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H2Odata.crisis


enabling water data use in emergency water service, infrastructure, and health decision-making

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H2Odata.crisis


enabling water data use in emergency water service, infrastructure, and health decision-making

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a data collection and dissemination program to promote water data use in emergency water service, infrastructure, and health decision-making in disaster and crisis contexts.

 

Context


program justification

Context


program justification

Humanitarian crises and natural catastrophes can destroy drinking water infrastructure. This is especially the case in developing cities where such infrastructure is already insufficiently maintained and poorly funded.

Following a crisis or disaster, there is a significant lack of data regarding the extent to which drinking water services have been affected in terms of infrastructure functionality, water quality, and service reliability.  As such, responding organizations are not able to effectively target their efforts to the zones in greatest need. 

Lack of coordination and program targeting afforded by accurate and up-to-date data results in duplicative and non-specific use of available human and financial resources during a crisis response [1].  

Program


H2Odata.crisis

Program


H2Odata.crisis

H2Odata.crisis is a data collection and dissemination program to promote water data use in emergency water service, infrastructure, and health decision-making in disaster and crisis contexts.  It is implemented in three principal phases:
 

 
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Phase 1:  Drinking water service data acquisition

Activities:

  1. Collect water point data for all public water points using open source survey tool Kobo Toolbox. Water point data collected include: GPS coordinates, type of water point, functionality status, among others. 
  2. Collect and analyze samples from all public water points for seven parameters. Tests can be conducted off-grid, essential for resource-poor, emergency settings.
  3. Coordinate with project partners to acquire existing water infrastructure data for comparison.
     
 
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Phase 2:  Data analysis to determine geographic trends

Activities:

  1. Process data using Geographic Information System (GIS) and statistical software to observe trends between infrastructure functionality, water quality, and geographic location, among others.
     
 
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Phase 3:  Dissemination of analyzed data to crisis responders

Activities:

  1. Send situational assessment results to regional, national, and international coordinating entities like the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) in the form of a detailed information briefs for use in response and program planning.
  2. Release situational assessment results publicly on Initiative: Eau's website via an intuitive interface such that all with access to the internet can readily access data.

Objectives


program goals

Objectives


program goals

 

Analyze the capacity of water services and infrastructure (i.e. functionality, quality, reliability, etc.) in emergency and crisis contexts

 
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Introduce water data into the decision-making processes of relevant responding actors

 

Facilitate program targeting to serve those in greatest need and to increase impact of available financial and human resources

Implementations


active instances of H2Odata.crisis

Implementations


active instances of H2Odata.crisis

Click the map points for more detailed information about each H2Odata.crisis implementation, including:

  • Status
  • Implementing partners
  • Timeline
  • Budget
  • Cost per beneficiary

 

References


References


[1] Cornish, Lisa. (2015). Data in action: The role of data in humanitarian disasters. Devex. Accessed 6 September 2018, https://www.devex.com/news/data-in-action-the-role-of-data-in-humanitarian-disasters-86565.