As the Government sets out to revise the 1998 National Policy for Safe Water Supply and Sanitation, the ‘SafePani’ model proposes reforms in institutional design, sustainable finance, and information systems, to advance SDG 6.1.
Water Quality
Policy reform for safe drinking water service delivery in rural Bangladesh (policy brief)
This policy brief presents the SafePani model, a new institutional framework for rural water service delivery in Bangladesh.
A New Multibranch Model for Metals in River Systems: Impacts and Control of Tannery Wastes in Bangladesh
A new multibranch INCA-Metals model has been developed to simulate the impact of tannery discharges on river systems and to evaluate a set of treatment scenarios for pollution control, particularly in the dry season.
The Role of Psychological Ownership in Safe Water Management: A Mixed-Methods Study in Nepal
This study highlights the potential of psychological ownership and community participation for the longevity of community-based safe water infrastructure.
Regional-scale interactions between groundwater and surface water under changing aridity: evidence from the River Awash Basin, Ethiopia
This article characterises regional-scale surface water–groundwater interactions in the River Awash Basin (110 000 km2) of Ethiopia.
Impacts of Climate Change and Population Growth on River Nutrient Loads in a Data Scarce Region: The Upper Awash River (Ethiopia)
This research proposes a model-based approach, using both global datasets and local data to build an evaluation of the potential impact of climate changes and population growth, using Ethiopia’s upper Awash Basin as a case study. The authors verify the efficiency of mitigation measures to curb river water pollution.
The utility of Escherichia coli as a contamination indicator for rural drinking water: Evidence from whole genome sequencing
In this study used whole genome sequencing to investigate the links between E. coli and recent faecal contamination in drinking water.
From data to decisions: understanding information flows within regulatory water quality monitoring programs
This study evaluates the methods used to organize, analyze, and transmit drinking water quality data among 26 water supplier or surveillance institutions and two regulatory agencies in six countries of sub-Saharan Africa.
REACH Global Strategy 2020-2024
REACH’s global research and impact strategy recognises our progress to date, and provides a roadmap for improving water security for 10 million people by 2024.
Risky responsibilities for rural drinking water institutions: The case of unregulated self-supply in Bangladesh
By considering how infrastructure, information, and institutional systems evolved in Bangladesh, this article identifies the unintentional consequences of reallocating management responsibility for rural water services away from government agencies towards individuals and households.
