Our work — 03

Water & WASH

A water project may mean repairing a pump, protecting a source, adding storage, improving treatment, repairing a network or—where technically appropriate—developing a new borehole. The right intervention follows local evidence.

Children washing and drinking at a public water tap
Representative editorial image · Not project evidenceWater & WASH field imageryPhoto: Lisa Marie Theck

Our approach

A water system should be designed around the source, the users and the people who will maintain it—not a fundraising slogan.

A water project may mean repairing a pump, protecting a source, adding storage, improving treatment, repairing a network or—where technically appropriate—developing a new borehole. The right intervention follows local evidence.

Project scope and cost are set around verified local conditions. We do not sell a universal intervention at a universal price.

Potential scope

What this programme can include.

  • Repair of pumps and existing water points
  • Appropriate new water systems
  • Storage, treatment and testing
  • Sanitation and drainage
  • Maintenance training and spare-parts planning
Before we count success
  1. 01Permissions and source evidence
  2. 02Measured output and water-quality tests
  3. 03Named responsible operator
  4. 04Maintenance schedule
  5. 0530- and 90-day functionality checks

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Water & WASH in the project system.

Planning records are labelled as planned until evidence supports a later status.

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