We're sharing our WASHCost data on the full costs of providing water and sanitation services over their entire service life-cycle from construction to operation, rehabilitation, and eventual replacement. Detailed studies established these costs and examined how these costs relate to the level of water and sanitation services delivered in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Andhra Pradesh (India), and Mozambique.
Published on: 08/03/2013
The dataset provides access to the validated cost and service level information in each of the research areas. This data has been collated from a number of sources including infrastructure surveys, detailed household surveys and range of specific research undertaken with stakeholders in each country.
The country specific files and supporting information have been made available using the Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) website.
Scope | Dataset |
Andhra Pradesh, India | Expenditure and service level data for water supply systems and sanitation facilities in Andhra Pradesh, India. Link to DANS |
Burkina Faso | Expenditure and service level data for water supply systems and sanitation facilities in Burkina Faso. Link to DANS |
Ghana | Expenditure and service level data for water supply systems and sanitation facilities in Ghana. Link to DANS |
Mozambique | Expenditure and service level data for water supply systems and sanitation facilities in Mozambique; Link to DANS |
The findings and recommendations of generated from this data are collated in two core publications:
Both are available for download below.
IRC also hosted a webinar on "The use of evidence in achieving IRC's mission"
Disclaimer: The data pertains to providing what was found to be very low levels of service. Data should not be used to calculate or extrapolate “ideal” service costs. The cost benchmarks for providing a basic level of service can be found in “Infosheet 2 - The cost of sustaining sanitation services for 20 years” and “Infosheet 3 - Funding recurrent costs for improved rural water services”. (both available below)
