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According to the Centers for Disease Control, global access to safe water, adequate sanitation, and proper hygiene education can reduce illness and death from disease, leading to improved health, poverty reduction, and socio-economic development. However, many countries are challenged to provide these basic necessities to their populations, leaving people at risk for water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)-related diseases. Resources available within this theme offer information on providing access to safe water and appropriate sanitation facilities, and introducing sound hygiene behaviors.

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Water, Sanitation, Hygiene Resources

Global Freshwater Resources: Soft-Path Solutions for the 21st Century

Published: 
December 3, 2003
Pacific Institute
Twentieth-century water policies relied on the construction of massive infrastructure in the form of dams, aqueducts, pipelines, and complex centralized treatment plants to meet human demands. These facilities brought tremendous benefits to billions of people, but they also had serious and often...Read more

A Review of Decision-Making Support Tools in the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Sector

Published: 
May 15, 2008
Pacific Institute
This report evaluates 120 existing resources in the WASH sector, finds significant gaps, and recommends the development of a decision-making tool that can help practitioners evaluate which approaches are appropriate for their situation.Read more

Human Costs of Nitrate-contaminated Drinking Water in the San Joaquin Valley

Published: 
March 1, 2011
Pacific Institute
This research finds that nitrate contamination of groundwater has wide-reaching effects on California's health, economic vitality, and environmental well being, disproportionately affecting low-income households and Spanish-speaking residents.Read more

mWASH: Mobile Phone Applications for the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Sector

Published: 
April 1, 2012
Pacific Institute
Billions of the world's poor still lack access to basic water and sanitation services, yet many of them can count mobile phones among their possessions. Water and sanitation practitioners have begun to tap the potential of these phones as tools to improve water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)...Read more

Global Water Governance in the 21st Century

Published: 
July 24, 2013
Pacific Institute
This report examines structures and approaches needed to meet the challenge of sustainable water management in an interconnected world.Read more

Water and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Impacts on Municipal Water Demand

Published: 
June 25, 2021
Pacific Institute
Covid-19 has had large early impacts on municipal water demands in the United States. This article states that stay-at-home orders have increased water demands for residential use but also decreased demands for industrial and commercial activities, leading to new imbalances in water distribution...Read more
Regional focus: 
United States

The Impacts of the Pandemic Remain for Small Water Systems and Customers In-Debt

Published: 
June 25, 2021
Pacific Institute
Covid-19 has had persistent, wide-ranging impacts on small community water systems. Small community water systems (SCWS) serve millions around the United States in urban, rural, and growing communities. The pandemic poses serious challenges to the operational capacity and financial stability of...Read more
Regional focus: 
United States

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