Ask IRC

Do you have a question on water and sanitation issues? Utilising the diverse resources and expertise of IRC and partners, our information specialists will respond to your question within five business days.



Join WASH KnowledgePoint for a stronger technical enquiry service

KnowledgePoint acts as a one-stop-shop entry point for people looking for technical support: for answers to their questions. Until now questions are often answered in an uncoordinated way, often without the possibility of sharing the responses with a wider audience. Read the flyer and see how you can join this initiative!

WASH_Knowledgepoint_A4-leaflet_07.pdf (498 kB)

IRC WASH Helpdesk, its use and usefulness - satisfaction report 2009

The Q&A service is an opportunity for IRC to share sector knowledge with others and forms as such an essential part of one of the core tasks of IRC. Through a user-satisfaction survey insight was gained into the usefulness of this service.

WASH Helpdesk Satisfaction Report 2009_25Jan2010.doc (413 kB)

Ask IRC Submission Form

Use this form to submit a question.

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Questions & Answers

Selection of questions and answers until October 2006. From November 2006 onwards, Q&As are published on the WASH Helpdesk Blog.

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About Ask IRC

Here you will find out who can use this Question and Answer service, who answers the questions, what a response contains; how quickly IRC's Q&A service responds to a request; and other Q&A services in the water and sanitation sector.

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Resources

Selected water and sanitation resources, including blogs; discussion lists; organisations; fact sheets, bibliographic databases; statistics; country profiles; donors and financing; image collections; water portals.

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Help-desk feedback

Feedback after answering questions.

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Finding Water and Sanitation Information on the Internet

WELL Factsheet providing insight in how to find water and sanitation information; what search tool you could use for which purpose; tips on how to evaluate the quality of the information you have found; and how to keep track of information.
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