Setting The Quality Standard For

Sustainable Water & Sanitation Programs

www.blueplanetnetwork.orgwww.peerwater.org

August 2011

How does the Blue Planet Network Online Platform work?

What impact has Blue Planet Network had already?

Blue Planet Network Achievements

• 800,000 people enabled by safe drinking water and/or sanitation

• $30 million of member project data managed online

• Network of 77 members working in 24 countries

• 2010 Intel Environment Tech Award

• Lead Partners:

• Cisco Foundation, Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund & May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust

“My strong hope is that other organizations see the potential of this

network to shine a light on what is working in the water sector so that

we all can do a better job.”

-Joe Madiath, Founder, Gram Vikas(Recipient, Kyoto

Water Prize; Member, Blue Planet Network)

How many people are affected by unclean drinking water?

The Scope Of The Problem• 1 billion people: no access to safe drinking water

• 2.5 billion people: no basic sanitation

#1 cause of health-related disease & death

Fills half of all hospital beds worldwide

Sector fragmentation, ineffective management & lack of monitoring prevent sustainable, successful solutions

50% of water projects fail within 5 years

Besides health, what impact does clean drinking water have?

The Opportunity

•Access to safe drinking water & improved sanitation:

Education access for tens of millions, mostly girls

Community empowerment of women

$1 invested in water & sanitation delivers $9 in healthcare costs & improved economic development

So why Blue Planet Network?

Ingredients For A Sustainable Solution

1. Knowhow: Leverage experience to vet projects from proposal to post-implementation

2. Peer Review: Expert practitioners evaluate projects, partners, and accountability

3. Transparent Management: Collaborative program management saves time and money

4. Data-driven: Robust analytics identify promising approaches, resolve issues, and increase impact

5. Scale: Scalable platform addresses size and complexity issues of the water & sanitation crisis

Blue Planet Network Effect

1. Network Innovation: Collaborative platform supports water & sanitation project evaluation, implementation, management & monitoring (patent-pending)

2. Info Aggregation: World’s largest water & sanitation project database

3. Insight Analytics: Powerful set of business analytics built around collaborative expert community

4. Open Access: Global web & mobile device access, monitoring, and repair

5. Expert Crowd sourcing: Access to global practitioner network, learning community & unique peer-review process

Blue Planet Network Testimonials“I’ve seen nothing else like this network. It offers serious potential for improving

transparency, information available to users, and the ability to understand what really works in the real world.”

-Dr. Peter Gleick, President, Pacific Institute

(MacArthur Fellow and Author/Editor of “The World’s Water”)

“Blue Planet Network has created a real breakthrough approach, providing the collaboration, information & evaluation so critical for the success of water improvement projects.”

U.S. Congressman Earl Blumenauer, 3rd District, Oregon

(Co-Sponsor of the Paul Simon 2005 Water For

The Poor Act and 2009 Water For The World Act)

“My strong hope is that other organizations see the potential of this network to shine a light on what is working in the water sector so that we all can do a better job.”

-Joe Madiath, Founder, Gram Vikas

(Recipient, Kyoto Water Prize; Member, Blue Planet Network)

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