| Title | Operation and maintenance of small town water supplies : experiences in the transition to community management in northern Ghana |
| Publication Type | Miscellaneous |
| Year of Publication | 1996 |
| Authors | Gariba, S, Derksen, R |
| Pagination | ii, 17 p. + appendices (7 p.) : 7 boxes |
| Date Published | 1996-07-01 |
| Keywords | case studies, community management, ghana northern region, gwsc assistance project (ghana), maintenance, operation, revenue collection, sdiafr, sdiman, sdiwat, small towns, water supply |
| Abstract | The GAP (GWSC Assisted Project) is being carried out in northern Ghana as an experiment in transferring revenue collection and O&M responsibility for small town mechanized water supply systems to the community. The paper discusses the situation after one year. Performance of these communities in their first year of operation has been encouraging and plans exist to transfer as many as 34 water supply systems to community management as part of this project by the year 2000. This paper presents an outline of the project cycle in each community and a description of transition related experiences in the first three communities. It also presents a summary of key lesson learned, financial performance of these communities and listing of emerging issues. |
| Notes | Paper presented at the Water Africa '96 Conference, Accra, Ghana |
| Custom 1 | 202.6, 824 |
