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Real-time monitoring for improved water services in the Ethiopian Lowlands

2018
This note provides a briefing on the use of...
Blue Drinks The Hague participants

Blue Drinks, The Hague Edition IV. Theme: Digital Water

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

Blue Drinks, The Hague Edition IV. Theme: Digital Water

Join the Canadian Water Network in the Netherlands for Blue Drinks, 9 October 2018 at Cortenaer in...
An example of using GIS to depict water point functionality was produced by IRC-Uganda

Geographical Information Systems in development

IRC Uganda is using GIS to map water point functionality.
SMARTerWASH Meeting in Ghana, 2015

Monitoring is “the soul of the water system”

A series of four videos explore the work and lessons learnt during the SMARTerWASH project in Ghana.

Innovations in WASH impact measures : water and sanitation measurement technologies and practices...

2018
This report reviews the landscape of technologies...
Girl and boy fetching water at handpump

Technological innovations are on exponential curves; but are WASH measurement methods stuck in time?

Innovations can revitalise the global partnership for sustainable development - if we rise responsibly to the challenge of measuring their impact.
Monitoring with smart phone in Ethiopia

Measuring what we are managing

Robust monitoring is needed to track progress towards achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goal for water.
RapidWASH data collection in Timor-Leste

A new mobile-based tool measures sustainability of water and sanitation services

ICT helps ensure that rural water supply and sanitation systems keep working.

Smart solutions with SMARTerWASH : stories of the project and its successes

2017
The story of the SmarterWASH project in Ghana;...

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Blue Drinks The Hague participants

Blue Drinks, The Hague Edition IV. Theme: Digital Water

Published on: 03/10/2018
A networking event on 9 October 2018 for water and environmental professionals in The Hague.

Blue Drinks The Hague participants

Blue Drinks, The Hague Edition IV. Theme: Digital Water

Published on: 03/10/2018
Join the Canadian Water Network in the Netherlands for Blue Drinks, 9 October 2018 at Cortenaer in The Hague.

An example of using GIS to depict water point functionality was produced by IRC-Uganda

Geographical Information Systems in development

Published on: 03/09/2018
IRC Uganda is using GIS to map water point functionality.

SMARTerWASH Meeting in Ghana, 2015

Monitoring is “the soul of the water system”

Published on: 12/04/2018
A series of four videos explore the work and lessons learnt during the SMARTerWASH project in Ghana.

Girl and boy fetching water at handpump

Technological innovations are on exponential curves; but are WASH measurement methods stuck in time?

Published on: 07/02/2018
Innovations can revitalise the global partnership for sustainable development - if we rise responsibly to the challenge of measuring their impact.

Monitoring with smart phone in Ethiopia

Measuring what we are managing

Published on: 21/08/2017
Robust monitoring is needed to track progress towards achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goal for water.

RapidWASH data collection in Timor-Leste

A new mobile-based tool measures sustainability of water and sanitation services

Published on: 24/07/2017
ICT helps ensure that rural water supply and sanitation systems keep working.

Smart solutions with SMARTerWASH : stories of the project and its successes

The story of the SmarterWASH project in Ghana; the achievements, challenges, experiences, lessons learned over the years.
Biblio info

Stainless steel GARV Toilets and Mayank Midha

Indestructible and smart: public toilet innovation in India

Published on: 06/10/2016
An interview with sanitation entrepreneur Mayank Midha.

IRC trends analysis, 2016–2025

An analysis of 11 global and regional trends in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector.
Biblio info

World Bank in Viet Nam ICT for WASH

Using technology to improve the cost-efficiency of results verification in PforR projects

Published on: 09/06/2016
How the World Bank's Water Global Practice and Innovation Labs are partnering to get practical operational solutions.

Ethiopia monitoring at district level

Big expectations, building on doubtful assumptions

Published on: 26/05/2016
There are big expectations for national sector monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems both from the side of governments and from the side of Development Partners (DPs). National scale data collection using ICT in some African countries have set the tone: it is now possible to have data from...

Making All Voirce Count/ WaterAid

How can ICT initiatives be designed to improve rural water supply?

Published on: 13/05/2016
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) must take local context and existing reporting systems into account.

How can ICT initiatives be designed to improve rural water supply?

Using information and communication technologies (ICTs) can make rural water supply more efficient, but this only works well when ICT design takes...
Biblio info

Using FLOW on mobile phones in Ghana

Better nationwide monitoring of rural WASH services in Ghana

Published on: 07/04/2016
The SMARTerWASH initiative in Ghana upgrades ICT tools for continuous monitoring.

Failure and the future

What are the challenges with Water Point Mapping? and what lessons can be learned from the failures? What about the future of Water Point Mapping?...
Biblio info

SIBS : rural water supply monitoring in Timor Leste

Presentation on the Water and Sanitation Information System initiative in Timor Leste.
Biblio info

SNV-world m4w system

Testing the waters: ICT reporting for water supply services

Published on: 18/08/2015
Over the last 12 months, WaterAid, Itad and IRC have conducted desk-based research to better understand the factors that facilitate and inhibit the success of ICT-based reporting to improve rural water supply sustainability.

Photo: small town water supply

Following the database trail in Tigray

Published on: 03/08/2015
Tigray is a fabulous region to visit. A great base for visiting some of the finest tourism sites in Ethiopia. We were looking for something else: databases. More specifically we went to Tigray to find out how the region is making efforts to monitor the provision of water, sanitation and hygiene...

Testing the waters : a qualitative comparative analysis of the factors affecting success in rendering water services sustainable based on ICT reporting

This study examines eight initiatives that are using information and communication technologies (ICTs) to monitor and report on water supply services...
Biblio info

Making sense of district level data in Ghana

What can data do for you? Moving beyond reporting. Webinar series

Published on: 24/06/2015
Join for a three-part webinar series as we explore ways to move beyond just reporting and turn our data into action.

From Infrastructure to Services book cover

New book presents state of the art on water and sanitation monitoring

Published on: 08/04/2015
The essentials of creating actionable monitoring systems for lasting results.

From infrastructure to services : trends in monitoring sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene services

A state of the art of strengthening monitoring water supply and sanitation in developing countries. Google scholar
Biblio info

FLOW training Ghana

Reducing handpump downtime using SMS technology: An experiment

Published on: 09/02/2015
This Triple-S experiment sought to improve the reliability of water services in Ghana through the application and testing of an SMS (short message service) module for reporting hand pump breakdowns, linking with Area Mechanics and spare parts outlets, and ordering and paying for spare parts. The...

mobile phone monitoring

Will innovation lead to change? Darwin gives some pointers

Published on: 04/02/2015
It's hard to predict what impact investments and innovations in the water sector will have on citizens' access to services. Understanding underlying mechanisms and potential bottlenecks of change can help decide how and where to invest resources, while also giving a more realistic picture of the...

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