Water data
Access to clean water is crucial for every aspect of sustainable development. We provide data solutions and innovative technology to improve water management, enhance collaboration and citizen engagement, and boost progress towards universal access to safe water. Explore our water data solutions.
From water data to action
At Akvo, we empower the water sector to harness the power of data for impactful decision making. How? We help organisations and governments collect, analyse, share, and reuse water data at scale and build custom digital platforms to drive data-driven decision making. We collaborate with national and local governments and international water actors to design sustainable solutions for all. Our mission is to make the water sector more data driven, citizen centred, and climate resilient.
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Our water data and tech services
We offer data and technology services tailored to your needs and goals, and we bring water sector expertise and local presence to ensure that the work we do is contextually relevant and sustainable.
National WASH monitoring information systems
We create web and mobile platforms for (sub)national governments to collect, manage, analyse and share WASH data in a structured, standardised manner. Our end-to-end intervention combines data and tech solutions with on-ground implementation to improve WASH and health outcomes.
WASH programme monitoring
We support WASH and water resource programme monitoring by collecting baseline and endline data and developing indicator dashboards for various stakeholders – from implementers to civil society – to access, utilise and share the data for better decision making.
WASH data exchange
We develop open source WASH data exchanges – centralised platforms where standardised (WPDx, JMP) and processed WASH data is readily available for data-driven investments and interventions.
The importance of data for water management
One in four people around the world lack safely managed drinking water. The majority of people without access to safe water live in rural, low income countries.
High quality data and information are crucial to decision making for all types of actors: governments, citizens, and NGOs. We empower actors with enhanced decision making and digital tools to improve resource allocation, service delivery, and policy making.
What is your key challenge when it comes to water and WASH data? Speak to our team to find out how Akvo can help you with your data and technology needs.
Some of our water data solutions
The Sio-Siteko and Mara wetlands don’t stop for a border. The Sio River rises in Kenya and crosses into Uganda before it reaches Lake Victoria. The Mara does the same in reverse – starting in Kenya’s Narok County, ending in the wetlands around Musoma, Tanzania. Three countries, one set of rivers, and until recently, no […]
Two ways to watch a wetland: Citizen science in the Nile River BasinAkvo has signed a landmark global Programme Cooperation Agreement (PCA) with UNICEF to strengthen national WASH monitoring systems, build data capacity, and improve decision-making for water, sanitation, and hygiene programming worldwide. Building on ten years of partnership with UNICEF’s West and Central Africa Regional Office, this agreement marks a new chapter – creating a global […]
Strengthening WASH data systems with UNICEF, worldwideAs part of the global agreement between Akvo and UNICEF, a targeted initiative was launched in Puntland to modernise the Water Information Management System (WIMS), led by the Ministry of Energy, Water and Minerals (MoEMW). The goal: move from fragmented data collection toward a unified, sustainable platform that centralises water-related data, improving transparency and supporting […]
From data silos to decisions: Transforming Puntland’s Water Information Management System
Ebook: How to implement a water quality testing programme
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We apply the principles of open source software, open content and open data to all of our work.
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