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.
Water Quality
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.
From data to decisions: Water quality monitoring programs in sub-Saharan Africa
This study describes and assesses the formal and informal systems used by institutions with regulatory requirements for testing drinking water quality in six sub-Saharan African countries to organize, analyze, and transmit information about drinking water quality.
From data to decisions: Water quality monitoring programs in Kenya
This study describes and assesses the formal and informal systems used by institutions with regulatory requirements for testing drinking water quality in six sub-Saharan African countries to organize, analyze, and transmit information about drinking water quality.
Tryptophan-like fluorescence as a high-level screening tool for detecting microbial contamination in drinking water
A nine-month water quality monitoring programme was conducted in rural Malawi to assess the suitability of tryptophan-like fluorescence (TLF), an emerging method for rapidly detecting microbial contamination, as a drinking water quality monitoring tool.
A framework for monitoring the safety of water services: from measurements to security
The sustainable developments goals introduced monitoring of drinking water quality to the international development agenda. In this paper, the authors propose and apply a framework to reflect on the purposes of and approaches to monitoring drinking water safety.
Hydrogeochemistry of a strategic alluvial aquifer system in a semi-arid setting and its implications for potable urban water supply: The Lodwar Alluvial Aquifer System (LAAS)
This study examined the hydrochemistry of the Lodwar Alluvial Aquifer System (Kenya) and its implications for drinking water supply.
Large-scale survey of seasonal drinking water quality in Malawi using in situ tryptophan-like fluorescence and conventional water quality indicators
This study, carried in Malawi, is the first to investigate the effectiveness of Tryptophan-Like Fluorescence for a large-scale survey using a randomised, spot-sampling approach.
Book chapter: Improving Drinking Water Quality in Rural Communities in Mid-Western Nepal
This chapter describes 4 years of applied research on drinking water quality in Mid-Western Nepal, aiming to improve access to safe drinking water for rural households.
