The University of Colorado Boulder has been selected by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to lead a $15.3 million effort to better understand how to improve the sustainability of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions in the developing world. Globally, more than 2.4 billion people lack access to improved sanitation facilities, and 660 million people are without access to safe drinking water.
Over the course of the five-year cooperative agreement, Mortenson Center in Engineering for Developing Communities co-director Karl Linden, associate director for research Amy Javernick-Will and associate director for outreach Rita Klees will coordinate the efforts of seven organizations in sub-Saharan Africa and southeast Asia. Read more...