Access to clean water, adequate sanitation facilities, and good hygiene practices is essential for the prevention of waterborne diseases, promoting health and wellbeing, and improving socio-economic outcomes. WASH interventions can also contribute to water conservation, environmental sustainability, and gender equality.

Effective WASH programs require the participation and engagement of all stakeholders, including communities, government agencies, civil society, and the private sector, to ensure that services are accessible, affordable, and sustainable. The integration of WASH into broader water and WRM policies and strategies is critical to achieving universal access to safe water and sanitation, promoting health and wellbeing, and achieving sustainable development goals.

The taxonomy breaks down WASH as a pillar into 3 categories namely Water Sanitation and Hygiene with sub categories to each category as indicated below

❖  Water

⮚        Water safety and quality.

⮚        Sector financing.

✔ Water infrastructure financing.

✔ Water user fees and tariffs.

✔ Innovative financing models.

⮚        Public-private partnerships in water management.

⮚        Water rights and allocation

⮚        Water use efficiency

⮚        Water supply systems.

⮚        Regulatory framework: Laws and policies on water. Water act of 2016; Citizens handbook, CSO handbook

❖  Sanitation

⮚        Waterborne diseases.

⮚        Sanitation systems.

⮚        Sector financing.

⮚        Public-private partnerships in sanitation.

⮚        Regulatory framework: Laws and policies on sanitation.