Closing the circle with an innovative water project in San Francisco
Innovative thinking and advanced technology are helping one infrastructure operator dispose of excess water, while giving another a more sustainable supply.
Clean water & sanitation
Water and sanitation ought to be accessible for all. But water scarcity affects more than 40 percent of people around the world.
This goal aims to make safe and affordable water available everywhere.
Concerns over water shortages jump in Jordan amid coronavirus lockdown
More people are consuming water at home as they are in lockdown over coronavirus, leading to water shortages.
Day Zero: Will the taps run dry?
In 2019, the citizens of the drought-stricken Johannesburg avoided Day Zero, the time when the water stops running from their taps. They used common sense to fight the crisis, but can the rest of the world learn from them?
Haiti cholera outbreak ‘stopped in its tracks’
There have been no new cases of cholera in Haiti for a whole year, demonstrating a serious improvement in healthcare, adequate sanitation and clean water.
Goal of the month, November 2019: Clean water and sanitation
Access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation could reduce global disease by 10 per cent.
Eight things you need to know about the sanitation crisis
Sanitation is a human right. And yet, billions of people are being left behind. Here are 8 things you need to know about this crisis.
UN goals on water and sanitation are very feasible
Global spending to achieve clean water and sanitation SDGs should amount to $3.4 trillion, only 0.24 percent of the global GDP on average.
Learning the importance of toilets
In some parts of the world. it is education about the importance of hygiene that is holding back sanitation.
Kids need to WASH
It’s the children who suffer most from a lack of clean water and sanitation when conflict erupts.
Moving from aid to self-help
In India, a novel approach is increasing the ability of remote communities to maintain a hygienic lifestyle.