To cite package ‘waterpointstatus’ in publications use:

  Mhango E (2026). “waterpointstatus: Water Point Functionality and
  Service Monitoring, Malawi 2023.” doi:10.5281/zenodo.19498016
  <https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19498016>.
  <https://github.com/openwashdata/waterpointstatus>.

A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is

  @Misc{mhango:2026,
    title = {waterpointstatus: Water Point Functionality and Service Monitoring, Malawi 2023},
    author = {Emmanuel Mhango},
    year = {2026},
    doi = {10.5281/zenodo.19498016},
    url = {https://github.com/openwashdata/waterpointstatus},
    abstract = {This dataset contains structured field survey responses collected from water point inspections and interviews with community members or water point committee representatives. Each record represents a single survey event linked to a specific water point, including GPS coordinates and detailed observations on infrastructure condition, functionality, water availability, maintenance practices, and governance arrangements.},
    keywords = {open data,washdata,water points,functionality,water supply,service delivery,Malawi,baseflow,boreholes,groundwater,wash,waterpoints},
    version = {1.0.0},
  }