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The utility approach : extended distribution for household water filters in Ethiopia

Making a range of good quality household water filters available to customers is an additional service and an intermediate solution until water...
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Doing WASH business in Ethiopia

Published on: 27/02/2019
Ethiopia is currently ranked 161st out of 190 countries for "Ease of Doing Business". My first post is about why that might be the case, and how the recent new government has the potential to have an impact as it seeks to harness the potential of the private sector.

Developing consumer markets within rural WASH systems

This paper presents reflections on how consumer WASH markets are being developed and the role of different types of actors in the system.
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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.

Scaling up household water treatment and safe storage in Ghana

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Aboubacar Camara

There are markets for small businesses everywhere

Published on: 27/06/2018
“It is important to rethink things, to bring something new, but this depends on the region, on where you are”.

Aboubacar Camara with staff

Pour les microentreprises, les marchés sont partout!

Published on: 25/06/2018
« Il est important de repenser les choses, d’apporter du nouveau, mais cela dépend de la région dans laquelle vous vous trouvez. »

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How can social enterprises get safe water to communities at the “base of the pyramid”?

Published on: 22/06/2018
Lessons learned from the Safe Water Phase 2 initiative (2015-2018): a WASH Talk podcast.

The role of social enterprise in serving the BoP with Sjef Ernes and Rachel Pringle

Developing viable business models to provide point-of-use safe water services to communities at the base of the pyramid (BoP).
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Collecting water from a natural stream in Northern Ghana

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?

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Just another drinking water filter?

Published on: 05/03/2018
With water quality at source and point of use a major concern, there is renewed interest in Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage (HWTSS).

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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.

Pierre-Gilles Duvernay with the team

How can an NGO survive as a small business?

Published on: 23/01/2018
Interview with Pierre Gilles Duvernay from Antenna Foundation on the Safe Water Phase II programme.

Hydrologic customers with water filter

Safe water businesses: monitoring for impact investment

Published on: 17/08/2017
How and why businesses in the Safe Water 2 programme do their monitoring.

Community water source in Cameroon

New Sustainability: a system is more than a sum of its parts

Published on: 18/07/2016
This post comes from Angela's expedited entry into the WASH sector to research why sustained success has been limited and to uncover which approaches to change might lead to lasting service provision.

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How can we get more people to treat their own water?

Published on: 16/06/2016
Whether you live in the countryside or city in Ethiopia, your water may be unsafe to drink. Household water treatment is one way we can improve its quality.

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Beating the heat in Odisha

Published on: 11/05/2016
How entrepreneurs in Odisha, India, provide villagers with safe, affordable, home-delivered drinking water.

Last mile delivery in Odisha, India (photo by Antenna)

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.

Decision-support for arsenic- and salt-mitigation in Bangladesh : the ASTRA approach

This paper describes how the ASTRA tool can help identify potentially appropriate technical solutions fro the delivery of arsenic and saline-free...
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Bangladeshi arsenic- and salt-mitigation sourcebook and decision-support tool : final report

What is the best technical solution to deal with arsenic-polluted and saline water in Bangladesh? When is it better to treat the water or to choose...
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ASTRA tool

A tool for water free from arsenic and salt

Published on: 26/06/2014
An action research project has developed a decision-support tool to help deliver arsenic- and salt-free drinking water in Bangladesh.

WASHplus Weekly

Published on: 29/09/2011
Each issue of WASHplus Weekly highlights new resources and publications on a wide range of topics related to water supply, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and indoor air quality (IAQ).

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Kenya, Western Province: Lifestraw's "Carbon for Water" program is "bogus" say critics

Published on: 13/07/2011
A project to use carbon credits to finance the free delivery of water filters to 4.5 million people has been sharply criticised by a US expert. Kevin Starr calls Verstergaard Frandsen's Carbon for Water initiative a "loopy funding scheme paired with a lousy public health solution". The company...

Community Choices Tool for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene - demo

Published on: 08/07/2011
The online Community Choices Tool demo is a prototype of a decision-making support tool for the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sector, being developed by the Pacific Institute.

South Africa: Municipal Assistant system helps operation and maintenance of assets in municipalities

Published on: 04/05/2011
The Drakenstein Local Municipality in Western Cape, South Africa, is using a new software system to get a better insight into assets management and the operation and maintenance status of six wastewater treatment plants serving 250,000 people.

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