It was with profound and deep sadness that I learned of the passing of Louisa Gosling, my long-term colleague this morning.  Louisa’s influence on the early stages of my career from the days of when I was a PhD student […]

To explore the extent to which ever-expanding cities in low- and middle-income countries could adopt and adapt approaches to managing urban water supply and become sensitive to the impacts of climate change, I paid a visit to Delft and Amsterdam in the Netherlands in the summer of 2023.

I used the session to explore the theme of hiddenness and hidden geographies through my work over the last ten years working in the WASH sector

In this paper we use the example of urban India to highlight the need for water supply in shared toilets for MHM.

  By Amita Bhakta In the early part of February 2024, I travelled to Ahmedabad, India, to attend the Global South Academic Conclave on WASH and Climate Linkages, hosted by the Center for Water and Sanitation and the Faculty of […]

This paper is based on previous work I have done for the Modern Energy Cooking Services programme at Loughborough University. 

In this blog, Amita Bhakta and Brian Reed explore why handwashing matters for water utilities to mark Global Handwashing Day 2023

Let’s look for sustainable solutions to water supply that harness the power of nature and bring communities together for the longer term, and take lessons from Kinderdijk

This new resource provides practical guidance for integrating the needs of (peri) menopausal women into WASH programmes, providing recommendations for practitioners and policy makers.

According to the Joint Monitoring Programme the UK has 98% access to safely managed sanitation, but when we delve deeper all is not as it seems