Ask IRC & KnowledgePoint

Do you have a question on water and sanitation issues? Ask your question here.
This page provides updates on KnowledgePoint, a collaborative helpdesk service currently developed by a core group of organisations: WaterAid, Practical Action, RedR, EngineerAid and IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre. The KnowledgePoint initiative has won a small grant from the Humanitarian Innovation Fund (HIF) to develop the test model.
Further down the page you will find links to selected web resources.



Finding Water and Sanitation Information on the Internet

15 Aug 06

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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Help-desk feedback

Feedback after answering questions.

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Background article used for the WELL Factsheet on finding water and sanitation information

21 Jul 04

(Revised edition, 05 Nov 2004)
This article provides a selection of important resources on the Internet for everyone working in the water and sanitation sector. Search tips will help you find your way.

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Selected web 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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Ask IRC Submission Form

Use this form to submit a question.

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About Ask IRC

25 Aug 03

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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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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