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Welcome to Akvopedia, the a free, open -sourced water and , sanitation & hygiene resource (in addition to food security knowledge) that [[How to contribute|anyone can edit]]. We strive to improve water and sanitation projects through knowledge exchange on Here you will find smart and affordable technical solutions technologies and effective approachesin rural or urban settings. Project teams can learn more about financing, constructing, and maintaining a project in order to keep it functioning and stable for the long term. Some pages are translated in up to 9 languages (upper right of each page may have language flags), as we are increasing new translations continually. We also have the Google translator on each page. It will translate any English page into more than 90 languages. It cannot translate our hand-translated pages, only the English versions of those pages. Akvopedia now contains [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] articles primarily in English, including some in French and Spanish. Akvopedia is hosted and managed by [http://akvo.org/ Akvo Foundation].

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{|[[Image:eawag compendium cover.png|right|150px|link=http://www.eawag.ch/forschung/sandec/publikationen/sesp/dl/Compendium_2nd_Ed_Lowres_1p.pdf]]<font size="34">UpdatedThe [[Survey Library]] is now live!! Compendium of Sanitation Systems and Technologies, 2nd Edition</font><br><br>The entire [[Sanitation Portal]] is now updated with the most current Survey library contains two "shelves" of information from the new compendium from [http://wwwstandards and surveys.sandecStandards assist you in gathering, understanding, and using high quality data for decision making in all things water, sanitation, hygiene (WASH) -related.ch/index_EN Sandec/EAWAG]Surveys are questionnaires that apply the standards. It contains several brand new topics such as Pre-treatment Technologies Some of the supporting organizations who've created the standards are WHO, SettlerUNICEF, and SIASAR. For instance, the Imhoff tank. Plus redefinitions Joint Monitoring Program (JMP) is a popular standard for many sanitation products, drinking water, and others. Biomass is now included a lot as well|[[Image:Survey_library_promo. Plus some newer versions of treatment systems that mention biogas and blackwater more frequently than the 1st editionjpg|thumb|right|400px|link=Survey Library|Photo: Care.org]]<br>|}{|-

|[[Image:sustainable sanitationTablet-Use-demo.pngjpg|100pxright|right200px|Source: [http://www.pseau.org/outils/biblio/index.php?vue_pgm_o_tout=1&tri1=titre&pgmpseau_idlink=37&l=fr&langue=en&operateur_titre_contenant=%2B&motclef%5B%5D=129&vuepp=3&autosubmit=1 www.pseau.org]Handbook on Data Collection]]* '''70 Sustainable Sanitation Documents from [http://pseau.org Pseau.org] New guide''': We now have links in our [[Sustainability PortalHandbook on Data Collection]], column 5 (Social Sustainability) for 70 new documents in both French and English. These colorfully illustrate The AfriAlliance Handbook provides guidance on how best to develop a variety of handwashing and sanitation methods that include topics such as schools data collection project to ensure high quality data is collected and gendermaximum impact is achieved. Great for teaching kids! All links go The Handbook covers vital elements to consider when designing and implementing a data collection project, focusing on the [http://www.pseau.org/outils/biblio/index.php?vue_pgm_o_tout=1&tri1=titre&pgmpseau_id=37&l=fr&langue=en&operateur_titre_contenant=%2B&motclef%5B%5D=129&vuepp=3&autosubmit=1 pseau.org] site where you can search by topic, country, or target audiencedevelopment sector and including extra resources for more information.

|[[Image:Rainwater_harvesting_mapWHO_Guidelines_2018.png|right|100px200px|link=http://akvopediaapps.orgwho.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/wiki274939/Rainwater_Harvesting_GIS_Map9789241514705-eng.pdf]]* '''NEW RWH TOOLS: [[Rainwater Harvesting GIS Map | Make a personalized GIS rainwater harvesting map]]Guide''' - We have teamed up with : [http://wwwapps.rainfoundationwho.orgint/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/ RAIN274939/9789241514705-eng.pdf WHO: Guidelines on Health and Sanitation, 2018] . Safe sanitation is essential for health, from preventing infection to create three new rainwater harvesting (RWH) tools in Akvopediaimproving and maintaining mental and social well-being. One The lack of these is called the [[Rainwater Harvesting GIS Map]]. You can follow three steps safe sanitation contributes to create diarrhea, a major public health concern and a RWH map to see optimal places leading cause of rainwater collection disease and death among children under five years in your arealow- and middle- income countries; poor sanitation also contributes to several neglected tropical diseases, as well as broader adverse outcomes such as under-nutrition. The other tools, [[Rain Lack of access to suitable sanitation facilities is Gain Tool]] also a major cause of risks and [[WASH Environmental Sustainability Assessment]]anxiety, help you to both assess your water needs/supply especially for women and make sure your WASH project is environmentally sustainablegirls. For all these reasons, respectivelysanitation that prevents disease and ensures privacy and dignity has been recognized as a basic human right.

|[[Image:Indian_waterfinancing papers2.jpgpng|100pxright|right200px|Source: [http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/jul/07/slide-show-1-what-is-water-harvesting-how-it-can-curb-waterlink=Financing Sanitation, Paper Series I-shortage.htm business.rediff.com]4]]* '''Featured article'''NEW Malayalam Page: The [[മഴവെള്ള സംഭരണം|<font size="2">മഴവെള്ള സംഭരണം</font>Financing Sanitation, Paper Series I-4]]''' - We now have is a new Indian language translator! He will be helping us unique collection of six articles about different aspects of sustainable financing of sanitation (in the Water Portal emerging markets) - from financial inclusion to translate pages into Malayalam, Hindi, private funding and Tamilfrom micro insurance to climate financing. We hope this will enable our Indian users The papers are very close to gain much water daily practices, written purely on the basis of experience, insights and materials developed within sanitation knowledge and find valuable help programmes in India and resources for their projects. We have started with a translation for our [[Rainwater Harvesting]] page with the alternative language links at the bottom of the pageKenya. More to come!

|[[Image:national flags.png|right|200px250px|]]We are proud to announce our new Akvopedia [[Translations]] program! We have started our language program with translators for French, Spanish, 3 three Indian languages (Hindi, Malayalam, and Tamil), Korean, Chinese, Indonesian, and Japanese, with many more to come. See the upper right of our each English page for the different language flags.Not all pages have been translated yet. Our most popular translations are: <br>* '''New Translation:''' Our The entire [[Water Portal / Rainwater Harvesting| Rainwater harvesting]] page has 6 new languages! section in Hindi: [[वाटर पोर्टल / वर्षाजल संचयन]]. <br>* '''New Translation:''' Our The entire [[Business Development - Micro-financingWater Portal / Rainwater Harvesting | Rainwater harvesting]] page is now section in Spanish, French, Malayalam, and Korean: [[La collecte des eaux de pluie]].<br>* '''New Translation:''' Our Most of the [[3R (Recharge, Retention & Reuse)Water Portal / Rainwater Harvesting | Rainwater harvesting]] page is now section in Spanish and Malayalam with more coming soon: [[Captación de Agua de Lluvia]].

|[[Image:Winona akvo2Jon.jpg|right|120px]]Do you have quality content that you would like to contribute to Akvopedia, but lack the time or resources to upload it? Akvopedia offers free limited editorial services and always appreciates suggestions and links to expand our WASH wiki. Please contact our editor Winona Azure Jon at winonajon[[Image:at symbol.jpg|12px]]akvo.org. Thank you for visiting!