The Peer Water Exchange (PWX) is a revolutionary platform for philanthropic and project management through which members transparently peer-select and peer-manage grassroots water and sanitation projects.

The cornerstone of PWX is the human network of global partners, and the processes and technology that connect them. Effective members for PWX are organizations who want to use the PWX process to scale-up their work and collaborate with like-minded people around the world to solve the world's drinking water crisis. PWX members think holistically, collaborate eagerly, and work innovatively to make an impact in the water crisis.

PWX seeks to continually improve the depth and breadth of its global network, looking for implementer, intermediary, funding, and observer organizations interested in long-term relationships lasting beyond a single project. PWX needs new members of all types: international intermediaries, local implementers, funders, governments, and observers. Our stakeholder matrix shows how PWX benefits different stakeholders.

A PWX member has responsibilities and duties to share and learn: review project and membership applications, take part in dialog, and respond to peer requests. The quantity and quality of this effort is what allows PWX (the platform and process) to scale up and manage thousands of projects worldwide.

For its membership growth, PWX uses a peer review process to ensure that new members are personally and/or professionally known to have successful track records, or are ready to commence their first project with support.


To become a partner, an organization needs to be referred to join PWX by an existing PWX member and follow the process shown above. The new organization will get an email invitation pointing to a one-page online application form that they need to fill out. After submitting the form, the applicant will undergo peer review by existing members who decide whether to accept the applicant.

PWX is looking for funding partners, like BPRF, who are eager to see their funding reach its full potential, to enable collaboration in the water sector, and who seek improvement, innovation, and transparency in the funding process.

Funders for water and sanitation projects have many options in using the PWX platform. They can have their funding in water and sanitation determined through PWX, or have their projects managed through PWX or both.

Funders can direct their resources thematically or geographically, using our interactive project map to coordinate funding.

Interested funders can request membership in PWX by emailing or calling us.

Without requiring membership, we make it easy for individuals and groups to become part of a global force to solve the world's water crisis.

Impact assessment is vital to see how many water projects are successful, how they transform the lives of the thirsty, and how they are in turn transformed by the community. Water agencies and specialists do in-depth analysis of the impact of water on health, education, livelihoods, women's status, agriculture, and the local economy. However, it is only possible to conduct such analysis on a tiny fraction of the projects.

We believe that there is also a simpler assessment that can be done by volunteers - very valuable to long-term project success - and can capture a far greater fraction of water projects comprehensively and meaningfully. We are seeking volunteers who can visit any project and let us know if it is working or not, provide a short note about the current state, take pictures, video, and even interview community members. With the help of volunteers and visitors, PWX can track long-term operation and impacts of projects even years after completion and, observers become an integral part of PWX bringing projects to life.