PLOS Water

2022 - 2026

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Volume 5, issue 4, 2026

High-quality shared sanitation should be recognized as an acceptable service level, clearly defined, and embedded in global monitoring frameworks pp. 1-6

Sarah Lebu, Huijoo Shon, Lauren Sprouse, Chimdi Muoghalu, Barbra Mary Aine, Gloria Mirembe, Lena Musoka, Ruthie Rosenberg, Swaib Semiyaga, Anne Nakagiri, Felix R B Twinomucunguzi, Charlotte Welsby, Rhea Gary-Triche, Oliver Cumming, Barbara Evans, Susan Dundon, Sam Drabble, John Apambilla Akudago, Joe Brown and Musa Manga

Sanitation access and satisfaction in northern Haiti: Insights from a quasi-census survey pp. 1-12

Maya Lubeck-Schricker, Winnie Felix-Jean, Miles Schelling, Valerie Bauza, Rachel Sklar, Miselie Fanor Pierre, Bridj Ozeris and Sasha Kramer

Removal of chromium(VI) from water utilizing a column loaded with H3PO4-activated Areca catechu waste pp. 1-30

Prabin Basnet, Kedar Nath Ghimire and Hari Paudyal

Quantifying lead (Pb) leaching from galvanized handpump spouts, leaded brass taps, and stainless-steel alternatives using the NSF 61 test protocol: Implications for safe rural water supply pp. 1-13

Kyle Rezek, Michael Fisher, Timothy Purvis, Aaron Salzberg, Solomon Minyila and Siddhartha Roy

Development of a coupled hydro-economic model to support groundwater irrigation decisions pp. 1-20

Boyao Tian, Andrea Brookfield and Margaret Insley

Volume 5, issue 3, 2026

Macroeconomic modeling of water resources: Conceptual and methodological challenges in CGE frameworks pp. 1-12

Roberto Roson and Martina Sartori

The sewer divide: Challenges and new approaches for closing gaps in U.S. wastewater access pp. 1-10

Maura Allaire, Shima Nikkhou, Pei-Jyun Lu and Amal Bakchan

Volume 5, issue 2, 2026

Connecting narratives and numbers to investigate the interaction of social, physical and technical determinants of rural water supply performance pp. 1-29

Donald John MacAllister, Luke Whaley, Seifu Kebede Gurmessa, Dessie Nedaw, Yehualaeshet Tadesse, Evance Mwathunga, Theresa Mkandawire, Patrick Makuluni, Chikondi Shaba, Sembeyawo Banda, Michael M Owor, Joseph Okullo, Felece Katusiime, Richard Carter, John Chilton, Vincent Casey, Helen Fallas, Frances Cleaver and Alan M MacDonald

Disciplining sanitation: Interrogating disciplinary narratives of inequalities in access to sanitation pp. 1-10

Virginia Roaf, Barbara Evans, Geoff Goodwin and Paul Hutchings

Broadening the dimensions of the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) nexus: A narrative review pp. 1-20

Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi, Nosipho Dlamini, Wendy Geza, Cuthbert Taguta, Tinashe L Dirwai, Luxon Nhamo, Sylvester Mpandeli, Tendai P Chibarabada, Graham P W Jewitt and Rob H Slotow

WASHed in stereotypes: A rigorous review of water-gender narratives in LMICs pp. 1-28

Spurthi Kolipaka, Paul Hutchings and Anna Mdee

Barriers to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) cluster coordination during emergencies in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review pp. 1-21

Abayneh Asrat Yimenu, Melaku Teshale Gemechu, Emnet Tesfaye Shimber and Patricia Ndugga

Fluid data: The problem of accurately estimating household access to water and sanitation in the United States pp. 1-16

Stephen P Gasteyer, Kimberly Slinde Lemme and Autumn Bland

Volume 5, issue 1, 2026

Socioecological drivers of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) choices: A qualitative analysis of maternal perspectives in northwest Ecuador pp. 1-26

Molly K Miller-Petrie, Gwenyth O Lee, Marie L Spiker, Adriana Lupero, Mauricio Ayovi, William Cevallos, Gabriel Trueba, Joseph N S Eisenberg and Karen Levy

New definitions for good practice: Regulators as activists for urban road-transported sanitation in eastern and southern Africa pp. 1-17

Claire Grisaffi, Paul Leinster, Reuben Sipuma, Emanuel Owako and Alison Parker

Volume 4, issue 12, 2025

The political economy of water and sanitation in Palestine’s Gaza Strip: A scoping review pp. 1-19

Mariam Fayad, Dani J Barrington and Mariam Zaqout

“If we have water, we have money”: A qualitative investigation of the role of water in women’s economic engagement in Guatemala, Honduras, Kenya, and Zimbabwe pp. 1-30

Emily Ogutu, Sheela S Sinharoy, Madeleine Patrick, Thea Mink, Alicia Macler, Loice Mbogo, Olivia Bendit, Ingrid Lustig, Jazmina Nohemí Irías, Sandra Antonio, Gladys Ramos, Alma Juarez, Carlos Daniel Sic, Erick Calderón, Héctor Salvador Peña Ramírez, Jorge Lemus, Everlyne Atandi, Peter Mwangi, Paul Ruto, Rohin Otieno Onyango, Gilbert Mushangari, Jammaine Jimu, Morris Chidavaenzi, Makaita Maworera, Nobuhle Dungeni Mlotshwa, Sithandekile Maphosa, Munyaradzi Damson and Bethany A Caruso

Piped water skepticism: Implications for achieving water security pp. 1-4

Patrick Thomson and Amber Wutich

Bridging water, health and climate: A call to action pp. 1-4

Isabell Hedke, Aaron Jenkins, Pamela Katic, Nanneke Nix, Mxolisi Sibanda, Jorge Alvarez-Sala Torreano, Farah Salem, Ronald Roopnarine, Christopher Oura, Chilekwa Christabel Mibenge, Louise Frisk, Amir Delju, Martin Muchangi and Aaron Salzberg

Agricultural water management for adaptation and mitigation: Tension or co-benefits in achieving global good? pp. 1-4

Nicole Lefore and Petra Schmitter

Rethinking monitoring of the means of implementation for SDG 6 up to 2030 and beyond pp. 1-10

Marina Takane, Kelly Ann Naylor, Fiona Gore, Joakim Harlin, Paul Glennie, Stuart Crane, William Reidhead and Bruce Gordon

Volume 4, issue 10, 2025

Using probability difference to compare streamflow information of alternatives for efficient operation of monitoring networks pp. 1-20

Christopher P Konrad

Bridging the Gap: Evidence-informed hygiene policy is needed and researcher, policy makers, and funders must work together to deliver it pp. 1-4

Sarah Roberts, Clarissa Brocklehurst, Henry Northover, Jenala Chipungu, Mary Eyram Ashinyo and Robert Dreibelbis

Volume 4, issue 9, 2025

Affordability of community water systems and private, self-supply drinking water wells pp. 1-21

Rebecca G Etter, Jillian Maxcy-Brown and Mark O Barnett

Active regulating of onsite sanitation can bridge the gap between policy and practice and transform the sector pp. 1-4

Sam Drabble, Claire Grisaffi, Batsi Majuru, Yvonne Magawa and Robert Gakubia

Volume 4, issue 8, 2025

Analyzing multiple-source water usage patterns and affordability in rural Central Appalachia pp. 1-19

Emerald Dudzinski, Kimberly Ellis, Leigh-Anne Krometis, Kate Albi and Alasdair Cohen

The structure of informal water markets: Insights from spatial monitoring in Lodwar, Kenya pp. 1-24

Jane Zhao, Dustin Garrick, Paul Ekwar, Sonia Ferdous Hoque, Robert Hope and Dale Whittington

Analyzing changes in types of household sanitation among 543 Parliamentary Constituencies between 2016 and 2021 in India pp. 1-13

Anoop Jain, Rockli Kim and S V Subramanian

Beyond peak water security: Household-scale experiential metrics can offer new perspectives on contemporary water challenges in the United States pp. 1-15

Wendy Jepson, Amber Wutich, Amber L Pearson, Melissa Beresford, Alexandra Brewis, Alicia Cooperman, Jeremiah Osborne-Gowey, Jenny Rempel, Asher Y Rosinger and Justin Stoler

Filter, heat, spin: A simple and inexpensive method for DNA preparation from freshwater for use in high-throughput molecular source tracking pp. 1-12

Vincent T Pham, Zamira Harris-Ryden, Nitya S Kodali, Thomas F Hamner, Safiya Popalzai, Marlizeth Castañeda Hernandez, Maryam Ajose, Morgan Owens, Timothy E Riedel and Stuart Reichler

Advancing the evidence for water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) systems strengthening: A Delphi study to define research priorities pp. 1-17

Lauren D’Mello-Guyett, Ruth Sylvester, Angela Huston, Beda Levira, Jane Falconer, John Butterworth, Tommy Ka Kit Ngai, Brian Reed, Euphresia Luseka, Claire Grisaffi, Jamie Bartram, Robert Dreibelbis, Barbara Evans and Paul Hutchings

Volume 4, issue 7, 2025

Do mandatory minimum penalties and penalty relief work? Evidence from California’s clean water program pp. 1-26

Ryan J Treves, Qiwei Lin, Margaret Hilderbran, Derek Ouyang, Kit T Rodolfa, Erin Mustain and Daniel E Ho

Groundwater must be fully integrated into WASH programmes to make them climate resilient pp. 1-5

Donald JC Robertson, Donald John MacAllister, Seifu Kebede Gurmessa, Jay Matta, Alan MacDonald, Catherine McManus, Tracy Morse, Aditi Mukherji and Muthi Nhlema

Volume 4, issue 6, 2025

Manganese and iron in drinking water in three West-African countries: Implications for health, acceptability, and disinfection pp. 1-14

Emily G Browning, Jamie K Bartram, Amy Z Guo, J Wren Tracy, Emma R Kelly, Michael B Fisher and Zakaria Seidu

Quantifying the success of stormwater control measure networks using effective imperviousness pp. 1-18

Aditi S Bhaskar, Charles C Stillwell, Matthew J Burns, Kristina G Hopkins and Christopher J Walsh

To solve the water crisis, follow the money pp. 1-3

Joel Kolker and Clarissa Brocklehurst

Early prenatal nitrate exposure and birth outcomes: A study of Iowa’s public drinking water (1970–1988) pp. 1-17

Jason Semprini

How informal water markets serve the urban population: Dynamics of invisible hand in Nairobi’s water sector pp. 1-17

Ivy Chumo, Blessing Mberu and Caroline Kabaria

On the safe side: Uncertainty awareness for hydroclimatic risk and loss aversion pp. 1-4

Omar Wani, Mason Majszak, Victor Hertel and Christian Geiß

Volume 4, issue 5, 2025

Flood control of reservoir systems: Learning-based explicit and switched model predictive control approaches pp. 1-31

Ja-Ho Koo, Ali Moradvandi, Edo Abraham, Andreja Jonoski and Dimitri P Solomatine

Behavioural water policy: Scarce, yet infinitely reusable pp. 1-3

Ching Leong

Investigating the suitability of dichotomous responses for the Water Insecurity Experiences (WISE) Scales using nationally representative data from 39 countries pp. 1-18

Indira Bose, Joshua D Miller, Hilary J Bethancourt, Olga P García, Hugo R Melgar-Quiñonez, Rosana Salles-Costa, Mauro E DelGrossi, Scott M Miller, Tessa L Durham, Teresa Shamah-Levy, Pablo Gaitán-Rossi, Sera L Young and Edward A Frongillo

Willingness-to-pay and demand for sanitation products in rural northern Ghana: Impacts of seasonality and methodology pp. 1-21

John Trimmer, Joyce Kisiangani, Bessy Ewoenam Odame-Boafo, Stanley Bortse Sam, Chloé Poulin, Dominic Osei and Valerie Bauza

Assessing the effect of a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on school water, sanitation, and hygiene improvements in the Philippines pp. 1-11

Kh Shafiur Rahaman, Sarah Bick, Marvin Marquez, Dexter Galban, Habib Benzian, Bella Monse and Robert Dreibelbis

Alternative indicators of handpump functionality: Toward consistent performance-oriented monitoring pp. 1-16

Catherine McManus, Kaycie Lane, Samuel Diarra and Ryan Cronk

Volume 4, issue 4, 2025

Improved streamflow prediction accuracy in Boreal climate watershed using a LSTM model: A comparative study pp. 1-26

Kamal Islam, Joseph A Daraio, Mumtaz Cheema, Gabriela Sabau and Lakshman Galagedara

Training for the test: Using multi-objective training to improve ANN ensemble forecasts of household residual chlorine in emergencies pp. 1-23

Michael De Santi, Syed Imran Ali, Jean-François Fesselet, Matthew Arnold, Dawn Taylor and Usman T Khan

Assessing the impact of rightsizing drinking water infrastructure system in flint, Michigan pp. 1-21

Richard Casey Sadler, Hyun Jeong Koo, Basheer Allamy and Shawn P McElmurry

Volume 4, issue 2, 2025

Resource allocation for environmental health services in healthcare facilities: A qualitative case study from Niger pp. 1-22

Silvia Landa, Elisha Y Sanoussi, Ezechiel Mahamane, Kairou Oudou Bilo Mahamadou, Aaron Salzberg and Darcy M Anderson

Volume 4, issue 1, 2025

Inadequate wastewater management in Dhaka’s major hospitals: A socio-technical systems analysis of leadership, policy, and technological challenges pp. 1-25

Nuhu Amin, Tim Foster, Nafeya Tabassum Shimki, Md Rezaul Hasan, Supriya Sarkar, Shaikh Daud Adnan, Aninda Rahman, Rizwana Khan, Mahbubur Rahman and Juliet Willetts

Freshwater dependent livelihood assessment of coastal households in the southwest of Bangladesh pp. 1-22

Md Shohel Khan and Shitangsu Kumar Paul

Quantification of Legionella pneumophila in building potable water systems: A meta-analysis comparing qPCR and culture-based detection methods pp. 1-22

Émile Sylvestre, William J Rhoads, Timothy R Julian and Frederik Hammes