The professionalisation of community based-management means moving away from an approach based purely on volunteerism, towards a more professional, competent and effective management of rural water services working to agreed standards, and with greater transparency and accountability. Read more...
Component costs and drivers are assessed in a new research paper. Read more...
The Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) is the global network of professionals and practitioners working to raise standards of knowledge and evidence, technical and professional competence, and practice and policy in rural water supply; and to fulfil the vision of sustainable rural water services for... Read more...
A paper prepared for the IRC water sanitation symposium held 9-11 April 2013 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Read more...
Ryan Schweitzer and James Mihelcic from the University of South Florida have developed a Sustainability Assessment Tool for community-managed rural water systems [1]. The tool is novel because it focuses specifically on community management during the post construction phase. It can be used to... Read more...
Anyone who works in the water sector cannot have missed the consultations and debates on the post-2015 goals for water and sanitation. Read more...
Water and sanitation facilities: a service provider is needed for day-to-day administration. Read more...
Based on national standards, the 7 boreholes and 3 standpipes in the village of Komsilga, Burkina Faso, are sufficient to supply water to 3,600 people. Since only 1,500 people live in the village, you might think that they had water in abundance. Read more...
Over a ten-year period, the Government of Uganda implemented a transparent and consolidative approach to monitoring. Read the report from the Rural Water Supply Network to learn lessons and challenges from the Ugandan context. Download here . Read more...
Rural water services in WASHCost research countries are chronically underfunded, with insufficient resources to provide and sustain a basic level of service that meets national norms and standards. In communities researched by WASHCost, most people did not receive this basic minimum, although they... Read more...
Document outlining the process of development, verification and refinement of service level and sustainability indicators for rural water services in... Read more...
Triple-S country study USA. Read more...
Triple-S country study Uganda. Read more...
Triple-S country study Thailand. Read more...
Triple-S country study South Africa. Read more...
Triple-S country study India. Read more...
Triple-S country study Honduras. Read more...
Triple-S country study Ghana. Read more...
Triple-S country study Colombia. Read more...
Triple-S country study Ethiopia. Read more...