People may wonder why FLUSH has expanded into climate work. The simple truth is that water, sanitation, and climate aren't separate issues—they're deeply interconnected challenges that require integrated solutions. After seven years of helping water and sanitation professionals tell better stories with their data, we've realized that climate conversations are already happening in our work. We're just making it official.

Most people don’t think of garbage collectors as civil rights heroes. I certainly haven’t always. But that’s a problem.

Sanitation is a human right—but who decides what that really means, how it's delivered, and whose needs come first? Across Africa, critical decisions about sanitation investment, practices, and hygiene are still made in colonial languages (French, English, and Portuguese) that many people can’t fully understand. This blog looks at how language—often overlooked—shapes who gets heard and who gets left out in the WASH sector.

When visiting New York City's Tenement Museum, our Founder was drawn to a critical aspect of immigrant life that's often overlooked: sanitation. How did early urban immigrants in the US handle something as fundamental as going to the bathroom? This blog will explore some of the important history in the US, specifically, how immigrants navigated urban life.

Let’s be honest. When was the last time you got excited talking about a toilet? For decades in Tanzania, sanitation has been the wallflower at the development party. It sat quietly in the corner while water, education, and roads hogged the dance floor. Toilets? Functional. Forgettable. Often a little embarrassing.

Every drop counts - water recycling is the answer. It may sound like science fiction, but it’s not. And more importantly, it works.

People in high-income countries, like the US, often struggle to relate to the sanitation challenges in low-income countries.

Beneath the cities of Ancient Rome lay a dark, labyrinthian drain system called the Cloaca Maxima, which swept up stormwater and wastewater.

Any freeze on foreign aid is affecting thousands of people, making it harder for our friends in international development.

Last week, we joined dozens of accomplished professionals and academics in for the University of Pisa and UNESCO's Water and Gender Workshop

The projects we do to handle waste sometimes produce their own waste—or become it. What do we do with the waste of our waste treatment?

Talking about toilets is often considered inappropriate or even embarrassing for something that every human does daily.

Earlier this year, our Founder visited St. Louis, Missouri—the Gateway to the West. On this trip, we visited the Gateway Arch’s museum.

FLUSH's Founder was pleased to work with Jesse Crosson from the Second Chancer Foundation and FLUSH alumna Ruth Sylvester on a brief paper.

In May 2024, Vessel held the inaugural US WASH Convening to help unify a fractured US WASH Sector.

FLUSH embarked on a research study to understand why professionals in the international WASH sector lead it. This blog shares our findings.

How would you rate your presentation skills? It can be a simple question, yet working on this skill can be essential.

Last week, FLUSH participated in the first US WASH Convening ! DigDeep , Water For People , and its consortium of leading WASH...

For centuries, the humble shellfish has been a culinary staple and economic lifeblood for many coastal communities in the United States....

FLUSH Associates Lena Musoka and Sarah Lebu co-wrote this blog. This week marks the end of Black History Month! At FLUSH, we celebrate...