WATER, IRRIGATION AND SANITATION

Water is essential to life. Access to water is a critical element of economic growth and poverty reduction, from household drinking water and sanitation to energy-generation by utilities and crop irrigation. Providing essential services, including water and sanitation, is a serious and challenging responsibility. Entrepreneurs who bring affordable solutions can help official and private service providers, including NGOs, to improve services on which everyone – especially those with small budgets – depend.

Access to clean water and adequate sanitation is a fundamental pillar for improving the livelihoods and well-being of the world’s poor. Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) investments help reduce illness from water-borne diseases. Irrigation investments support increased agricultural productivity and farmer incomes.