water quality

Self-supply : filling the gaps in public water supply provision

Self-supply's contribution to urban and rural water provision world-wide, and the gains of government support.

WASH master plan for Asutifi North District Assembly : 2019 annual performance report

Based on evidence-based monitoring of water and sanitation service levels, budgets, outcome harvesting, district capacity assessment and water...

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2019 Annual performance report - WASH master plan Asutifi North District

Improving the drinking water situation in Bongo District, Ghana

Published on: 16/11/2020

Video on the water situation in Bongo District, the good practices and the progress being made.

Orkaan Eta werpt gemeentes in Honduras 10 jaar terug in de tijd

Published on: 11/11/2020

In de nasleep van orkaan Eta steunen IRC en Water For People de oproep van de Hondurese overheid aan de internationale gemeenschap en roepen ze op tot onmiddellijke actie voor de wederopbouw van talloze water en sanitaire voorzieningen die door de oorkaan verwoest zijn.

10 years of progress washed away

Published on: 11/11/2020

In the wake of Hurricane Eta, IRC and Water For People support government appeal and call for immediate action to restore a decade's worth of water and sanitation development in Honduras.

Summary research report REACH IRC

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Summary research report REACH IRC

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Testing sewage for early warnings about COVID-19 : thematic discussion synthesis

The challenges of developing an 'Indian' protocol to monitor COVID-19 in sewage.

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Testing sewage for early warnings about COVID-19 : thematic discussion synthesis

Allaying stakeholder concerns when testing sewage for COVID-19

Allaying stakeholder concerns when testing sewage for COVID-19

Published on: 12/06/2020

Report of a webinar organised by the SuSanA India chapter, WaterAid India, IRC and the India Sanitation Coalition.

Bongo works with partners to resolve fluoride legacy

Published on: 10/06/2020

Bongo district in the Upper East Region of Ghana became known throughout Ghana for the quality of its water –for the wrong reason. The district is a global hotspot for fluoride concentration and water from some wells was damaging the health of its population.

Interim report on well upgrading interventions covering period 2017-2019

Investigating the effectiveness of improved well head protection and the uptake and safe installation of improved lifting devices to minimise water...

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Interim report on well upgrading interventions covering period 2017-2019

Quality checks ensure that water is safe to drink

Published on: 30/05/2020

Asutifi North District is doing a pilot study on conducting smart tests.

Reporting back on WASH complaints on Radio Anapua

Published on: 29/05/2020

Reporting back on the radio to the public on progress made around water and sanitation in Asutifi North District.

“They are drinking our shit”

Published on: 03/10/2019

During a Watershed field trip, a community leader experiences a lightbulb moment.

UNC Water and Health: Where Science Meets Policy, Chapel Hill, NC, USA, 7-11 Oct 2019

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...

2019 OU International WaTER Conference

Published on: 31/07/2019

Conference Theme: "Quest for Water Security: Quantity, Quality and Equity".

Press release Watershed Mali

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Press release Watershed Mali

Supporting Ethiopian entrepreneurs in WASH

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.