Monitoring and Evaluation

According to the Global Water Partnership, a strong monitoring and evaluation system has the potential to ensure that an IWRM strategy meets its main objective of fostering positive change, and also that the strategy can adapt to evolving needs and conditions. Resources available in this sub-theme include examples of performance indicators, technical methods of hydraulic monitoring, handbooks for appraisal of management systems, and other resources that support the wide variety of approaches for monitoring and evaluating water resources.

Monitoring and Evaluation Resources

How to Test Water Quality? Chemical Tests for Limited Budgets

Publication date:
June 25, 2021
The second installation of the "How to Test Water Quality?" blog posts highlights a small set of tests that provide enough information for accurate water quality monitoring. Typical test formats include test strips, color disk kits, and hand-held digital instruments. The highest priority...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Global

How to Test Water Quality? Low-Cost, Low-Tech Optioms for Microbial Testing

Publication date:
June 25, 2021
The third and final installation of the "How to Test Water Quality?" blog posts outlines the ideal microbial test for water quality and efficient substitutes that exist now. The post suggests that the most practical solution is to test for an "indicator organism" which indicates...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Global

Using Monitoring Data to Identify Water and Sanitation Service Delivery Improvement Opportunities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Publication date:
June 25, 2021
Universal access to basic sanitation and water services and their progressive improvement are important for human development, health, and human rights; and are recognized in program, national, and international policies such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Monitoring data are...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Sub-Saharan Africa

Improving Monitoring and Water Point Functionality in Rural Ethiopia

Publication date:
June 25, 2021
This study examines the patterns associated with functional community water points in rural Ethiopia and identifies potential areas of improvement in terms of practitioner response to functionality monitoring. It was part of an integrated WaSH and nutrition program implemented by UNICEF Ethiopia...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Ethiopia

Environmental Justice: MyEnvironment

Publication date:
July 2, 2021
MyEnvironment is a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) resource that aggregates a variety of environmental quality data. This data contains information on environmental code violations by water resource providers. It also provides mapping resources to locate and visualize areas of...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States

Water Quality Surveillance and Response

Publication date:
July 13, 2021
The EPA Water Security Division has developed a program that provides information, case studies and a framework utilities can use to develop a Water Quality Surveillance and Response System (SRS). An SRS can help improve a utility's ability to monitor source water and distribution system water...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States

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