mWater’s Key Numbers

Last updated: March 2026

mWater is the most widely used free data platform in the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sector. Since 2012, governments, utilities, NGOs, researchers, and community organizations have used mWater to collect, manage, analyze, and share data that drives better water and sanitation services.

Here is a snapshot of the platform's reach and impact as of the end of Q1 2026:

Platform Cumulative Impact

MetricFigure
Countries and territories served198
Registered user accounts360,000+
Organizations signed up7,000+
Survey forms designed200,000+
Survey responses submitted46,000,000+
Languages supported28

Daily Platform Activity

MetricPer Day
Survey responses submitted60,000+
Images uploaded from the field50,000+
Infrastructure sites mapped5,000+
New user accounts200

Infrastructure Mapped

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Water points mapped1,700,000+
Water systems mapped100,000+
Infrastructure sites tracked6,700,000+
Standardized indicator results13,000,000+

How the Data Is Used

mWater data supports:

  • Government planning and budgeting for water and sanitation infrastructure

  • SDG 6 monitoring by tracking progress toward universal access to safe water and sanitation

  • Water quality surveillance, E. coli testing, contamination risk assessment, and much more

  • Utility performance management: revenue collection, asset condition, service coverage

  • Academic research: used by researchers at universities worldwide for affordable, rigorous data collection

  • Emergency response: rapid infrastructure assessment after disasters or crises

  • Investment targeting: helping donors and development finance institutions direct resources where they are most needed


Partners & Reach

Over 7,000 organizations use the mWater platform, spanning governments, water utilities, international organizations, NGOs, academic institutions, and community-based service providers.

International organizations and donors: UNICEF (Angola, Madagascar, LIXIL partnership monitoring), the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (Uganda district mapping), USAID (Haiti water and sanitation, Kenya STAWI, Indonesia IUWASH PLUS)

NGOs and implementing partners: WaterAid (national WASH monitoring across multiple countries), World Vision, Water.org, charity: water, CRS (Azure digital water service provider platform), Water for People, The Water Project, Safe Water Network, Medair, IRC WASH (RapidWASH partnership), Water Mission, Dig Deep / Dig Deep Africa, BASEflow Malawi, and many more.

Government deployments: Haiti (all urban water utilities), Kenya (nine ASAL counties), Papua New Guinea (first national WASH monitoring system), Angola (national cholera MIS), Uganda (district-wide water point mapping), Pakistan (WaterAid-supported government systems), Indonesia (USAID urban WASH)

Research and academic use: Researchers at universities worldwide who use the platform for affordable, rigorous field data collection

See the Blog for various Data Deep Dives to learn more.