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Recent Developments, <br /> Key Innovations, and <br /> Insightful Reports

Recent Developments,
Key Innovations, and
Insightful Reports

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Water harvesting slakes thirst at an innovative Kenyan inn

When Gaitano Likhavila was still working as an accountant at the provincial hospital in the west Kenyan town of Kakamega he witnessed a hospital being closed down due to shortage of water, while it poured on the roof outside. This got him kickstarting his business now known as the KwelaKwela Inn, […]

July 31, 2012

Turning ‘poop’ into profits

In the developing world, the answer to the persistent problem of sanitation and open defecation is not in building more toilets, but in treating the fecal sludge that fills up the built toilets, and reders them useless due to low maintenance availability. In developing countries, the treatment followed in developed […]

July 31, 2012

Innovation – A gravity powered water purifier

A sustainable water treatment system developed by AguaClara is delivering cheap drinking water to communities in Honduras using a power source far cheaper and more abundant than electricity: gravity. Read more here.

July 31, 2012

Revolutionary Israeli toilet gets Gates’ Foundation grant

An Israeli-invesnted toilet that needs no water and leaves no waste behind has been ear-marked for homes in developing nations worldwide, after catching the attention of the Bill and Melinda Gates’ Foundation. It has been invented by renowned Hebrew University biotech innovator Prof. Oded Shoseyov. Read more here.

July 31, 2012

Sanitation in India, now on TV

Satyamev Jayate, the show produced and hosted by Indian Bollywood actor Aamir Khan has chosen water and its lack of availability as the theme as one of its episodes. The show is well known for bringing to light the unknown realities of the country. Read more here.

July 31, 2012

India: Hyderabad suffering from sewage coming out of taps

The capital of Andhra Pradesh is facing a troubling scenario – the water supplied by the Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) is highly turbid and at times containing sewage. Wasa officials said that almost the entire sewerage system in the district had been damaged and sewage was seeping into water […]

July 31, 2012

Innovative aid and water purification

There are many people in the world, both in the past and the present who have died for causes which were preventable – diseases caused by consumption of polluted water, unfit for drinking. This post enlists some of the most popular and effective innovations in purifying water for the developing […]

July 31, 2012

India: Need for potable water to curb hepatitis

According to experts, poor water supply and sanitation, and neglected public health system are the root causes of heavy burden of hepatitis-infected people in the country. India and China have the highest proportion of such patients. Read more here.

July 31, 2012

Linking Biodiversity Conservation and Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene: Experiences From sub-Saharan Africa

This report is a result of a new Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group initiative. It contains a review of 43 programmes across sub-Saharan Africa, including four in-depth case studies, and finds that natural synergies between water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) programming and conservation work provide opportunities for greater effectiveness in addressing both. […]