News Archive
Feedback Requested: Proposal To Add Taxonomy for #water_tech & #water_source and Add New #scheme_id and #notes fields
Three new proposals have been developed by a contsortium of organizations to modify the WPDx standard and the global WASH community is invited to provide feedback. Please
WPDx Sets its Sights on Achieving its Updated Mission
In 2014, the Water Point Data Exchange (WPDx) was launched to tackle a widely-identified issue: organizations in the WASH sector were not coordinating as well
The Era of Precision WASH
We are entering a new era in the WASH sector. Nearly a decade ago, a small NGO called Water for People developed a mobile phone
How Water Point Data are Improving Services
This blog post, written by Nicolas Dickinson and Felix Knipschild, originally appeared on the IRC blog. Recent research by WASHNote and IRC Uganda shows how data
APT Helps Transform Data into Decisions
Analytics software company Applied Predictive Technologies (APT) recently partnered with WPDx to carry out an evaluation of one of the world’s largest publicly available monitoring
New Article Published using WPDx Data
A team of researchers from the University of Southampton and UNICEF have leveraged WPDx data in a new article published in the “International Journal of
Feedback Requested: Proposal To Add Water Quality Attributes
A new proposal has been made by Global Water Challenge to modify the WPDx standard and the global WASH community is invited to provide feedback.
Living Water International Shares Over 3,000 Water Point Records, Adding 5 New Countries to WPDx
Living Water International has demonstrated a strong commitment to collaboration and transparency by sharing over 3,000 water point records across 20 countries through WPDx. This
Combining Two Powerful Platforms for Unprecedented Impact: WPDx and WASHWatch
For years, WASHWatch has served as the go-to source for tracking global progress towards water, sanitation and hygiene access. This information hub serves as a key tool
Bringing Order to the Wide Open Fields
As many WPDx users have noted, the WPDx standard includes several open text fields, including #water_tech, #water_source, and #status. Unlike fields that require a choice
Handpumps Joined at the Hip: Two-for-one or Double Trouble?
Water point data is available from the Gambia for the first time ever with the addition of 161 records. This data was collected as part
New Partnership Established as a Result of WPDx
While researchers, governments, and NGOs around the world are using WPDx for a wide range of uses, we recently heard of an interesting new use
Nearly 500 Records Added by VERGNET HYDRO and AQUASYS
Nearly 500 new water point records have been added to WPDx by Vergnet Hydro, representing one of the largest sets of data shared by a
New Partnership Launched with the Indigo Trust
The Water Point Data Exchange (WPDx) is pleased to announce the launch of a new partnership with the Indigo Trust, a leading funder of technology-driven solutions
Water, Spillovers and Free Riding: the Economics of Pump Functionality in Tanzania
Note: This is a repost of a blog that originally appeared on IRC’s blog written by Rossa O’Keeffe-O’Donovan, Economics PhD Candidate at University of Pennsylvania. This research is
First Data Shared in Burkina Faso
Over 100 water point records have been shared in Burkina Faso, making data available in that country through WPDx for the first time. The data
Almost 4,000 New Records Added in Liberia
Almost 4,000 records have been added in Liberia, providing new insights to the water point landscape in this country. The new data builds on roughly 10,000 records
Over 800 new records added in Uganda
WPDx users can now learn about water points in Uganda with unprecidented detail. Over new 800 water point records were added to the Water Point
What’s new on the Water Point Data Exchange website
During the last three months, I’ve had the pleasure to work with our team on the Water Point Data Exchange website. We are now introducing many new