by Polly Markandya | Dec 6, 2018 | News
Around one and a half million Zambians living in cities lack easy access to safe, clean water. In the capital city Lusaka, the situation is so bad that some people have to drink from pools of water at the bottom of crevices in the rocky ground. These crevices, known...
by Polly Markandya | Nov 27, 2018 | News
“Water is important and should have a certain value. Here at the alpine restaurant Ruodisegg we charge 4 Francs per litre. This amount goes 100% to WASSER FÜR WASSER.” -Toni Schuler, Alp Ruodisegg, Switzerland, one of 450 WfW partners. In 2013, WSUP started working...
by Polly Markandya | Nov 19, 2018 | News
Complex problems require multi-faceted responses. In Ga West, Ghana, we are creating a public-private response to sanitation. The challenge is significant: like other urban centres in Ghana, around 80% of the population lacks access to a clean, safe toilet. This has...
by Polly Markandya | Nov 15, 2018 | News
Ahead of World Toilet Day, our CEO looks into the impact of poor wastewater treatment and highlights ways in which cities can improve sanitation management. By Neil Jeffery, Chief Executive When people in the most developed cities flush the toilet, they have the...
by Polly Markandya | Nov 6, 2018 | News
The requirements of women and girls are too often ignored in the planning and design of toilets, leaving them unable to use the toilet where and when needed. Women have different sanitation requirements, for instance during menstruation, pregnancy and after menopause,...
