SWP Newsletter | October 2020

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SWP DIRECTOR TO SPEAK AT UNC WATER AND HEALTH CONFERENCE 2020

Rodolfo Camacho, project director for the Sustainable Water Partnership, will present lessons learned from SWP’s work on water allocation planning in the Lower Mara Basin, Tanzania.

IMPROVED FARMING THROUGH IRRIGATION TRAINING

A hands-on irrigation training game teaches farmers in Cambodia how their irrigation scheme works, and how to follow a water distribution schedule to make sure all have access to water.

USING BIG DATA FOR WATER MANAGEMENT IN AFRICA

Machine learning and other big data analytics techniques hold promise for transboundary water management in Africa, but collecting quality data is key.

RECENT NEWS

Reuters | Virus-idled Indian workers dig into a new job: boosting water security
The Indian government has hired returning migrant workers and other unemployed people to dig water capture pits to restore depleting aquifers.

IRC | Strong WASH systems are climate resilient systems
The same capacities that help us adapt to COVID-19 can be used to fight climate change.

Gizmodo | The coronavirus has exposed a global water crisis. New research shows how to fix it.
Key areas for improvement include water infrastructure and technologies, developing better ways to recycle and reuse domestic wastewater and rainwater, education campaigns, and global measures to evaluate problems with water cost so that solutions can be developed.

WHAT WE'RE READING

Global Waters | USAID water and development technical series: Gender equality and female empowerment in WASH
Programs that support women's access to sustainable water and sanitation services enable them to enjoy better health, pursue their education, participate more fully in the economy, build their social capital, increase their dignity, and reach their full potential.

K4D | Water finance and nature-based solutions
Nature-based solutions for water security can address a number of challenges simultaneously and deliver co-benefits by protecting, sustainably managing, and restoring natural and modified ecosystems to address societal challenges.

Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group | Freshwater conservation and WASH advocacy strategy workshop facilitator's guide
This facilitation guide lays out steps for conservation, health and development practitioners to develop an advocacy strategy to design messaging and activities to urge donors, policymakers and colleagues to unite and join forces for conservation and health.