Decision-makers responsible for water provision in rural Kenya are in dire need of information about existing infrastructure. A Water Audit methodology is piloted in Kitui County.
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Grants catalyse 12 new water security projects
Over £550,000 has been awarded through our Partnership Funding to 12 projects in the first call for Catalyst Grants. The one-year projects span eleven countries in Africa and South Asia, and will work at the interface of water security and poverty reduction research and practice.
Recruiting for a Junior Global Advisory Panel
Would you like to be part of an ambitious programme to make five million poor people water secure by 2022? We are looking for 12 young professionals with no more than five years of professional experience to form a Junior Global Advisory Panel.
The Smart Handpump comes to Oxford
On 21 May a borehole was drilled outside the School of Geography and the Environment at Oxford University. A ‘Smart Handpump’ will be installed to support REACH’s research on inclusive water services and water resource sustainability.
How far has devolution come in Kenya?
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.
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?
