water quality

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.

Pre-feasibility study for a potential piped water system : Kabende subcounty, Kabarole district, Uganda

A preparatory study for a proposal to install a piped water system to serve five communities.

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Pre-feasibility study for a potential piped water system: Kabende subcountry, Kabarole district, Uganda

Scaling up household water treatment and safe storage in Ghana

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.

When does money get results?

Published on: 27/08/2018

This blog looks at the experience of using 'Payment-by-Results' in Tanzania's water sector, and how adaptive programming is key to bridging the gap.

Videos highlighting experiences from safe water businesses

Published on: 21/08/2018

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

Selecting the right safe water options

Published on: 20/08/2018

The complicated landscape of safe drinking water for households is discussed in this podcast.

Household water treatment and storage in Savelugu-Nanton Municipality, Northern Ghana

Published on: 28/05/2018

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

Water kiosks: A model for sustainable water services? - RWSN webinar series on rural water services (April 3rd - June 5th, 2018)

Published on: 14/05/2018

New 2018 RWSN webinar series on rural water services, April 3rd - June 5th, 2018

Working in the private water sector in Nepal

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.

Linking safe water businesses to the human right to water and sanitation

Published on: 20/11/2017

The drive for reaching SDG 6 has created a big demand from private safe water businesses to help governments supply safe water.

Governments have to stimulate Safe Water Businesses

Published on: 04/10/2017

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

Water quality is an underestimated problem in Mali

Published on: 11/04/2017

The human right to water and water quality are two focus areas for Watershed in Mali says Mrs Traoré Afou Chantal Bengaly in an interview.

Water and Society 2017

Published on: 02/12/2016

4th International Conference on Water & Society, 5 - 7 June 2017, Seville, Spain. The Water and Society Conference is to be reconvened in 2017 following the success of the previous meetings, the first of which was held in Las Vegas in 2011, followed by a meeting in 2013 in the New Forest, UK,...

The data revolution into practice

Published on: 12/10/2016

Akvo's lunch lecture at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Carbon finance: unlocking investments for safe water?

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.

Scaling up safe water – what can we learn from local businesses?

Published on: 17/03/2016

In the Safe Water II programme (2015-2018) we map tools and approaches that local businesses in household water treatment products use to start and scale up their business.

Wetlands International commits to reduce water scarcity by restoring wetlands

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...

Analyse de la qualité de l'eau délivrée et consommée par les ménages du Sahel

Ce rapport résume les principaux constats d'une étude exhaustive sur la qualité de l'eau consommée dans les communes d'Aribinda et de Gorgadji dans...

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Analyse de la qualité de l'eau délivrée et consommée par les ménages du Sahel

When access to improved water points does not lead to use: Understanding consumption patterns in Burkina Faso

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...

Que faire quand l'acces a l'eau potable ne garantit pas son usage par les menages?

Published on: 06/02/2015

La corrélation directe entre l’accès à l’eau potable et le niveau de santé, de nutrition et autres indicateurs de développement est aujourd’hui largement reconnue. Sur cette base, le secteur conclut souvent qu’il est nécessaire d’allouer davantage d’investissements aux infrastructures (en milieu...

SWIBANGLA : managing salt water intrusion impacts in coastal groundwater systems of Bangladesh : final report

The focus is on salt water intrusion in coastal groundwater systems, as groundwater is the main resource of drinking water and irrigation water for...

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SWIBANGLA: Managing salt water intrusion impacts in coastal groundwater systems of Bangladesh

The different world water crisis

Published on: 30/01/2015

Unlike droughts, floods and oil spills, non-functioning water and sanitation systems seldom make the headlines, even though water crises top the list of global risks.

La question de la qualité de l’eau

Published on: 21/11/2014

L'une des principales conditions pour la fourniture de services d'eau potable est que le fournisseur de service doit être en mesure de garantir que l'eau ne présente pas de risque pour la consommation. Mais qu'est-ce qu'on doit faire si on habite dans une région où ces services ne sont pas à portée...

Questioning quality

Published on: 21/11/2014

One of the main conditions for providing potable water services is that the service provider must be able to guarantee that the water is safe for consumption. But what happens when you live in an area where such services are not within reach? Can you be sure that the water that is available is safe...

Qualitative challenges in improving performance of water points: insights from community based performance assessment of water points in Andhra Pradesh

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Qualitative challenges in improving performance of water points: insights from community based performance assessment of water points in Andhra Pradesh

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Self-supply as a complementary water services delivery model in Ethiopia

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

Pre-feasibility study for a potential piped water system : Kabende subcounty, Kabarole district,...

Scaling up household water treatment and safe storage in Ghana

When does money get results?

Videos highlighting experiences from safe water businesses

Selecting the right safe water options

Household water treatment and storage in Savelugu-Nanton Municipality, Northern Ghana

Water kiosks: A model for sustainable water services? - RWSN webinar series on rural water services (April 3rd - June 5th, 2018)

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

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