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Rethinking Hygiene in the United States Context
In May 2024, Vessel held the inaugural US WASH Convening to help unify a fractured US WASH Sector.
Kimberly Worsham
Jun 28, 20246 min read
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WASH Exit Interviews: Findings on Professional Attrition in the International Sector
FLUSH embarked on a research study to understand why professionals in the international WASH sector lead it. This blog shares our findings.

Rebecca Gianotti
May 31, 202420 min read
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Life Experience about What Makes An Effective Presentation
How would you rate your presentation skills? It can be a simple question, yet working on this skill can be essential.

Isabelle Krieg
May 20, 20244 min read
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Reflections from the US WASH Convening
Last week, FLUSH participated in the first US WASH Convening ! DigDeep , Water For People , and its consortium of leading WASH...
Kimberly Worsham
May 12, 20245 min read
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How Sanitation and Shellfish Are Connected
For centuries, the humble shellfish has been a culinary staple and economic lifeblood for many coastal communities in the United States....
Kimberly Worsham
Apr 3, 20246 min read
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Honoring the Black Inventors in Sanitation
FLUSH Associates Lena Musoka and Sarah Lebu co-wrote this blog. This week marks the end of Black History Month! At FLUSH, we celebrate...

Lena Musoka
Feb 28, 20245 min read
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Ocean Sewage Audience Findings
This year, FLUSH worked on understanding how different industries understand and grapple with ocean sewage for our client, the Ocean...
Kimberly Worsham
Nov 29, 20231 min read
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Exploring Quirky Australian Toilet Culture
Australia. Land of strange and wonderful things. The platypus and echidna. Vegemite. Australian football. So many highly venomous...

Rebecca Gianotti
Sep 5, 20235 min read
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What is Data-Driven Storytelling?
FLUSH is happy to offer services helping water and sanitation providers improve their relationships and build stakeholder trust through...
Kimberly Worsham
Jun 18, 20233 min read
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Life Management Science Labs
Australian-based Life Management Science Labs recently interviewed FLUSH's Founder, Kim, for a podcast about plumbing basics! The...

Media Posts
Apr 29, 20231 min read
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After the FLUSH: Meet the Septic System
When we attend events, one of the most common questions from the public is, "What happens when I flush my toilet??" The beauty of this...
Kimberly Worsham
Mar 17, 20234 min read
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The Sanitary Situation in US Prisons
The Founder of FLUSH recently visited the historic Alcatraz in San Francisco, CA (USA). Viewing the prominence of toilets in prison cells...
Kimberly Worsham
Jan 3, 20235 min read
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Do Experts Talk Toilets Differently than Everyone Else?
Before we continue, let's just answer the question - yes. Note: The research report is available in our Resource Library and can be...

Gloria Odenyo
Oct 25, 20221 min read
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Toilet Tales for Halloween: What Lurks in the Outhouse
CW: Murder, violence, death of a child When we are on the toilet, we are acutely vulnerable—bodies bared, sitting, or squatting. From...

Jennifer Barr
Oct 1, 20224 min read
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Why Archaeologists Love Toilets
Toilets and trash – sanitation – are a big deal. Not just existing sanitation systems, though – we mean all toilets and trash that have...
Kimberly Worsham
Jul 25, 20223 min read
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The Many Ways of Scaling Sanitation
The word "scale" gets used a lot in sanitation, and sometimes with confusion. So we at FLUSH wanted to make sure we could help clarify...
Kimberly Worsham
Jun 1, 20227 min read
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After the FLUSH: Sewers via the Yonkers Wastewater Plant
One of the most common questions we get from the public when we attend events is, "What happens when I flush my toilet??" The beauty of...
Kimberly Worsham
Apr 25, 20226 min read
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Toilet Thoughts: What about Chemo?
With continued conversations on the reuse of fecal waste for agricultural products, there has been growing concern and questions about...

Samiya Coney
Apr 14, 20225 min read
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Sewers and the Circular Economy
We at FLUSH like to explain how sanitation systems work and why they matter – simply. Something that can be confusing – and misunderstood...

Kelsey McWilliams
Feb 2, 20224 min read
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Inclusion in the WASH Workforce: Moving Beyond Diversity
Recently, FLUSH hosted a workshop with WaterAid America about organizational DEI. For those who haven't heard the term yet, DEI stands...
Kimberly Worsham
Jan 18, 20226 min read
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