Safe Water Network's 2025 Ghana market update documents another year of measurable progress — 92,788 people reached, 53 new systems installed, and cumulative reach now exceeding 1.1 million people across 747 communities. New research also sheds light on the financing structures needed to bring safe water to Ghana's hardest-to-reach communities.
April 2026
Vasundhara demonstrates how integrated, community-led ecosystem restoration can deliver measurable environmental, climate, and livelihood outcomes at scale. Working across urban and peri-urban India, the program offers a replicable model for restoring land and water systems while strengthening local institutions.
January 2026
This report examines the state of Ghana’s water sector and the necessary financial steps to achieve universal safe drinking water access. Small Water Enterprises (SWEs) have been a successful tool for increasing access to safe water but there is still work to be done to ensure that they reach their full capacity.
This report describes our continued work to develop a Ghana Water Enterprise Trust (the “Trust”) to address the need for long term sustainability and scale of small water enterprises in Ghana.
During Ghana’s 2017 energy crisis, solar power offered a financially viable solution to enhance affordability and reach more consumers.
A Trust can attract capital to enable expansion of Stations to address the gap of underserved in peri-urban and small towns in Ghana.
A significant cost-effective approach implemented in Ghana was establishing pipeline-connected points of sale to the water systems in the country.
Modular Slow Sand Filtration (MSSF) technology offers the perks of covering operating costs while making water affordable to the community.
Safe Water Network analyzes two case studies in Atebubu and Oyibi, Ghana to comprehend the pros and cons of operating water systems in geographic clusters under centralized management.
This study focused on how market-based approaches (both commercial and hybrid solutions) can provide the rural and small-town poor in Ghana with safe drinking water.
