Blogs
Selection of blogs on water and sanitation issues. A blog or weblog is an interactive web site for which an individual or a group generates text and/or audio-visual materials on a daily or otherwise regular basis.
IRC Thematic Blogs
Overview of thematic blogs published by the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre
IRC Regional/News Blogs
Water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) news blogs set up by the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre and partners.
Duncan Mara's Sanitation Blog
21 May 08
“Personal and fairly maverick views on how international sanitation targets can be achieved” by Duncan Mara, professor of civil engineering at the University of Leeds in England. Prof. Mara has been working on low-cost sanitation in developing countries since the mid-1970s, and also on low-cost wastewater treatment and reuse.
WASH Helpdesk Blog
21 May 08
Question and Answer Blog on water supply, sanitation and hygiene issues. It is a selection of questions and answers handled by information specialists as well as content specialists at IRC. Since November 2006 these Q&As are made available on the WASH Helpdesk Blog.
Blogging on Water
22 Feb 08
Since June 2007, "Waterblogger" John Oldfield has been commenting on news about water and sanitation advocacy, mainly from a US perspective. Oldfield is Director of Partnership Development at Water Advocates, "the first US-based nonprofit organization dedicated solely to increasing American support for worldwide access to safe, affordable and sustainable supplies of drinking water and adequate sanitation".
Water Journalists Africa blog
The Water Journalists Africa blog;was set up in March 2011 under the auspices of UN-Water Decade Programme on Advocacy and Communication. Member journalists have been posting about ten news items a month about African water and sanitation issues.
Urban Health Updates
18 Apr 09
This news feed is from Environmental Health at USAID and features recent news stories and research on urban health issues in developing countries.
saniblog.org
21 May 08
The "world's first blog on sanitation" according to its authors Juergen Kikuyumoja Eichholz (student) and Sören Björn Rued (ecosan expert) who are both working within the ecosan sector project at German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) in Eschborn, Germany, who launched saniblog.org in November 2007 to coincide with the launch of the 2008 International Year of Sanitation.
Water is life
17 Jul 07
A blog by Jan from New Jersey, USA. She says: “I will be posting various articles I have written and news regarding the current global water crisis we face in our world.”
