--- title: "Akvo webinar: Impactful innovations for water quality testing in development programmes" description: Watch this webinar and discover how to digitise water quality testing and overcome the challenges in your safe water or environmental protection programme. image: https://datajourney.akvo.org/hubfs/data%20collection%20tool.jpg --- [![Akvo](https://datajourney.akvo.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Akvo_March2020%20Theme/images/logo3.png?width=200&name=logo3.png)](https://akvo.org/) - [Request a consultation](https://datajourney.akvo.org/cs/c/?cta_guid=11d76ddc-75bc-485c-8a86-1fe2b0fa1aa7&placement_guid=c121e58b-7132-4e02-8aa7-db4122167850&portal_id=1891949&canon=https%3A%2F%2Fakvo.org%2Fwho-we-are%2F&redirect_url=APefjpF-BCQyNEeh0DzFTwLSp8nXvxqHPTevrncMJiwit5lm1bdMSXNS-wrgc14RqSf2N-RDZbk4QKocmSEAEWbaYUl0F8_qDgaW31j0lnvVLye7VlUlAvCcZ6adRvcjSORqryLMUFs406DBeKhz3LZz8eZriIxvA-s1tZKNA-iqIUV-2J-0TSTfh2FXGmjVtfY6YgGeX_wOU9DJyyVqoJFWgkoaR4HCmwcGbbhmHEtaySialGig8bI3DzMGlrAAONpuxmmR8RLl1VaiQwoIakmgX-aR59AcHw&click=17ad7776-65e6-4204-bf64-d469538f7ca2&hsutk=00f6cf04acda88df6702e9be8599ddc3&signature=AAH58kFZLRnL0azLmtK3GZPgHxSs7A993Q&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fakvo.org%2Fcontact-us%2F&__hstc=170503295.00f6cf04acda88df6702e9be8599ddc3.1584592130962.1584592130962.1584595559987.2&__hssc=170503295.2.1584595559987&__hsfp=2870217423&contentType=standard-page&hsLang=en) - [Our approach and services](https://akvo.org/our-approach-and-services/) - Our sectors - [Water](https://akvo.org/water-data/) - [Agriculture](https://akvo.org/agriculture-data/) - [Climate](https://akvo.org/climate-data/) - [Our work](https://akvo.org/our-work/) - [Our blog](https://datajourney.akvo.org/blog) - About us - [About us](https://akvo.org/about-us/) - [Meet our team](https://akvo.org/meet-our-team/) - [Join our team](https://akvo.org/join-our-team/) - [Contact us](https://akvo.org/contact-us/) - [En](https://akvo.org/who-we-are/) - [Fr](https://akvo.org/fr/) - [Es](https://akvo.org/es/) - - - - - - # Webinar: Impactful innovations for water quality testing in development programmes ##  Watch the webinar recording  ## Discover how to digitise water quality testing for your WASH and environmental protection programmes Water quality is critical to safeguarding public health and protecting our ecosystems. In this webinar, we discuss how the technical and financial limitations of water quality testing in low resource settings can be mitigated through the use of field testing kits and innovative digital tools. This method can be applied to humanitarian response, regional water quality monitoring, water safety plans, assessing ambient waters and effluents, and more. ### Watch the webinar and learn: - How to go paperless and improve quality assurance - How to select water quality parameters - How to correctly identify the sampling frame(s) and methodology - How to conduct primary and secondary data analysis to visualise the raw data and develop WASH indicators - How to improve the impact of your water quality results.   ![data collection tool](https://datajourney.akvo.org/hs-fs/hubfs/data%20collection%20tool.jpg?width=1600&height=800&name=data%20collection%20tool.jpg "data collection tool") ### Meet the speakers ![Ayan-Biswas.photo_.240px](https://datajourney.akvo.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Ayan-Biswas.photo_.240px.jpeg?width=240&name=Ayan-Biswas.photo_.240px.jpeg) **Ayan Biswas, Akvo Nairobi** East Africa hub manager and senior water quality specialist with 18 years of experience in the non-profit sector   ![mert-240-240x134](https://datajourney.akvo.org/hs-fs/hubfs/mert-240-240x134.jpg?width=240&name=mert-240-240x134.jpg) **Mert Blommestijn, Akvo Amsterdam** Water quality project manager and Akvo Caddisfly specialist ![Franky-Li-240-240x135](https://datajourney.akvo.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Franky-Li-240-240x135.jpg?width=240&name=Franky-Li-240-240x135.jpg) **Franky Li, P.Eng., Akvo Amsterdam** Senior WASH specialist with 20 years of experience in environmental consulting and the non-profit sector ### Watch the webinar recording   --- ### Partners Producing this webinar was funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. 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