Sustainability

According to Global Water Challenge, sustainability is one of the most pressing issues facing the WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) sector today. More than 30 percent of WASH projects fail after two to five years. Resources available to help address this challenge include guidance on operations and maintenance approaches, tools to estimate long-term costs, and other resources to support sustainability.

Sustainability Resources

Downscaled CMIP3 and CMIP5 Climate and Hydrology Projections

U.S. Geological Survey
The archive provides climate and hydrologic projections at spatial and temporal scales relevant to some of the watershed and basin-scale decisions facing water and natural resource managers and planners dealing with climate change. Such access permits several types of analyses, including: (1)...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

Conserving water during irrigation

Publication date:
August 24, 2012
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Wade Rain is using OPIC political risk insurance to support its operations in Mexico, a country with a dry climate that sources all water from ground wells. Wade Rain's Mexican subsidiary sells irrigation equipment - most of it manufactured in the U.S. - to small farms in central Mexico and...Read more

WASH and Freshwater Conservation in Sub Saharan Africa

Publication date:
July 31, 2014
Millennium Water Alliance
Conservation International
Winrock International
This webinar explores the question of integrating WASH and freshwater conservation with case studies from Tanzania.Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Sub-Saharan Africa

WASH and Freshwater Conservation in Southeast Asia

Publication date:
July 24, 2014
Millennium Water Alliance
Conservation International
U.S. Agency for International Development
This webinar explores the question of integrating WASH and freshwater conservation with a case study on urban groundwater recharge for water supply in Indonesia.Read more
Regional/Country focus:
East Asia and Pacific

World Vision- Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

Publication date:
February 28, 2013
World Vision
This webinar describes World Vision's, a Christian humanitarian organization, portfolio in water. World Vision sees WAS as fundamental to achieving all the Child Well-being Outcomes.Read more

USGS Water Science School - Questions and Answers

U.S. Geological Survey
A part of the USGS Water Science School, this page provides a series of questions and answers surrounding water. Topics include Water at Home, Water Use, Measuring Water, Water Chemistry and Quality, and the Water Around Us.Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

NRD Oral History Project

Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute at the University of Nebraska
A website produced by the Water for Food Global Institute and partners, featuring oral histories about the development of Nebraska's Natural Resources Districts, a unique groundwater management institution based on local governance.Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

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