The Water Operator's Partnership between VEI and Nakuru County from 2017 to 2021 had the main goal to increase and improve water and sanitation services in Nakuru County in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), by promoting benchmarking activities, increasing water and sanitation coverage, increasing water supply, improving distribution management (non-revenue water, and establishing a strong customer-support mechanism.

World Toilet Day is significant as we face a global sanitation crisis.

SDG 6.2 on safe access to sanitation services is off track with over 3.6 billion people lacking safely managed sanitation services. This World Toilet Day highlights the importance of sanitation for the protection of groundwater sources that have been reliable sources of fresh water for the planet.

Lack of sanitation facilities and services may lead to pollution of groundwater sources through the infiltration of faecal matter into the aquifers.

Although wastewater has been monitored for viruses and pollutants for years, the practice rose to prominence sharply during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Studies have shown that environmental surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 signals, or biomarkers (typically RNA), helps determine both the prevalence of disease and the overall health of a community. As such, it could act as a low-cost early warning system to monitor resurgences or reimportations of disease into communities as a complementary tool to medical testing.