Understanding the WASH system and its building blocks : building strong WASH systems for the SDGs
This working paper is one of a series that explains IRC's emerging praxis for working with and strengthening WASH systems.
Water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) masterplan : Asutifi North District, Ghana
The broad vision, programmes and strategies for the implementation of a 13-year initiative to provide universal access to safe water, basic...
Nature for water on World Water Day with Patrick Moriarty
World Water Day podcast about the role of green infrastructure in the future and the types of challenges, which impede its application.
Leveraging nature-based solutions for cost-effective water management
Published on: 14/03/2018
World Water Day WASH Talk podcast with IRC's CEO Patrick Moriarty.
How good water resource management leads to improved WASH services
Published on: 14/03/2018
An IRC Uganda / Watershed video set in Rwenzori Region.
8th World Water Forum: Sharing Water, Brasilia, Brazil
Published on: 18/01/2018
The World Water Forum is the world's biggest water-related event and is organised every three years by the World Water Council (WWC). The 8th Forum brings together the world's leading water experts to discuss the nine Forum themes and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The nine Forum...
Integrated water resources management and WASH
How are IWRM and WASH related, what are the steps already taken and what is still needed for integration?
The MUS toolkit
The toolkit provides guidance on planning, developing and providing multiple-use water services, based on the experiences of the members of the...
WASH Talk podcast on Integrated Water Resources Management and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Services
Published on: 19/12/2017
How are IWRM and WASH related, what are the steps already taken and what is still needed for integration?
The secret to WASH-IWRM Linkages: pragmatism
Published on: 19/12/2017
Linking WASH and IWRM, as demanded by SDG 6, is essential but hard. With pragmatism and a problem based approach it can be done.
Why is water security key to WASH services delivery?
Published on: 18/12/2017
Meeting Sustainable Development Goal 6 requires solutions that focus on integrated rather than sectoral approaches.
Linking WASH and integrated water resources management: why and how?
Published on: 29/11/2017
Achieving sustainable WASH services requires problem-based approaches focusing on a specific watershed or municipality.
IRC WASH Debate: Linking WASH and IWRM programmes to achieve SDG6
Published on: 17/10/2017
Within the focus area (speerpunt) “water” of Dutch development cooperation policy, there are two key strands: improving integrated water resources management (IWRM) and the provision of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services. At policy level, relevant linkages between these two areas are...
Uniek huwelijk: pleitbezorging voor water en sanitaire voorzieningen gaat verbond aan met natuurbehoud
Published on: 12/10/2017
Watershed heeft een geïntegreerde aanpak om SDG6 te behalen.
Newly wedded: lobbying for water and sanitation services while sustaining nature
Published on: 19/09/2017
The Watershed partnership's integrated approach to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6.
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,...
Watershed – looking ahead
Published on: 12/10/2016
In the first nine months of the strategic partnership Watershed – empowering citizens context analysis and stakeholder and factor analyses have been carried out. These analyses will give direction to the partnership's activities for the coming months.
Want to engage with wetland communities? Start with sanitation!
Published on: 06/10/2016
An interview with Dr. Ritesh Kumar of Wetlands International South Asia.
The Dutch Water Bank : a useful model for developing countries?
Published on: 19/05/2016
Valuable lessons for those seeking institutional financial support for water management.
The Dutch Water Bank : a useful model for developing countries?
The Dutch Water Bank was initially established primarily to finance flood control, but the model is potentially applicable to other aspects of water...
Stopping corruption requires strong systems and moral conviction
Published on: 11/05/2016
The Global Water Integrity Outlook was launched in The Netherlands on 15 April 2016.
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...
Water Master Plans for 4 pilot areas in Turkana, Wajir, Moyale and Marsabit counties
The Kenya Arid Lands Disaster Risk Reduction project is helping the Kenyan government and local communities in dealing with flash floods and droughts...
Achieving water security for all water users and uses
Published on: 18/11/2014
This third post - in a series of articles on water resources management by Charles Batchelor and John Butterworth - looks at the idea of water security. In the first article we discussed IWRM and the 'i' for integration in water resources management, and the second looked at water services from a...
More services than you can shake a stick at!
Published on: 15/09/2014
This second post - in a series of articles on water resources management by Charles Batchelor and John Butterworth - looks at water services from a water resource management (WRM) perspective. In the first article we discussed IWRM and the 'i' for integration in water resources management.