As we enter the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, many national and local governments are turning to a surprising source of data to track the latest surge of the virus: pathogens in the wastewater in their sewage systems.
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- AnnouncementThe journal Water recently announced that the winner of the Water 2021 Young Investigator Award is Dr. Stefanos Giannakis. Dr.
- SummaryThe Water Currents newsletter has focused several issues on the impact of COVID-19 in the developing world.
- Global WatersWorld Toilet Day 2019: These Countries are Making Sanitation Gains with USAID’s Help<
- Global WatersGaining the Upper Hand Against COVID-19 in Three African Countries
- BlogCOVID-19 dictated the format of this year’s University of North Carolina (UNC) Water and Health Conference, which was held from October 26–30, 2020, in a virtual format and free of charge for the first time ever.
- VideoThe IWED Ghana program worked with Ghana’s Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources (MSWR) to: develop and implement standard WASH data collection, management and reporting from the local to national level; build the capacity of WASH sector stak
- WebinarThe event will focus on addressing the impacts of the virus for the water sector.
- BlogThis blog originally appeared on Climatelinks.
- Fact SheetWith increasing rates of population growth and urbanization, infrastructure in African cities, such as water delivery systems and wastewater systems, can be overwhelmed.