"Traditionally, there have been a lot of reasons why organizations don't want to monitor -- too expensive, too time-consuming and too difficult to do, " Kugler said.

CNN: Going with the 'FLOW' towards better sanitation

"Lots of organizations do monitoring and that's great, but it tends to be a very slow process, " said Keri Kugler, Water for People's senior manager of programmatic data.

CNN: Going with the 'FLOW' towards better sanitation

The Liberian government, in partnership with the World Bank's Water and Sanitation program, has already put it to good use Kugler says, mapping 10, 000 water points during 2011.

CNN: Going with the 'FLOW' towards better sanitation