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How a company is reinventing the loo

Compendium of Sanitation Technologies in Emergencies

Faecal Sludge Transportation & Logistics in Sub-Saharan Africa

Livilihoods in the Sanitary Economy

WASH tools compilation: Researchers' complicated gift to Practitioners courtesy of Funders

Measuring transformative WASH

UN-Water GLAAS 2022

UNICEF Syria Cholera Response Situation Report for 04 October 2022

OECD Statistics

WHO Global Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Annual report 2020

Sustainable Development – A Business Approach to Rural Water Supply and Sanitation

Cholera Map- From satellite to smartphone, app warns public of unsafe water

Rural Community Water Supply

Practical guide for the realisation of the human rights to water and sanitation

Improved WASH Situation in the RMG Factory Workers’ Communities

Global progress report on WASH in health care facilities: Fundamentals first

How bioengineer uses technology for water access

MIT Water Summit 2020 - Panel - Health and Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)

Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals 2020 From World Development Indicators - The World Bank

Bringing Clean Water On Tap To Rural Villages In Polynesian Island Nation Of Tuvalu

Global Water Security & Sanitation Partnership (GWSP): Annual Report 2020

Basic Sanitation, a must for Brazil's Future

Water-energy nanogrid provides sustainable solution for rural communities lacking basic amenities

Financing Water Supply and Sanitation in a Changing Climate

Wastewater at NEST – a valuable resource

UNICEF Webinar: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH)

UNHCR wins €1m prize for novel water tech in refugee camps

Water & Sanitation A Handbook for Finance Ministers – how to make public investment work

WWWeek @Home - Video Recording - Sewers for Resilient Sanitation in the 21st Century Aug 25, 2020

Innovative Technology in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Sector

Sanitation Economy Accelerator - meet the Companies

Towards a joint action agenda on women’s rights to water and sanitation

UN-Water Prepares to Launch SDG 6 Accelerator

Xinjiang Poverty Battle: Farmers now have access to clean water

RELX Environmental Challenge 2020 is now open for applications

Israeli water tech deployed in Gaza to ease water crisis

Regarding Groundwater and Drinking Water Access through A Human Rights Lens: Self-Supply as A Norm

Clean Water Franchise Jibu Grows to Eight Countries in Africa

Towards Citywide Inclusive Sanitation - Dhaka

Sanitation for all in Djibouti

Integrating Adaptive Programming with Theory of Change

Stories from WASH-Net Sierra Leone: ENABLING ACCESS TO WASH USING HRBA TO CATALYZE CHANGE

How the Water Box is fostering community trust across Flint

GWP-UNICEF WASH Products Used for Analysis and Advocacy

SCALING UP THE SANITATION ECONOMY 2020-2025

New, Slippery Toilet Coating Provides Cleaner Flushing, Saves Water

Sanitation Showcase: Reinvent the Toilet Challenge

LTM Energy to bring off-grid sanitation solution to South Africa

For rural water systems, small and simple is a "pipe dream"

Testing the feasibility of the UN Sustainable Development Goals on water and sanitation

INNOQUA Project Investigates Innovative Wastewater Treatment Technologies (Video)

RWSN Directory of Rural Water Supply Services, Tariffs, Management Models & Lifecycle Costs in 2019

Are Water Shortages Driving Migration? Researchers Dispel Myths

Mahama Permanent Water Treatment Plant (Video)

Groundwater’s Contribution to Water Security in Africa (Paper by UPGro)

Unaffordable and Undrinkable: Rethinking Urban Water Access in the Global South (Report)

Introducing Charity Water: Bringing Safe Drinking Water with Good Storytelling

Introducing GivePower: Solar-powered System Treats Clean Drinking Water for 25,000 People per Day

First 50-Wagon Train Carrying Water For Chennai Arrives In Parched City (Video)

The Link Between Water and Energy Services in Palestine (Video)

Impact Report Issue No. 11 - NRW is Key Concern of the Regulator

Nairobi Dam Water Treatment & Purification Project (Video)

Access to Basic Sanitation Still Lagging for Millions in East and Southern Africa

Lifelines: The Resilient Infrastructure Opportunity (World Bank Report)

Drinking water for health emergencies

World Bank Project to Help Improve Water Supply and Wastewater Services in Tajikistan’s Capital

Progress on the Path to Reinventing the Toilet

Building a Toolkit for Better Water (Research by ARUP)

GEN-350 Technology Provides 120 Orphans in Uzbekistan with Fresh Water from Air

World Bank Secures Grant for Yemen to Improve Food Security; Health, Water and Sanitation Services

Innovative smartphone app to improve rainwater harvesting in Africa - Modern Diplomacy

Why We Need To Talk Shit (TED Talk)

UCF Water Project in Lahore (Video)

More Children Killed by Unsafe Water than War, UNICEF Warns

Water Project launched in Tharparkar

Millions of Europeans Unknowingly Drink Contaminated Water

Introducing Water, Peace & Security Partnership (Video)

Technology Used to Control Microbial Contamination in Stored Water in Rural Areas

Retail Giant to Bring Clean Drinking Water to Children and Families Around the World

Bolivia WATCH: An Integrated Approach to Ensuring Clean and Available Water

U.S. Government Approves $435 million for International Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

Water Kiosks in Kathmandu: Community Managed Water Treatment & Distribution (Video)

World's Largest Refugee Settlement Gets Substantial Waste Facility

Solar Powered Plant Brings Clean Drinking Water to a Remote Village in Pakistan

How a Water Plant Helped Reduce Cholera Cases in Aden, Yemen (Video)

Early Adopters: State Approaches to Testing School Drinking Water for Lead in the United States

Innovation, Green Tech and Sunlight Help Secure Safe Water for Rohingya Refugees

SIM South Sudan Water Project 2019 (Video)

Ramboll to Improve Sanitation and Wastewater Treatment in Cambodia

Green Technology Provides Safe Drinking Water for Thousands of Rohingya Refugees

Clean water for Southern Africa

Educating 5 Million Rural Bangladeshi Children on Health, Hygiene and Safe Drinking Water

Solar Energy Water Purification Plastic Sack To Reduce Diseases In Rural Africa

Sanitation Ministry to Replicate GAMA Water and Sanitation Project Nationwide

PhD's Ground-breaking Sanitation Tech Scoops Santander Award

Happy World Toilet Day 2018!

The ‘Juice Effect’ and How Surface Water Bacteria Get from Water to Air

What Does 21st Century Sanitation Look Like?

How Bill Gates ​Aims to Save $​233 Billion by ​Reinventing the ​Toilet

A Newly Developed System Allows Handwashing Water to be Recycled

Toilet Board ​Coalition Announcing the ​2019 Toilet ​Accelerator ​Finalists!

Women Lack ​Access to ​Private Toilets ​Around the ​World ​

Tracing a path to sustainable rural water services in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Small Water Systems in Puerto Rico Badly Affected by Maria

Steel Chips Show Promise at Removing E. Coli from Storm Drain Water

Renewable Energy and Environment Sustainability

Solar Pumping ​for Village ​Water Supply - Overview of Training Manual

Eco-friendly Composting Toilets Already Bring Relief to Big Cities

Bacteria’s Appetite May be Key to Cleaning up Antibiotic Contamination

Sustainable Water, Resilient Communities: Solutions for Dirty Water

Lessons on ​Community Water ​Management for ​Semi-desert ​African ​Countries ​

Water Safety Checks Dangerously Underestimate Pathogen Levels

Emergency Response: Mapping Cholera Hot Spots in Africa

The Potential ​Contamination ​of Rainwater by ​Microorganisms ​

Study Examines ​Blood Lead ​Levels of Flint ​Children Before ​and After Water ​Crisis ​

P&G and NG's New Documentary Raises Global Water Crisis Awareness

Rotavirus Transmission Influenced by Temperature, Water Movement

Drug-resistant Superbug to Blame for Deadly Typhoid Outbreak in Pakistan

Schistosomiasis Significantly Reduced with Safe Water Supplies

Qatar Charity provides drinking water to 350,000 Somalis

Hospital Water Systems May Play Role in Antibiotic Resistance

Lack of Water and Sanitation in Hospitals Mars SDG Progress

Sustainable ​Hand Pump ​Business Model

Unsafe Water ​Not Terrorism ​Kills Most ​Pakistanis

Scientists Help Costa Rican Community Manage Dwindling Water Supply

Potable water crisis in Southwest Bangladesh

Clean Water ​for Sri Lanka - ​A Film

Drinking Water Contaminated with Pollutants Used in Firefighting and Training Activities

2 Million Puerto Ricans Risk Water Contamination

MIT’s ​Solar Water ​Purifier is ​Serving 600 ​Puerto Ricans ​Daily

New Sanitation Reports from Toilet Board Coalition Available

Gender and Social Inclusion in Local Water Planning

Water ​Rescue ​Foundation ​Providing Water ​from Air for ​People in ​Need

The Circular Sanitation Economy - New Report by Toilet Board Coalition

Sustainable Emergency Sanitation – No Longer a Pipe Dream!

Litmus ​Test for ​Fluoride - Simple Water Test Could Prevent Crippling Bone Disease

Legionella Common in US Outbreaks Tied to Drinking Water, Other Sources

Only 36% of Pakistan Population has Access to Safe Drinking Water

Clean Water, Sanitation Vast Challenges as Bangladesh Copes with 607,000 New Refugees

IDB to Invest $65 Million to Improve Water and Sanitation Services in Haiti

Invention Generates Power, Cleans Water Using Untapped Source

Parched Kenya Looks to a New Water Source: Volcanoes

Clean Water and Healthcare to Refugees in Africa

World Bank Report: The New Economics of Water Scarcity and Variability

Progress on Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: 2017 Update and SDG Baselines

Rolling Safewater to Haiti Campaign - 2017 Giving Season

Wiping ​Out Legionella

UB Startup Uses Sunshine to Clean Dirty Water After Disasters

Maternal Nitrate Consumption and Birth Outcomes - Study

More Trees Help Water Sanitation, Reduce Child Deaths

Nanometer-​scale Water ​Filters for the ​Poor

Comparative Analysis Between Sanitation Systems in Brazil and the USA

Best University Technology Award for Water Treatment Start-up

Solar-Powered Cart To Change The African Water Delivery Business

Bacterial biofilm detection and monitoring in Food&Beverage production plants

EU Releases £20m to Tackle Water Challenges in Niger Delta

1.5 Million People Don't Have Drinking Water In Puerto Rico

Flint’s Water Crisis Led to Fewer Babies and Higher Fetal Death Rates

Using NASA Satellite Data to Predict Malaria Outbreaks

TED Talk: ​Photocatalysis ​for Clean Water

Bamboo Toilet ​Technology Bags National Award

'The Rising Tide: A New Look at Water and Gender' Report by WB

Resource Page to Help Healthcare Providers Reduce Legionella Risk

Toxic Groundwater Threatens 60 Million in Pakistan

World Bank Helps Bangladesh Improve Water and Sanitation

Coliform Bacteria in Water Wells

Safe ​Drinking Water ​to Rural Schools in ​China

£6 Research Project to Find Safe Water Solutions

Safe Water Transforms a Community in Unexpected Ways

Women Still ​Carry Most of ​the World's ​Water

Brazil Not Addressing WASH Issues that Exacerbated Zika Crisis

First Global Estimates for WASH for the SDG's Released

Resistance in Bacteria to Biocides

Cistern Uses A/C Condensate to Flush Toilets

Top Water-saving Toilets

Beyoncé Brings Clean and Safe Water to Burundi

Researchers Detect Protozoa in Drinking Water

ADRA Taps Technology to Provide Water to 1.5 Million

Peru to Invest Over US$15 Billion in WASH

Pee-Powered Urinals Create Electricity And Kill Pathogens

3D Printing and Virtual Reality Highlight Water Issues

Recycling Used Soap from Luxury Hotels

​Tackling ​Water and Food ​Scarcity Around ​the Mediterranean ​Basin ​

How Cholera Spreads and Why It's So Deadly

Community Level Access to Sanitation Facilities Benefits Child Health

TEDx Talk: From Contracting Dysentery to Delivering Clean Water

Accessibility ​to Safe ​Drinking Water in ​South ​Sudan

TEDx Talk: The Surprising Truth of Open Defecation in India

Mali Receives €50m to Fund Drinking Water and Sanitation System

CleanLife ​Biotech Startup ​to Revolutionise ​​Waterless ​Hygiene

AfDB Invests €300 Million in Morocco’s Water Industry

Sanitation ​Brings Global ​Diarrhoea ​Deaths Down by ​a Third

EBRD Boosts Sanitation Infrastructure in Egypt

Rural Water Access: Why Should Countries Follow Paraguay’s Lead?

Ethiopia Gets Loan To Provide Water and Sanitation To 3m People

Suqia Launches Water Projects for 90,000 People in Somalia

Ever Wonder What Happens to Half-Used Hotel Soap?

'Magic Flush' Removes the Stench from Public Urinals

The 'Gift of Water' to Those in Poverty

AquaBlade Flushing Technology Sets New Standards in Toilet Hygiene

Sustainable Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Services

ADB to Lend ​$4.​2B to Water ​Security ​Project

UN ​Technology to ​Set up Water ​Innovation Lab ​in Kerala

Managing Water as a Human Right: Challenges and Opportunities

GLAAS Report Calls for Tripling Investments to Meet SDG Targets

Nosotros Tequila Helps Support Life-saving Water Filters

Financing WASH: how to increase funds for the sector while reducing inequalities

Managing Human Waste in Bangladesh

Aid Donors Target Water, Sanitation and Security

Why water sampling and lab analyses are not enough for preventing Legionella and other pathogens

$5 Million Project Safewater for Cental America

CLTS versus other approaches to promote sanitation: rivalry or complementarity?

Waiakea Installs Elephant Pumps in Africa

Nigeria’​s Water Bill ​Could ​Criminalize ​Drinking Water ​For Millions

Clean Water Transforms Lives of Tea Pickers in Bangladesh

SMIXIN to ​Unveil a ​Revolutionary ​Hand Wash ​Device

Safely Managed Drinking Water - UNICEF Report

Earthworm-​filled Toilets ​Turn Waste Into ​Fertilizer

The Face of Water Scarcity: Coastal Communities of Colombia

Investors Pour $25 Million for WASH in Latin America

Senegal’​s Innovative Fecal Sludge ​Management ​System

Akvo Maps 28,000 Water Points in Sierra Leone

Privatization ​of Water to Change Lives of ​Rio Favela ​Residents?

Vatican Calls for Safe and Accessible Water for Everyone

Rape, Boko Haram, and Lack of Toilets Create Life-or-Death Situation for Displaced Women in Nigeria

Love Toilets from Standing Rock Environmental Protest

Water and Sanitation Interlinkages across the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Early Warnings of Low Rainfall in Kenya

Water and Sanitation Innovations to Transform Urban Slums

EBRD Funds 42 Water Projects in Egypt

Bacteria to Improve Sanitation on Southeast Asia's Largest Lake

Australian Project to Improve Water Delivery in Urban Slums

EIB to Loan €50M for WASH in Sri Lanka

Urban Groundwater Quality in Sub-Saharan Africa (Study)

Revolutionary Waterless Toilet — Here's How it Works

Stella Artois Steps Up Work with Matt Damon's Water Charity

How the Rural Ghana Communities Received Their Nano Bucket Filters

UNICEF Working to Alleviate Water Crisis in Damascus

A Bridge To Innovation Water Technology Clusters

The Urimat - Waterless Urinal Phoenix

EU Grants to Support WASH Projects in Jordan

Funding Chlorine Dispensers for Community Water Supply

Prototype of ‘Evaporative Toilets’ for Refugee Camps

8 Ways to Make Innovation Work for Water and Sanitation

18 Million Kenyans Still Have No Access to WASH Services

Korean Model for WASH Development

Inspiring story - old women ended open defecation in her village

What is the Future of Innovation for Water and Sanitation? (Expert Panel)

Urban Water Demand Forecasting: Review of Methods and Models

UNICEF and EU Fight for WASH in Niger Delta Communities

Investments Needed For Caribbean WASH Transformation

Haiti, Hurricanes and Water

How to Protect 20 Million from the World's Largest Poisoning

'Water is a Human Right... But it Can Have a Price'

Superbugs Evolve in Wastewater, Could End Up in Food

Old Coffee Grounds May Help Africa's Water Shortages

UN Launches $120 Million Funding Appeal for Haiti

How MIT Is Mining Sewers For Secrets To A City's Health

The Loo That Needs No Water

UNICEF More than Doubles its Funding for Nigeria

A participatory nutrition causal analysis and operational research on WASH and nutrition interaction

Safe Water and Sanitation in Arctic Communities

Eight Ideas to Fund Access to Water and Toilets for All

Public Water Utility Versus Private: the case of Burao and Borama, Somaliland

Securing Water and Sanitation for the Future - Guardian reports from WWW

How Expensive is Your Shower? (iconographic)

TEDx Talk VIDEO: Water Is a Women's Issue

How to Solve the Urban Sanitation Challenge

5th Annual Symposium on Desalination and Water Reuse

$114bn a Year Needed for Water and Toilets

Achieving Universal Access to Water and Sanitation by 2030

More than half of south Asia's groundwater too contaminated to use – study

Eco-Friendly Toilets For The Developing World

Using Lasers to Create Super-hydrophobic Materials

Legal regime of groundwater in Peru

Africa Droughts Call to Start Pumping Untapped Groundwater

Access to Groundwater and Quality of Life

What You Flush Ends Up in Drinking Water

Harvard Study - Toxic Chemicals In U.S. Water Supply

20 Million Toilets for India

Lead in Australia’s Drinking Water

Excess Fluoride in Hamlets

Seminar on Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage at S M Sehgal Foundation, Gurgaon, India

Universal access to potable water: The Peruvian experience | Cairampoma y Villegas | Derecho PUCP

Biofilter - the Earthworm and Microbes for Sanitation

Simplest way to Save Water in the World | Your Well Wisher Program on WordPress.com

Call for expression of interest to support Angolan water operators

Meet the Market event on the 22 June in Milan | Waterpipp

AfDB-Funded Water and Sanitation Project to Improve Lives in Uganda

MIT Project - Biofilm monitoring in drinking water distribution systems

WASH Innovation Award Winners

Handy Pod Floating Toilet Innovation by Wetlands Work!

Turning human waste into next generation biofuel

Online biofilm monitoring: A way to assess the seawater ultrafiltration membranes (by Total Oil&Gas)

Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation Get Boost From World Bank

Ghana’s water and sanitation activities gets boost

Aid Watchdog Urges DfID to Consolidate Gains on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

Three Ways to Improve Coverage of Water and Sanitation

Osaka's Sewerage Science Museum

Using crowdfunding & community ownership to maximise the impact of Hippo Water Rollers in Mozambique

Rural Sanitation Initiatives for Ganga Rejuvenation in Jharkhand

How to Reinvent the Sanitation Wheel

Latrine Volume reduction by BioBed

Israel’s Water Resource Ethic: More With Less - Circle of Blue

Water Cycle Gulping

€300 Mil for Ireland's Largest Sewage Plant

Pulluvila Has the World’s First eToilet

More Heat Means More Diarrhea

Toilet Tech Proves That Where There's Muck There's Brass

What can Bangladesh Teach India About Sanitation

South Africa's Water Minister reveals measures to alleviate impact of drought on rural communities

What Does Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Have to Do With Nutrition? Everything.

Napa Sanitation Doubling Recycled Water Delivery

Model For Emission And Transmission Of Pathogenic Microorganisms

82 percent Pakistanis consume impure water

The Refugee Camp Water Crisis

Toilet Chat-app Raising Awareness of Sanitation

Suez Wins Sanitation Contracts With Guingamp Communauté

Home Septic Systems Adding E. coli to America's Drinking Water

Over 5 million Vietnamese to Benefit from WB Sanitation

The Worst Place in the World to Go to the Toilet

World’s Longest Line for the Toilet

World Toilet Day Special Report

Results-based Aid for Vietnam’s Sanitation and Water Supply

Unilever Help India's Sanitation Sector

Proper Toilets Promise Better Lives for Poor Indians, Profits for Companies

Proper toilets promise better lives for poor Indians, profits for companies

Improving Water Quality for Preventing Diarrhea

Sanitation SDG & Human-Centered Design

UNEP-DHI Win Tender to Implement Water and Sanitation Project in Africa

Finding Water with Mobile Phones in Syria

Tech to Bring Clean and Safe Drinking Water to Thousands in Tanzania

16 Years of Unsafe Drinking Water

India’s Sanitation Crisis is the Biggest in the World, Says Jack Sim

IWW Amsterdam - Sarphati Sanitation Award Ceremony

Ebola Able to Survive in Sterilized Wastewater, Study Says

Eco Loos for Kenya

Unilever and Bill Clinton Join for Water and Sanitation Project

Worsening fecal contamination in 2015

Unesco-IHE in Action for SDG on Water

Foot controlled water flow for basin

Research on Sanitation in Flood-prone Areas

UN in Action: The Global Sanitation Fund in Nepal

WASH Game

Global Water Jobs Blog Series: Country in Focus 2: Mexico - Megaprojects

WaterChanges - Sanitation and Water Reuse in Outapi (Namibia)