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December 13, 2022
Mobilising communities for WASH
WaterAid India’s partnership with USAID and Gap Inc. benefits 2400 villages across 7 districts of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra

WaterAid has focused on establishing community-led water quality monitoring & surveillance (Image: Anil Gulati/India Water Portal Flickr)
October 15, 2022
Evaluating WaSH conditions spatially at the panchayat level
Synthesis of water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) spatial pattern in rural India: an integrated interpretation of WaSH practices
People in rural areas lack potable water, and use unsafe sanitation and hygiene facilities (Image: Sebastian Dahl)
December 2, 2021
The loo loop
Public toilets and choice of work for women
Separation between women and men’s toilets (Image: Rajesh Pamnani; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
October 15, 2021
Hand hygiene, a public policy issue
Interventions to promote hand hygiene should be designed based on an understanding of what people care about, says report on ‘State of the world’s hand hygiene’
Girls learn the value of hand-washing (Image: Kristen Kelleher, USAID, Pixnio)
October 4, 2021
Understanding the thinking behind IEC in large programs
Lessons from the Swachh Bharat Mission experience
Pop culture icons like Gabbar Singh are painted on the walls of a toilet complex in New Delhi (Image: Project Raahat, Enactus)
July 6, 2021
Billions lack access to WASH services
If trends persist, billions will be left without critical, life-saving WASH services, says a SDG monitoring report
Between 2016 and 2020, the global population with safely managed drinking water at home increased from 70% to 74% (Image: Pxhere)
The Nirmal Bharat Yatra The Great WASH Yatra A travelling carnival over 6 weeks spreading awareness on sanitation hygiene in India
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

The Nirmal Bharat Yatra, also called the The Great WASH Yatra is a multichannel, mega-campaign that harnesses the positive power of Cricket and Bollywood to promote awareness and enact behavioural change around sanitation and hygie
Self reliance in water A book by Indukanth Ragade
This book seeks to serve as a one-stop source for every aspect of water and its management for city and town dwellers.
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Self reliance in water: A practical manual for city and town dwellers by Indukanth S.</body></html>
Gharacha Dagina Toilets as the jewels of the household a film promoting twopit toilets in rural India
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Using analogies that resonate with the rural mind, this Marathi film by  the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (Government of Maharashtra) makes a convincing argument for toilet construction and use.The film's content has been guided by Mr.
Indias first nationwide rural water quality survey to start from October- A compilation of top stories from water industry from newsletter Droplets
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

What are the emerging trends in India’s water sector? The newsletter, Droplets by Everything About Water gives an overview of the current issues in the sector by giving brief description of recent developments in water industry, technologies, products, research, reports etc,.
The Karnataka Urban Water Sector Improvement Project 24x7 water supply is achievable Field note by Water and Sanitation Programme World Bank
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

This field note by the Water and Sanitation Program, describes how it is possible to deliver twenty four water supply through individual household connections to all residents.
Performance Assessment System PAS Project at CEPT University Ahmedabad develops a comprehensive database of urban water sanitation data for Gujarat and Maharashtra
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

The Performance Assessment System Project - www.pas.org.in (PAS) Project at CEPT University is a five-year Action Research Project, which works on developing appropriate tools and methods to measure, monitor and improve delivery of water and sanitation services in urban India.
Frequently asked questions on water integrity: A primer by the Water Integrity Network
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM
  1. What is integrity ?
  2. What is corruption, and what are the various forms of corruption ?
Guidance notes for continuous water supply 24X7 - A guide to project preparation implementation and appraisal A report by Water and Sanitation Program
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

This report by Water and Sanitation Program is a guidance notes meant for governments, municipal administrations and water utilities that are considering of converting their water distribution services from intermittent to continuous (24-7)

Community participation in South Asian sanitation A paper published in Public World
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

This paper published in collaboration with Public World (London) focuses on the poor sanitation situation in South Asia, which has the highest proportion of people practising open defecation and argues that improvement in sanitation is one of the most important goals that countries i
Report on the National level workshop on appropriate toilet technologies organised by Gramalaya Arghyam and UNICEF at Trichy Tamil Nadu between 9-11 May 2012
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM
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