<font size="4" color="#454545">Akvopedia. Open source, water and sanitation knowledge.</font>
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====Ease of editing Visual Editor is coming soonnow here====Currently, we are looking to upgrade We have upgraded Akvopedia in the future with the Wikipedia style Visual Editor upload/editing tool to enable a simplified platform, so that zero programming knowledge is needed. If you would like to create/edit or upload information article on Akvopedia. To learn how to Akvopediause the Visual editor, see belowthe Wikipedia [https://en. You will be instructed wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Introduction tutorials on how to create your pages and given a base-level of editing permissionsuse it]. Or But as always, if it is more convenient for you, we can also create and upload your pages for you!
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=== Acknowledgements ===
Akvopedia started as an open collaborative effort of [http://www.akvo.org Akvo], initiated by [http://www.nwp.nl Netherlands Water Partnership], [http://www.ircwash.org/ IRC], [http://www.unesco-ihe.org UNESCO-IHE], [http://www.greenocean.org GreenOcean] and [http://wwwmovementbureau.movementdesignblogs.org com/ The Movement Design Bureau]. Prototype funding has been provided by [http://www.partnersvoorwater.nl/ Partners voor Water].
Much of the initial content of in this wiki comes from the books [http://www.ircwash.org/resources/smart-sanitation-solutions-examples-innovative-low-cost-technologies-toilets-collection Smart Sanitation Solutions] and [http://wwwpractica.practicafoundation.nlorg/librarypublications/smart-water-solutions.html / Smart Water Solutions] produced in collaboration with [http://www.nwp.nl Netherlands Water Partnership], [http://www.waste.nl WASTE], [http://practica.org/ PRACTICA], [http://www.ircwash.org/ IRC], [http://www.simavi.org SIMAWISIMAVI] and [http://www.partnersforwaterpartnersvoorwater.nl/ Partners voor Water]
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