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Swiss Junior Water Prize 2018

Laura Bauer from Jona (SG) wins the Swiss Junior Water Prize 2018 Neuchâtel (28th April 2018) – The national contest for young researchers, Swiss Youth in Science, closed its 52th edition recognising the efforts of the 116 participants who made it to the final. The Swiss Junior Water Prize 2018 was granted to Laura Bauer, a […]
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Call: Presentation at the General Assembly 2018

This is your Chance! Present your Organization at the SWP General Assembly! In regard of the annual General Assembly (GA) on 29th May 2018 in Henniez, the Swiss Water Partnership (SWP) will provide space in the afternoon sessions for one member organization per sector (private, research, professional network & association, public, non-profit) to present their […]
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SWP General Assembly 2018

May 29, 2018 | 12:00 am |

The Swiss Water Partnership is pleased to announce that this year's General Assembly will be held on 29th May 2018 at Nestlé in Henniez (VD). Further information will follow in April 2018.

SWP Learning Event “Assessment of Surface and Groundwater”

Sep 6, 2018 | 12:00 am | NADEL

The SWP is organizing an internal learning event on the topic of assessment of surface and groundwater. This one-day event will take place on 6. September 2018 in Zurich (NADEL | Clausiusstrasse 37, Zürich, Switzerland). Targeted participants: any SWP member willing to gain […]

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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 […]

Aguasan Workshop

Jun 25, 2018 | 12:00 am - Jun 29, 2018 | 11:59 pm |

We have the pleasure to announce the 34th AGUASAN Workshop*, which will take place June 25-29, 2018 in Spiez, Switzerland on the topic of “Leveraging the data revolution - informed decision-making for better water and sanitation management”. Read more about this topic HERE. Highlight: […]

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Improving Partnership Governance in Water Services through PPPs

The goal of this initiative is effective water governance for all water users. One of many methods to achieve this is through Public-Private Partnerships for water services. Partnerships that create clear communication channels among partners and stakeholders are more likely to provide effective water governance. The ten themes in this initiative seek to contribute toward […]

The gradual introduction of the WATASOL approach in Guinea began in response to a cholera outbreak in 2008 and could serve as a model for other countries. Tinkisso-Antenna, our motivated and competent local partner, is currently working with the Guinean Ministry of Health to extend the production and distribution of chlorine flasks throughout the entire […]

School in Kraljevo: Complete renovation of sanitary facilities; Geberit team including apprentices on site.

The principle aim of a water access, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) project is to create conditions under which risk of waterborne disease transmission are minimised. However, providing a community or school with safe water that improves health conditions is not a matter of simply installing a new, clean source. It is also necessary that communities […]

An integrated approach to control neglected tropical diseases

Background: The global strategy to control helminthiasis is preventive chemotherapy, which is the regular administration of anthelminthic drugs to at-risk populations. However, re-infection can occur rapidly as long as access to clean water and adequate sanitation has not been improved and hygiene behaviour remained unchanged. Current control efforts do not take these latter aspects sufficiently […]

Reinforcing research on vulnerabilities at household and community levels in face of climate change in West Africa

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 […]

The Back Bay, located on the southern tip of the city, is an area where pressures collide; it is a place on the edge of conflict, on the edge of the city – on contested waters. The goal of the project was to re-imagine the city of Mumbai through this waterfront – to develop and […]

The goal of the project is to supply the new school ‘Ecole mixte Arc-en-Ciel du Haut-Valais’ in Montrouis Haiti (100 children) with clean drinking water with the low-cost Sanakvo-technology by the year 2014. The high-quality and low-cost Sanakvo-water-from-air-technology is well adapted to Haiti, which faces water scarcity due to the destruction of existing water-pipelines and […]

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Swiss Junior Water Prize 2018

Call: Presentation at the General Assembly 2018

SWP General Assembly 2018

SWP Learning Event “Assessment of Surface and Groundwater”

MOOC “Introduction to Faecal Sludge Management”

Aguasan Workshop

SWP Member Projects

Improving Partnership Governance in Water Services through PPPs

Tinkisso-Antenna, a local NGO responsible for a national programme

Social Project Serbia 2011

Safe Water Programme in Rural Uganda – Whave Solutions Ltd.

An integrated approach to control neglected tropical diseases

Reinforcing research on vulnerabilities at household and community levels in face of climate change in West Africa

Contested Waters Mumbai

Drinking water for Haitian school

GF Piping Systems – Water treatment