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Linking WASH and IWRM, as demanded by SDG 6, is essential but hard. With pragmatism and a problem based approach it can be done. Read more...
Meeting Sustainable Development Goal 6 requires solutions that focus on integrated rather than sectoral approaches. Read more...
You may have heard of the Lord of the Rings, but in Bihar, India, that name is taking on a whole new meaning. I recently joined a field visit to this part of the world to see how cement ring businesses are changing the face of rural sanitation. Read more...
Achieving sustainable WASH services requires problem-based approaches focusing on a specific watershed or municipality. Read more...
As Ethiopia manages to develop more and more new rural water schemes – springs, wells or boreholes with hand-pumps or engines, piped water – keeping the existing infrastructure running well and safely is a challenge that gets bigger every day. And, despite some encouraging efforts, it's a challenge... Read more...
Let's move beyond the conceptual chaos of 'public-private partnerships' and talk about what it really means. Read more...
The drive for reaching SDG 6 has created a big demand from private safe water businesses to help governments supply safe water. Read more...
World Toilet Day should really be World Sanitation Systems Day! Read more...
What we learnt from using the Faecal Waste Flow Calculator in India. Read more...
Indian sanitation entrepreneur Mayank Midha one year later. Read more...
How can impact investment address the multi-million dollar financing gap in the water sector? Read more...
We did this before, but the job is unfinished. Read more...
More catalytic innovation is needed to have a transformative impact. Read more...
The costs of continuous monitoring at scale: insights from SMARTerWASH, Ghana. Read more...
It will cost an estimated US$ 114 billion to deliver WASH to everyone by 2030. As a sector we need to embrace and own this and other big numbers related to SDG 6. Read more...
All eyes are now on blended finance, but there are real challenges to using it in practice. Read more...
An enabling environment will stimulate financiers to invest in Safe Water business. Read more...
Big data analytics is a new window of opportunity for the Indian water sector. Read more...
The SDGs bring a new sense of urgency, focus and realisation of the great challenge ahead. Read more...
With many of the seasonal water sources failing due to poor rains, there has been considerable reliance on a limited number of high-yielding water schemes whose ongoing performance is critical to the drought response. Read more...