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Swiss Water Partnership General Assembly – POSTPONED!

May 26, 2020 | 8:00 am

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Swiss Junior Water Prize 2020

Anna Sidonia Marugg from Zuoz (GB) wins the Swiss Junior Water Prize 2020 Bern (24th April 2020) – The national contest for young researchers, Swiss Youth in Science, celebrated its 54th edition with the participation of 136 finalists from 20 cantons. This year, the competition had to be conducted online, which meant a considerable challenge […]
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Swiss investment in long-term water and sanitation solutions

The COVID-19 pandemic is a health crisis but also has far-reaching social and economic consequences. The spread of the virus is closely related to water and sanitation as access to water, sanitation and hygiene is a fundamental determinant of health. Safely managed water, sanitation and hygiene services are an essential part of preventing disease and [...]
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MOOC “Introduction to Faecal Sludge Management”

May 1, 2017 | 12:00 am - Dec 31, 2020 | 12:00 am |

Do you want learn how to apply concepts of sustainable faecal sludge management on a city-wide scale? Eawag-Sandec will launch the fourth MOOC of the series “Water, Sanitation and Solid Waste for Development” on May 1. The 5-weeks online course […]

International Aguasan Workshop 2020

Jun 29, 2020 | 12:00 am - Jul 3, 2020 | 11:59 pm |

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the workshop will take place at a later date, possibly in a different format. More information on www.aguasan.ch. Updates will follow soon! Thank you for your understanding.

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nanoTalk Water

May 28, 2020 | 7:00 pm |

International Aguasan Workshop 2020

Jun 29, 2020 | 12:00 am - Jul 3, 2020 | 11:59 pm |

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SWP Member Projects

cewas Start-Up programme

cewas is the international Training Centre for start-ups in the water, sanitation and resource management based in Willisau (Switzerland). The third cewas Start-Up programme is directed at graduates who want to start their own business in the emerging water sector. Within the one-year training programme which will be commencing in September 2013, young entrepreneurs-to-be are […]

This multi-country project scales the adoption of appropriate technologies through a proven supply chain dissemination approach. The project focuses on facilitating the adoption of micro-irrigation technologies amongst poor, rural farmers and on improving access to safe water systems. The project will provide 300,000 farmers with improved micro-irrigation technologies and 3 million poor households with safe […]

Ecohealth and adaptation to climate change in water and health sectors in West

Background: The frequency of extreme weather events associated with climate change, particularly floods, has increased in West Africa. Floods can negatively affect water quality by causing faecal pathogens contamination in riverine cities in West Africa and by changing ecological conditions for vectors of some water related disease (malaria, schistosomiasis). There is a paucity of data […]

This project is focussed on Institutional Development of the water authorities in Ganja and Sheki (> 400’000 inhabitants in total). The conducted assignments reach throughout technical, financial and institutional fields including tendering, training, advising and assistance of the Water Supply Company and the Project Implementation Units in technical and structural questions. Institutional analysis and development […]

ACQWA is a large-scale integrating project funded by the 7th Framework Programme of the European Union. It involves 35 international partners and a budget of EURO 6.5 million. Within this project HWRM-ETH is investigating the future of water resources in alpine regions around the world (the Swiss and Italian Alps, the central Andes of Chile […]

The local Rotary club donated a Trunz Water System incl. solar energy supply and construction work in order to establish a water shop. The installation is situated in a school ground where the children receive clean drinking water for free whereas the community inhabitants pay a small fee for water. With this sales return, a […]

WATSAN Ngozi – Burundi Water and Sanitation Project

In 2011, the SDC launched a new regional Water and Sanitation (WATSAN) Programme in the Great Lakes region. Within this framework the Swiss TPH was mandated to support WATSAN projects for health centres already supported by the Swiss TPH PASS Ngozi health programme. The programme aims to ensure access to clean running water for patients […]

The problem of natural fluoride contamination in drinking water covers a wide area in the Rift Valley of Ethiopia. More than 8 million people are estimated to be exposed to the risk of developing fluorosis, irreversibly affecting teeth and the skeleton. Efforts made either by the government or other institutions have not been sufficient due […]

Community Health Projects in Bangladesh (since 1990’s) Polluted surface water, dangerous hygiene practices and arsenic contamination of ground water are major threats to community health in Bangladesh. In addition, floods, droughts and hurricanes regularly affect the country, challenging the access to safe drinking water even more, especially of the poorest. The SRC currently works in […]

Events

Swiss Water Partnership General Assembly – POSTPONED!

News

Swiss Junior Water Prize 2020

Swiss investment in long-term water and sanitation solutions

MOOC “Introduction to Faecal Sludge Management”

International Aguasan Workshop 2020

nanoTalk Water

International Aguasan Workshop 2020

SWP Member Projects

cewas Start-Up programme

Productive Water

Ecohealth and adaptation to climate change in water and health sectors in West

Institutional Development for Water Utilities in Azerbaijan

ACQWA – Assessing Climate Impacts on the Quantity and Quality of Water

Philippines: Water Shop Concept

WATSAN Ngozi – Burundi Water and Sanitation Project

Ethiopia: Filtering Fluoride Contaminated Water

Community Health Project Bangladesh