Cambodia Ceramic Water Project. Cambodia 2005. Photo: Lorrie Graham / AusAID

Cambodia Ceramic Water Project. Cambodia 2005. Photo: Lorrie Graham / AusAID

Collecting well information from a local farmer, China, 2005. Photo: AusAID

Demonstrating flow meter, China, 2005. Photo: AusAID

Fetching water from a village well, South Sumatra, Indonesia, 2006. Photo: Rani Noerhadhie/AusAID

Clean water in the village of Banraeaba, in Tarawa, Kiribati, 2007. Photo: Lorrie Graham

Clean water in the village of Banraeaba, in Tarawa, Kiribati 2007. Photo: Lorrie Graham

Construction of a water tank funded by AusAID, Nauru 2007. Photo: Lorrie Graham

Construction of a water tank funded by AusAID, Nauru 2007. Photo: Lorrie Graham

Construction of a water tank funded by AusAID, Nauru 2007. Photo: Lorrie Graham

Construction of a water tank funded by AusAID, Nauru 2007. Photo: Lorrie Graham

Honiara, Solomon Islands. Jay Kaybei - Head of the National Analytical and Public Health Laboratory testing bottled water. Photo: Rob Maccoll for AusAID. To request copyright use and access to hi-res versions of this photo, contact [email protected]

UNICEF Water, Environment and Sanitation Head Andrew Parker checks the water supply to a newly-built transitional school in Arja, near Bagh, Azad Jammu and Kashmir. The 2005 earthquake destroyed over 4000 schools and 3000 water and sanitation schemes. AusAID is working with UNICEF to reconstruct 150 permanent schools and 450 transitional schools (designed to last 15-20 years), all with upgraded water and sanitation facilities. Photo by UNICEF. Contact [email protected] to request a high resolution original.

A woman carries heavy buckets of water back from a standpipe, Ban Chaling, Dakcheung, near Sekong, Lao PDR. Photo: Jim Holmes for AusAID. To request copyright use and access to hi-res versions of this photo, contact [email protected]

Kiribati 2009. Photo: AusAID

Kiribati 2009. Photo: Jodie Gatfield, AusAID

Kiribati 2009. Photo: Jodie Gatfield, AusAID

A woman collects water from a stand pipe in Costa del Sol near Maputo, Mozambique in April 2009. It was installed as part of the World Bank’s Water and Sanitation Program, supported by Australia. Photo: Kate Holt/Africa Practice. Contact [email protected] with the URL of an image or images to obtain a high resolution original.

A woman carries a bucket of water on her head in evening in the Limpopo National Park, Mozambique on the 6th April, 2009.

A boy concentrates in a class being held for children who have not been to school, at a community centre in the Chamankule slum area of Maputo, Mozambique on the 8th April, 2009. The World Bank in Mozambique, with the support of AusAid, have been implementing a water project throughout Maputo using public private partnerships to ensure that families have access to clean and cheap water. In different areas of Maputo different projects have been trialed to find the most effective means of supplying water. Mozambique 2009. Photo: Kate Holt / AusAID

A water engineer for EMA, a private companty that is working closely with the National water board to implement cost effective community water supplies, replaces a domestic water metre in a garden in the Liberdado area of Maputo, Mozambique on the 8th April, 2009. The World Bank in Mozambique, with the support of AusAid, have been implementing a water project throughout Maputo using public private partnerships to ensure that families have access to clean and cheap water. In different areas of Maputo different projects have been trialed to find the most effective means of supplying water.

Odette Matiambo, who will be a benificiary of a new water and sanitation project, stands outside existing makeshift latrines that are used by forty families, in the Chimankule slum area of Maputo, Mozambique on the 8th April, 2009. The World Bank in Mozambique, with the support of AusAid, have been implementing a water project throughout Maputo using public private partnerships to ensure that families have access to clean and cheap water. In different areas of Maputo different projects have been trialed to find the most effective means of supplying water.

A boy concentrates in a class being held for children who have not been to school, at a community centre in the Chamankule slum area of Maputo, Mozambique on the 8th April, 2009. The World Bank in Mozambique, with the support of AusAid, have been implementing a water project throughout Maputo using public private partnerships to ensure that families have access to clean and cheap water. In different areas of Maputo different projects have been trialed to find the most effective means of supplying water. Mozambique 2009. Photo: Kate Holt / AusAID

Amelia Lisango collects water at her home in Costa del Sol, near Maputo in Mozambique. Amelia and her family’s lives have improved since a water supply was connected at her home. It was installed as part of the World Bank’s Water and Sanitation Program, supported by Australia. Photo: Kate Holt/Africa Practice. Contact [email protected] with the URL of an image or images to obtain a high resolution original.

A girl collects water from a stand pipe in Costa del Sol near Maputo, Mozambique in April 2009. It was installed as part of the World Bank’s Water and Sanitation Program, supported by Australia. Photo: Kate Holt/Africa Practice. Contact [email protected] with the URL of an image or images to obtain a high resolution original.