Kenya’s political system is transforming under devolution. But what does this mean for drinking water security and will the poor be better or worse off? Johanna Koehler reports back from the Third Annual Devolution Conference.
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Gender and water: understanding water security in the household
It’s critical for researchers and practitioners to assess water usage, needs and risk within the household. This means speaking to women and girls, who might otherwise be overlooked.
Securing water through intelligent cloud computing
Our researchers are using cloud computing and mobile sensors to monitor groundwater and help ensure that thousands of villages in rural Africa and Asia have a safe, secure supply of water.
Faces from Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Kenya: meet our researchers
We asked six of our researchers from the country teams: what are the biggest water security and poverty issues facing your country? Here’s what they had to say.
Can a rural handpump tell you it’s not well?
By monitoring the heartbeat of thousands of handpumps across Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, it is possible to give millions of people access to a reliable and secure water supply.
Peering over the fence – how water security can bring business and rural communities together
What are companies doing to assess and manage water risks – and could their efforts benefit or worsen the livelihoods for rural people?
Can mobile monitoring deliver drinking water security to Africa’s rural poor?
REACH Director Rob Hope discusses the hype and hope of mobile systems to tackle poverty in Africa through better monitoring of drinking water security.
Bridging the gap: water infrastructure
Of the many conditions necessary for sustainable water security, few rank more highly than the availability of infrastructure for abstraction, storage, treatment and distribution. But there is an unbridged gap between water infrastructure and investment.
Can climate information improve water security for the poor?
Climate change threatens to undermine efforts to improve water security and end poverty. So how can planners ensure that water and sanitation programmes are resilient to climate variability and change?
How to stop #hard2reach people dropping off the research agenda?
The ‘invisible poor’ are an under-researched group that are critical to understanding the linkages between poverty and water security.
