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Akvopedia is filled with information on smart, affordable water and sanitation technology for rural or urban settings. It works just like Wikipedia and includes useful material on key technologies, service delivery, finance, promotion and support systems. Anyone can contribute to, edit or use Akvopedia materials in their organisation, under a Creative Commons license. Our full time editor maintains quality, supported by a team of experts.

The essential reference for doers and donors

Akvopedia gives everyone the crucial understanding needed to fund or specify water and sanitation projects. It complements Akvo’s online matching and reporting systems and helps maintain project quality. Everyone can easily refer to Akvopedia to understand key terms, technologies or approaches.

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You can help improve Akvopedia by contributing explanations, field experience, pictures, films, construction manuals and other materials. Akvopedia articles have a uniform structure navigated by friendly icons, so readers can quickly find what they need and share it with others. Adding and editing articles is quick and easy – our online guides will take you through the simple steps in minutes. For those with good content but no time to share it, we offer free editorial services and can help to update your licensing policies.

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If you want to speed up the pace of poverty-reduction and reduce the cost of sharing knowledge, Akvopedia is a great place to invest time and resource. We're translating content into more languages and adding new decision-support tools that help specify the right drinking water and sanitation solutions for any given situation. Help us liberate information from filing cabinets and computer hard drives around the world.

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