Water scheme construction is the responsibility of government in Ethiopia. Non-governmental organisations are playing a key role in supporting the professionalisation of water supply. Mamo Yalew shares the progress made on data management, establishing legal entities to provide maintenance service... Read more...
Professional service providers must ensure safe, sustainable water and meet demand. But what does it take to be professional and raise the service standards for everyone? Stella Kwebiha shares the story of Midwestern Umbrella of Water and Sanitation in Uganda, and how it transitioned from being a... Read more...
Mole XXXIII WASH Conference Side Event by IRC Ghana Read more...
USAID's Sustainable WASH Systems Learning Partnership (SWS) will host its 5-day, Closeout Event and Learning Series, September 20, 22, 27, 29 & 30. Read more...
Under the pay-as-you-fetch management model, a water source caretaker is paid a monthly wage. Caretakers are no longer community volunteers as they used to be and this has improved service delivery. Read more...
IRC Burkina Faso a eu pour tâche principale la mise en oeuvre d’approches pour la gestion pérenne et à l’échelle des services d’approvisionnement en... Read more...
IRC Burkina Faso looked into management models that would permanently reduce the number and length of breakdowns of boreholes with hand pumps in rural Burkina Faso. Read more...
This experiment examined the two main service delivery models for community managed water services in Uganda, established baseline service levels, examined success, failure and promising innovations. Read more...
During the last WEDC conference in Hanoi, IRC and Aguaconsult organised a side event to discuss how different service delivery models are combined to provide universal and better access to rural water. Read more...
Many sector organisations in Uganda believe water boards will bridge gaps in community management. The IRC-led Triple-S initiative has been supporting an experiment to assess whether and how these boards can be made viable. Read more...
Handpump mechanics support water user committees by repairing pumps upon breakdown. But mechanics' charges are high and inconsistent, and their access to spare parts varies. As costs and delays increase, communities become less willing to pay for repairs, and mechanics leave the business. In the... Read more...
This MUStRAIN case study examines whether giving communities a greater say in the design of their water supply systems leads to a different mix of uses. Read more...
A series of training workshops have been organized by CWSA/Triple-S Project in the Sunyani West district in September, 2013. The training workshops were aimed at introducing participants to the use of a Short Messaging Service (SMS) for reporting the functionality of water facilities, facility... Read more...
The Triple-S Project in Ghana is undertaking a study on the possibility of adopting SMS technology to reduce water facility downtime. Read more...
Water for People has helped Sagar and Patharpratima boost coverage and improve sustainability. Read more...
It would be easy, and wrong, to say that global conferences rarely deliver results, for sometimes they offer brand new ways of seeing things. Read more...
Looking at what can be done to bring professionalism into community-based water supply. Read more...
A new report shows the impact of post-construction support on rural water supply in Colombia. Read more...
In Uganda some water committees are allowing users to borrow surplus money in the form of low-interest loans. Could this twist on a traditional loans scheme encourage users to pay their water fees? Read more...
Reducing downtime of hand pumps using sms technology, Ghana. Read more...
