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Global Waters tells the story of USAID's water-related efforts around the globe, featuring in-depth articles exploring solutions to local as well as global water challenges, opinion pieces by development professionals, and first-hand accounts from stakeholders and beneficiaries.

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  • Sanitation and Hygiene Influencers Making the Difference

    Sanitation and Hygiene Influencers Making the Difference

    William Musoni spends his days working as a laborer. When he’s not working, he educates communities in Rwanda’s Eastern Province on good…
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    USAID Water Team
    Oct 17, 2022
    An Audacious Plan to Deliver Safe, Reliable Water to All of Rural Benin… Profitably.

    An Audacious Plan to Deliver Safe, Reliable Water to All of Rural Benin… Profitably.

    Can an ambitious public-private partnership lead to the successful delegation of rural water supply management to small businesses for an…
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    USAID Water Team
    Aug 17, 2022
    Inclusive Development in India: USAID Partners with Local Transgender Community on WASH

    Inclusive Development in India: USAID Partners with Local Transgender Community on WASH

    Challenge 1: All over the world, including in India, transgender individuals are targets of discrimination and often lack legal recognition…
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    USAID Water Team
    Aug 12, 2022
    H2O Maghreb Empowers Moroccan Women to Play New Roles in Sustainable Water Management

    H2O Maghreb Empowers Moroccan Women to Play New Roles in Sustainable Water Management

    When Saadia started working as an engineer for a public water utility in Morocco, she was always “the only woman at the table,” she…
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    USAID Water Team
    Jun 22, 2022
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    A New Law, a Billion Dollar Loan Fund, and the Path to Better-run Water Utilities

    A New Law, a Billion Dollar Loan Fund, and the Path to Better-run Water Utilities

    As of 2020, Vietnam had the highest levels of rural water coverage among any country of comparable economic level, with coverage equivalent…
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    USAID Water Team
    Jun 13, 2022
    Keeping it REAL for the Future of Rural Water Services Delivery

    Keeping it REAL for the Future of Rural Water Services Delivery

    Providing safe, reliable water supply to rural populations is among the most difficult challenges of international development. Water…
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    USAID Water Team
    Apr 25, 2022
    Using Wastewater Surveillance to Monitor COVID-19

    Using Wastewater Surveillance to Monitor COVID-19

    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…
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    USAID Water Team
    Apr 1, 2022
    10 Ways USAID is addressing Water Scarcity in Iraq

    10 Ways USAID is addressing Water Scarcity in Iraq

    Abdi Ali, a farmer in Ninewa, proudly shows off a recently harvested pepper. USAID equipped Ali’s farm with a solar panel to pump water…
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    USAID Water Team
    Mar 16, 2022
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    Closing the Equity Gap: Water and Sanitation Data Can Help Us to Ensure No One is Left Behind

    Closing the Equity Gap: Water and Sanitation Data Can Help Us to Ensure No One is Left Behind

    New data revealing disparities in access to water and sanitation by ethnic group offer a powerful tool to help policymakers, program…
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    USAID Water Team
    Mar 4, 2022
    Clean Hands Save Lives

    Clean Hands Save Lives

    Sustaining Positive Handwashing Behavior Change During COVID-19 and Beyond
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    USAID Water Team
    Oct 12, 2021
    Confronting Climate Uncertainty Head on in the Philippines

    Confronting Climate Uncertainty Head on in the Philippines

    “With new and improved data-driven analyses capabilities and better, more frequent reporting accompanied by resonating public…
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    USAID Water Team
    Mar 3, 2021
    Going Beyond Taps and Toilets in the Sahel

    Going Beyond Taps and Toilets in the Sahel

    Burkina Faso and Niger have some of the lowest rates of access to safe water and sanitation in the world. Water scarcity and water…
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    USAID Water Team
    Mar 3, 2021
    Building Resilience into a River Basin

    Building Resilience into a River Basin

    Imagine a river basin — the rivers, tributaries, creeks, and wetlands that gather water and deliver it to the sea — as the vital network…
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    USAID Water Team
    Mar 2, 2021
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