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WatSan WASH Dictionaries Glossaries

Water Quality Association glossary basic definitions of about 1500 terms found in sanitation water literature from treatment to ailments
Safe Water is Essential glossary - about 200 basic definitions
A selection of water glossaries & thesaurus -A great selection of water glossaries & thesaurus in several languages compiled by EMWIS (Euro-Mediterranean Information System on Know-How in the Water Sector)
Who Water and sanitation related diseases fact sheets

Pedias and Wikis

WaterWiki.net - “connecting Water professionals to knowledge and experience based on work in the context of the UN”

Akvpedia
- Sanitation describes sanitation technologies which can be applied from the household level to the village level.
- Water describes sanitation technologies which can be applied from the household level to the village level
- Organizations a listing of different types of organisations who are working in the water and sanitation sector.

Geopolitical information GPI

The Food and Agriculture Organization FAO for the United Nations GPI

Aquastat Country Profiles

Aquastat interactive water usage maps

Statistics

United Nation Water for Life Decade: facts and statistics page with numerous links covering areas like

water for life decade

Key Water and Sanitation Statistics
The global water supply situation
The global Sanitation situation
Gender, water and sanitation
The Economics of Investments in Water & Sanitation

http://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/factsheet.html

WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS)

WHOSIS

WHOSIS, the WHO Statistical Information System, is an interactive database bringing together core health statistics for the 193 WHO Member States. It comprises more than 100 indicators, which can be accessed by way of a quick search, by major categories, or through user-defined tables. The data can be further filtered, tabulated, charted and downloaded. The data are also published annually in the World Health Statistics Report released in May.

Page is viewable in Arabic Chinese English French Russian Spanish

One can download latest World Health Statistics report
One can create at table of data using category:

Data when available can be exported to cvs files for import to a spreadsheet or other database

Information by sectors

Women’s issues tied to water: Women for Water Partnership

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