Water Resources Management: the Pacific Hydrological Cycle Observing System (HYCOS), drinking Water Quality Monitoring (WQM), the Pacific Island Climate Update (ICU) and the Pacific Water and Climate Resource Centre

Water and Wastewater Asset Management: Water supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) including RainWater? Harvesting (RWH) and appropriate water and wastewater technologies, drinking Water Safety Planning (WSP), Water Demand Management (WDM)

Water Governance: Pacific Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) programme, and the Pacific Partnership Initiative on Sustainable Water Management

The information portal also includes several features to keep you well informed and updated on what is happening on water, sanitation and hygiene in the Pacific Island Countries:

The Pacific Water Action Matrix Database provides you with information about regional initiatives programmes and projects that are contributing to the implementation of the Pacific Regional Action Plan on Sustainable Water Management (Pacific Water RAP). You can search for projects to see how the Pacific Water RAP is being implemented, where and by whom. You can also help us to update the database by inserting missing information on initiatives that are not yet listed.

The Country profiles contain basic facts and figures related to water, sanitation and hygiene for each Pacific Island Country with links to key documents.

The Resource Centre will help you find key documents, links and SOPAC publications related to water, sanitation and hygiene. In a near future, you will also be able to search for links and resources and access customized toolkits on key topics related to water, sanitation and hygiene, with an initial focus on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM).

In Events & Multimedia you can find the latest water news from around the Pacific and an open-access photo & video gallery to help convey the message. There is also an events calendar which will help to keep you updated on key meetings and events on water, sanitation and hygiene, while the travel planner will help you find SOPAC water staff when we are on the move.

You can also sign up to the quarterly Pacific Water Partnership E-newsletter to get information straight to your email Inbox.

The website is a dynamic tool, and we will keep building on and adapting it with your help and input. As we go along, we will keep you updated on new features or facilities via email, and you can bookmark the site by pressing Ctrl+D on your browser so that you can easily come back.

Check out www.pacificwater.org now and let us know what you think (sanjeshni@sopac.org)