Press

2026

mWater at AI for Good 2026 — mWater joins the UN’s AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, 7–10 July.

Building for the Future — mWater publishes its AI strategy for WASH data.

mWater launches Horizon — a free flood and rainfall awareness app, available worldwide.

USAID STAWI

mWater has been busy in Kenya with USAID STAWI working on a highly functional MIS

In a groundbreaking move, H.E. Governor Andrew Mwadime - Wakujaa has launched the Taita Taveta Water Point Data and Information System.

USAID STAWI

How Taita Taveta County is using data to provide clean and safe water to residents

Data is at the centre of a project the county is implementing to provide clean water to the over 177,000 residents.

GRAM VIKAS

Community-managed water resource mapping to benefit 25k families

Gram Vikas is partnering with Axis Bank Foundation to enable water security for 29 Gram Panchayats in Ganjam and Kandhamal districts. The information collected is then uploaded to the mWater Portal.

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MINIMAX Award

BASEflow Malawi awarded climate prize for mWater use

A 2022 MINIMAX award for developing climate smart, water and hygiene has been awarded to BASEflow’s use of mWater in the response Cyclone Idai.

Gwatkin Equity Prize

mWater awarded Equity Measurement Prize

The Davidson Gwatkin Equity Measurement Prize for 2021 has been awarded to mWater’s Monitoring System for the UNICEF / LIXIL Partnership.

NASA

NASA: Benefits for Humanity: Know Your Water

The space station roots of mWater’s water quality test kit.

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DEVEX

Can mobile technology revolutionize data use in the WASH sector?

Proposed sustainable development goal 6 — achieving universal access to clean water and sanitation by 2030 — is an immense challenge. It will require a fundamental change in the way we work as a sector and we have recently committed with others to a common Agenda for Change to this end.

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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

Glass Half Full

The inland port of Mwanza, Tanzania sits on the banks of Lake Victoria, the largest lake in Africa. There is water everywhere, but for many residents of the impoverished “informal settlements” on the city’s outskirts, not a drop to be safely drunk.

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HUFFPOST

USAID Invests in Open-Source Mobile Tech for Water Sanitation Monitoring

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) initiative just announced its investment in mWater.

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