Rural Evidence and Learning for Water (REAL-Water)

Aquaya is an independent, nonprofit research organization dedicated to building the evidence base that guides WASH decision-making for international development. Founded in 2005, Aquaya conducts implementation research across an array of rural and urban WASH priorities.

Aguaconsult is a UK-based consulting company founded in 2003 to support public and private sector organizations to improve water, sanitation, and environmental services globally. It is recognized as a global thought-leader in the field of rural water service delivery.

The Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF), established in 1997, is an independent research institute within the University of Technology Sydney. ISF conducts transdisciplinary, project-based research in line with their vision of creating positive change towards sustainable futures.

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has a strategic mandate to provide higher education, undertake research,disseminate knowledge, and foster relationships with external individuals and institutions in Ghana. Its Regional Water and Environmental Sanitation Center Kumasi (RWESCK) is one of the university’s centers of excellence.

The Skat Foundation is based in Switzerland and hosts the Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN), a global network of more than 13,000 water professionals in 168 countries. Since 1992, the network has been a trusted knowledge hub and expertise platform on practical planning, implementation, research, and innovation.

Safe Water Network is a nonprofit organization seeking to advance the scale and impact of decentralized local market-based solutions as a safe water solution for low-income populations in emerging economies. Since 2006, it has provided expertise to governments, partners, and local communities in Ghana and Indiato demonstrate successful small water enterprise approaches.

Water Mission is a Christian engineering nonprofit organization that builds safe WASH solutions in developing countries and disaster areas. Since 2001, Water Mission has served more than seven million people in 57 countries through 2,800 rural safe water and sanitation projects.

Hydroconseil is a French consulting firm created in 1995 that specializes in improving essential public services for low-income populations in emerging and developing countries. Under REAL-Water, Hydroconseil supports the project buy-in from the USAID/Madagascar Mission “Southern Madagascar Water Assessment: Coordinating data and action for sustainable development of water resources in the arid south of Madagascar.”

Johns Hopkins University is America’s first research university, founded on the principle that by pursuing big ideas and sharing what we learn, we can make the world a better place. For more than 140 years, our faculty and students have worked side by side in pursuit of discoveries that improve lives. REAL-Water partners at the Morton K. Blaustein Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences work in a tireless pursuit of discovery, continuing our founding mission to bring knowledge to the world.

Water, Environment, Land and Livelihoods (WELL) Labs co-creates research and innovation for social impact in the areas of land and water sustainability. WELL Labs is a centre based at the Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR) Society. Together with Krea University and other centres at IFMR,, WELL Labs is part of an ecosystem of labs and research centres with a mission to help prepare for an unpredictable world.

Cova (formerly EOS International) has been providing safe drinking water solutions and community capacity building in Central America since 2008. With staff in Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador, Cova is a locally managed organization dedicated to the successful implementation of safe water solutions through tracking, evaluating, and revisiting community water treatment installations to ensure sustained impact.