We at WASH For All are pleased to announce the alpha release of the water and sanitation infrastructure planning tool WashOpt. The demo site for this application is featured at plan.wash4all.org (the user’s guide is available here).

This site will be the public face of a growing set of tools that provide anyone with the capability to rapidly evaluate novel combinations of WASH technologies under wide varieties of performance expectations, and to generate development plans that hedge against the performance uncertainties of water and sanitation treatment technologies.

We expect these approaches to become the norm in the water and sanitation development industry, and are eager for your feedback. Please visit plan.wash4all.org and send us any comments or suggestions you have. Thanks!

Example output of water treatment planning exercise