‘It’s about sustainable water services, not just about pumps and pipes’. That was one of the main messages (and title) of a presentation on monitoring water services in Ghana, presented by Marieke Adank from IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre in the ‘Judge us by our outcomes’ session during the World Water Week in Stockholm 2012.
Published on: 07/09/2012
Findings were presented from 3 districts in Ghana, where data had been collected under the Triple-S initiative, hosted by the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA).
She makes a strong case for monitoring to go beyond just counting systems especially if the monitoring data is to be used at different levels for planning, regulating and providing water services that last. Ms Adank is therefore proposing to monitor functionality, as well as the level of service provided, in terms of quantity, quality, reliability and accessibility of systems; and to monitor the performance of service providers and service authorities.
Lamisi Dabire
7 September, 2012
