mWater is an data network for sharing water, sanitation, and health information worldwide

1. technology for water and health
mWater

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Annie Feighery
Chief Execu5ve Officer
Dr.
Annie
Feighery
is
a
behavioral
health
and
technology
specialist
living
in
New
York
City.
In
2011,
Annie
co-­‐founded
mWater,
a
technology
startup
that
creates
mobile
data
soluFons
for
water,
sanitaFon,
and
health.
The
organizaFon
runs
the
M&E
back-­‐end
for
the
world’s
largest
water
organizaFons,
WaterAid
and
Water.org;
and
the
mWater
app
has
users
in
56
countries,
providing
free
and
open
access
plaPorms
for
mapping
and
monitoring
infrastructure,
deploying
mobile
surveys
and
displaying
real
Fme
visualizaFons
of
health
data.
Annie
has
been
recognized
by
UN
Dispatch
and
the
One
Campaign
as
a
leading
global
expert
in
social
media
for
maternal
and
child
health.

3. What is a startup?
“The goal of a startup is to figure out the right thing to
build – the thing customers want and will pay for – as
quickly as possible.”
-­‐Eric Ries

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The mWater Approach
Cutting edge technology for water, sanitation, and health
Mobile:
data
soluFons
for
water
NGOs
working
on
this
problem
Social:
like
Yelp
for
water,
communicate
safe
water
to
the
public
via
mobiles
Free:
anyone
can
provide
updates
or
view
data
about
water
in
their
area,
becoming
parFcipants
in
the
data
economy

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Born
2011 2012
2013
2014 2015 +
Moving from bootstrapped to 10x growth
mWater 5-­‐year plan
founding team met
UN Habitat
validation study
USAID DIV
investment
Global water database
mWater
in the black

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mWater’s team was formed at a hackathon in November 2011
Founders
John
Feighery,
COO
Domain
expert:
water
and
sanitaBon
Doctorate
in
Earth
&
Environmental
Science,
Columbia
University
Clayton
Grassick,
CTO
Technology
expert:
BS
in
computer
science,
University
of
Waterloo
Annie
Feighery,
CEO
Domain
expert:
global
health
Doctorate
in
health
&
behavior,
Columbia
University

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mWater
Mobile App
Mobile plaKorm for mapping and monitoring sites like water
sources, sanita5on facili5es, health clinics, and schools
Map sites and monitor them over time
with mobile surveys on phones & tablets
Safe data
Instant
data
caching
when
a
mobile
network
is
detected
Results
can
be
managed
in
real
Bm
on
the
mWater
portal
Fully
funcBonal
on
and
offline
for
regions
with
spoRy
internet

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portal.mwater.co
a management platform for data collection
The mWater Portal
Features
Design
and
edit
surveys
Deploy
mobile
surveys
View
data
in
real
Bme
Download
data
as
Excel
or
CSV
View
sites
mapped
Create
reports
and
share
with
link
hNp://portal.mwater.co

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Free mobile mapping and survey platform used in 56 countries
We run the M&E backend for the world’s largest water organizations
mWater Users
Sampling water at a Kiosk in Mwanza, Tanzania Water.org interviews a WaterCredit borrower in
Indonesia

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11. “We$believe$that$
connec/ng$everyone$in$
the$world$is$one$of$the$
greatest$challenges$of$
our$genera/on.”$
0" 5" 10" 15" 20" 25" 30" 35" 40"
Asia"Pacific"
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Mobile phone access: sustainable capacity for infrastructure
The Market
Annual % growth in the number of
mobile connections (2002-2012)2 Mobile phone market growth
$21
billion
spent
annually
on
aid
industry
for
drinking
water
supply
in
developing
countries1
Most
smartphone
growth
will
be
in
emerging
markets
Current
data
solutions
are
underfunded
and
poorly
conceived
1
UN
Water,
Global
Analysis
and
Assessment
of
Sanitation
and
Drinking
Water
(20
2
Data
source:
GSMA
via
Statista

12. Case Study: Mwanza,
Tanzania

13. Case Study: Ado Eki5, Nigeria

14. Case Study: The Water Trust, Uganda

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