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Photo caption: WPdx training delivered by MWA to government stakeholder and Sustainable WASH Program implementation partners in March 2023. Photo credit: Selamawit Tiruneh  Over the

Figure 1. Kabarole district officials after the launch of the district WASH data porta. Photo credit: Mary Ayoreka Concepta, IRC Regional WASH Officer Guest blog

Figure 1. Dera Woreda Validation Team using WPdx Rural Decision Support tools to identify the top three priority areas for new water point construction work

Challenges in Water Point Sustainability The lack of sustainability of rural water points sources is a persistent problem in sub-Saharan Africa. At any one time,

The WPdx Working Group is pleased to share a proposed update to the WPdx Data Standard. The purpose of this update is to: More clearly

WPdx is excited to continue to promote transparent data sharing and use of open data in the rural water sector through our third annual Open

WPdx is excited to announce the launch of its new YouTube channel! The channel includes brief tutorials on how to upload data to the WPdx

Open Data Day 2023 – Data Sharing Challenge In anticipation of Open Data Day 2023, WPdx is launching a challenge to encourage organizations working in

We are pleased to announce that WPdx data and decision-support analyses for Rwanda and Zambia are now available on the WPdx Decision Tools web app.

Photo credit: Stellamaris Nakacwa With contributions from Stella Nacakwa, M.S. Candidate, West Virginia University & Courtney Clark, YouthMappers. The Gulu University chapter of YouthMappers, in

Global Water Challenge and the Water Point Data Exchange (WPdx) are excited to announce the launch of the new WASH in Health Facilities Data Exchange

The Challenge: Dramatic acceleration needed to achieve SDGs Today, 2 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water services, including: 1.2 billion people with

We are excited to share some new features and updates which have been added to the WPdx decision support tools app.  Please take a few

Contributed by Tedla Mulatu, Ethiopia Country Director, Millennium Water Alliance The Millennium Water Alliance (MWA) has been implementing a five-year Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

Governance is recognized as a key aspect of sustainable rural water services. The USAID Governance Research on Rural Water Systems (GROWS) activity was designed to

Figure shows how DHS regions in Uganda (labeled) compared to WPdx regions (sub-counties from GADM) in red What data should I use? Is the data

With contributions from Herbert Kashililah, Chair, Tanzania Water and Sanitation Network (TAWASANET) The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Governance Research on Water Systems,

Map image from Tonkolili showing investments made and WPdx recommendations. A desktop study on the potential impact of data use in Sierra Leone was completed

Photo courtesy of Project team/Gulu YouthMappers With contributions from Stella Nacakwa, M.S. Candidate, West Virginia University & Courtney Clark, YouthMappers. The YouthMappers Chapter at Gulu

WPdx is excited to continue to promote transparent data sharing and use of open data in the rural water sector through our second annual Open

The Water Point Data Exchange (WPdx) is pleased to announce the launch of a new analysis-ready dataset, Water Point Data Exchange Plus (WPdx+). WPdx+ is

https://www.waterpointdata.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/WPDx_ingestion-engine-1-2.mp4 Sharing data with WPDx has never been easier. In fall 2020, WPDx completed a major overhaul of our ingestion engine to streamline the process

Guest Blog by Laura Brunson, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Millennium Water Alliance Ethiopia is home to 112 million people with more than 81 million living in

Guest Blog by Lars Heemskerk, Consultant for Akvo < The water point you selected is probably no longer functional >  If you’re responsible for providing

WPDx is excited to promote transparent data sharing in the rural water sector through our first Open Data Day celebration! Bringing Together the Pieces of

*Please see here for our updated post and special recognitions!* March 6th, 2021 is International Open Data Day, an opportunity to promote awareness and use

In January, 2021, the WPDx Working Group voted to approve the addition of three new parameters, plus some minor edits and clarifications to the WPDx Data Standard.

2020 was a year we will not forget. Our global community faced new challenges which changed day-to-day life in unprecedented ways.  However, the importance of

On December 3rd, 2020 the Ministry of Water Resources in Sierra Leone issued a letter to all international and local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) requesting water

In November 2020, WPDx launched a re-designed website to make it even easier to for users to share, access and analyze water point data. A

DataRobot, an automated machine learning platform that helps build and deploy accurate predictive models, has partnered with the Global Water Challenge (GWC) to pilot their

In their first Global Report on Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH), the Open Government Partnership (OGP) selected the Water Point Data Exchange (WPDx) as the

The Water Point Data Exchange was featured in a recent Gartner research paper. “Four Real-World Case Studies: Implement Augmented DSML to Enable Expert and Citizen

Today is a momentous event for WASH monitoring in Sierra Leone. I want to start by thanking all the development partners who have supported us

This past June, the US Embassy in Uganda sponsored the largest WPDx training to date in partnership with Uganda’s Ministry of Water and Environment. In Uganda, nearly 2/3 of people living in rural areas lack access to even basic water services.

The data available through the Water Point Data Exchange provides a powerful foundation for advanced analytics. By harmonizing the data in WPDx and employing geospatial information systems and machine learning, WPDx has created four powerful tools to help governments and their partners make data-based decisions on a regular basis.

The data available through the Water Point Data Exchange provides a powerful foundation for advanced analytics. By harmonizing the data in WPDx and employing geospatial information systems and machine learning, WPDx has created four powerful tools to help governments and their partners make data-based decisions on a regular basis.

2018 was a massive year for WPDx, and I’m excited to share a few updates about how WPDx is driving improved across the water sector. We’ve organized these updates by the four main categories in the WPDx theory of change.