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Aquaya - WASH Research Data & Resources

Aquaya nonprofit research organization's Urban WASH Resource Hub and research outputs providing data, tools and evidence on water quality, sanitation and hygiene services in low-resource settings to support data-driven WASH decisions.

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At a glance

Region
Africa
Coverage
Sub-Saharan Africa & global
Access
Free
Category
Research Institute
Last updated
2026

What's inside

  • Water quality
  • Sanitation
  • WASH research
  • Tools

What you can do with it

Typical work that data of this type supports.

  1. 01

    Coverage gaps

    Find who lacks safe water or sanitation.

    Because it has: Sanitation

  2. 02

    Benchmarking

    Compare utilities on service and losses.

  3. 03

    Hotspots and trends

    Find where contamination is high and whether it is getting worse.

    Because it has: Water quality

Where AI adds value

Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.

  1. 01

    Failure prediction

    Predict pipe bursts and plant failures before they happen.

  2. 02

    Demand forecasts

    Forecast daily demand for pumping and storage.

  3. 03

    Risk maps

    Predict contamination where no samples exist, from geology, land use and climate.

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