Evaluating household water treatment options: Health-based targets and microbiological performance specifications
Authors: Prof. Mark Sobsey (WaterSHED) and Dr. Joe Brown (WaterSHED) Download Overview This document sets forth global criteria to evaluate whether... Read More
Researchers from Duke University present research findings on household demand for improved water quality
On 06 August 2012, Jenny Orgill, a PhD student in Environmental Economics; and Gina Turrini, a Master student in Public Policy, from Duke University presented their research findings on household demand for improved water quality during the monthly Water & Sanitation meeting
Health impacts of expanding access to piped water in rural Vietnam: A post-implementation assessment
Download the Report (pdf) Overview Access to “improved” water and sanitation is rapidly expanding in Vietnam. We examined one market-based, NGO-led... Read More
Sanitation marketing for managers: Guidance and tools for program development
Download the Manual (pdf) Overview This guidance manual draws significantly on previous work by Dr. Mimi Jenkins (WaterSHED – The University... Read More
Stone Family Foundation and WaterSHED partner to speed sanitation coverage in Cambodia
Despite decades of effort to overcome Cambodia’s lack of improved household sanitation, more than 70 percent of the rural population is still without access to sanitary latrines. To confront this public health challenge, support from the Stone Family Foundation is enabling significant expansion of WaterSHED’s innovative Hands-off sanitation marketing program in Cambodia.
Cambodia sanitation consumer demand behavior qualitative study: Highlights of key findings
Download the Synthesis Report (pdf) Overview An in-depth qualitative analysis was undertaken across three provinces in rural Cambodia to investigate what... Read More
Handwashing enabling products for developing countries: Design features, preferences, and behavior change from an in-depth product trial in Cambodia
Download the Study Presentation (pdf) Overview This poster featuring the HappyTap handwashing device was presented by Dr. Mimi Jenkins (WaterSHED – The... Read More
Development and evaluation of improved household water filters in Cambodia
Publication in Review Authors: Mark D. Sobsey, Joe M. Brown, Amanda Kaufman, Lisa Casanova, Chai Ratana, and Alice Wang Abstract Three... Read More
Rainwater harvesting practices and attitudes in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam
Published in the Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development Authors: Semra Özdemir, Mark Elliott, Joe Brown (WaterSHED), Nam K. Pham,... Read More
USAID Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) Award to Commercialize Innovative Handwashing Solution
The U.S. Agency for International Development’s Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) awarded WaterSHED, an NGO based in Cambodia, a $100,000 Stage 1 grant to seed the commercial introduction of an innovative hand-washing solution in Vietnam. The commercial launch and scale-up of WaterSHED’s hand-washing product will be a pioneering