The Hague.

Published on: 19/09/2018

The main purpose of this report is to reflect with key stakeholders involved in trying to scale up HWTS in Ghana (as part of the Safe Water Phase II) on what happened.

Published on: 21/08/2018

In six videos, relevant topics on running a safe water business are discussed.

Published on: 28/05/2018

Does using a household water filter help in improving water quality and reduce incidence of diarrhoea?

Published on: 12/02/2018

During a stakeholder workshop in Nepal in September 2017, IRC spoke with Anisha Karn, Marketing Manager of SmartPaani, a Nepalese private water company, about business viability, social marketing and innovation in Nepal.

Published on: 04/10/2017

An enabling environment will stimulate financiers to invest in Safe Water business.

Published on: 15/09/2016

On the global carbon market big companies like Coca-Cola reduce their carbon footprint by investing in safe water projects that reduce CO2 emissions.

Published on: 29/09/2015

With 20 percent of the world's GDP and 36 percent of the global population located in severely water stressed areas, the growing demand and competition for freshwater will be one of the biggest global challenges we face. At the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting 2015, Wetlands...

Published on: 06/02/2015

The correlation between access to drinking water, health, nutrition and other development indicators is well known. At sector level, this often translates into the requirement to allocate additional funding to new infrastructure (in the rural sector, mainly to water points), that would naturally...