Water Point Data Exchange (WPDx)
Global platform aggregating over 1 million water point records (handpumps, boreholes, piped supplies) from governments, NGOs, and researchers across Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and other regions.
waterpointdata.org
At a glance
- Region
- Global
- Coverage
- Global (1M+ water points)
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Non-Profit
What's inside
- Water Points
- Sanitation
- Rural Water
- Infrastructure
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Coverage gaps
Find who lacks safe water or sanitation.
Because it has: Sanitation
- 02
Benchmarking
Compare utilities on service and losses.
- 03
Trend hotspots
Find where water tables are falling year after year.
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Failure prediction
Predict pipe bursts and plant failures before they happen.
- 02
Demand forecasts
Forecast daily demand for pumping and storage.
- 03
Gap filling
Rebuild missing well readings from neighbours, rainfall and season.
Machine access and documentation
Open API
data.waterpointdata.org Socrata API (WPDx+ dataset)
Licence: CC-BY 4.0
Listed in our registry of open water APIs, which WaterDataGPT can query live.
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