Improving water security for the poor
Improving water quality management
Progress towards the SDG target for safe drinking water is slow, and many countries remain off-target. In 2015, the WHO-UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme estimated that 44% of the global population lacked access to safely managed drinking water.
REACH’s work has identified a number of challenges to improving water quality:
- Water quality research and management often focus on a single contaminant;
- Appropriate and reliable water quality data are not readily available to decision makers in a timely manner;
- Poor understanding of when and where changes are needed and how to implement them limits action;
- Roles and responsibilities affect how water quality hazards are assessed and managed.
Our work has sought to accelerate action to improve water quality through innovations in measurement, monitoring and management. Working together with stakeholders, from the community to the national and global levels, we have developed and refined risk-based methods for managing water quality risks from industry and other sources.
Featured Resources
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Bangladesh MICS Water Quality Report
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River pollution and social inequalities in Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Natural and anthropogenic sources of salinity in the Awash River and Lake Beseka (Ethiopia): Modelling impacts of climate change and lake-river interactions
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The utility of Escherichia coli as a contamination indicator for rural drinking water: Evidence from whole genome sequencing
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REACH Global Strategy 2020-2024
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From data to decisions: Water quality monitoring programs in sub-Saharan Africa
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A framework for monitoring the safety of water services: from measurements to security
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Rural water quality monitoring within reach: moving beyond the quantity vs. quality mindset
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Water Pollution Management in Dhaka: Stakeholder perceptions to inform action
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REACH Story of Change: Cleaning the tap: Tap hygiene for safer drinking water
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Opportunities to advance water safety through regulation of rural water services
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Results-based funding for safe drinking water services
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Reinforcing Feedbacks for Sustainable Implementation of Rural Drinking-Water Treatment Technology
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Water chemistry poses health risks as reliance on groundwater increases: A systematic review of hydrogeochemistry research from Ethiopia and Kenya
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Invited perspective: Beyond National Water Quality Surveys: Improving Water Quality Surveillance to Achieve Safe Drinking Water for All (Sustainable Development Goal 6.1)
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