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In this document we capture the inputs that contributed in improving water supply to households and an assessment of cost approximation by the Water... Read more...
Water for People has helped Sagar and Patharpratima boost coverage and improve sustainability. Read more...
The Community Water Plus project assesses twenty cases of support to community managed rural water supplies across India. IRC carried out one of these studies around support to community-managed handpumps in Patharpratima, West Bengal. The case study concludes that an effective mechanism for... Read more...
Arsenic affected patients from West Bengal. Photo: SOES Bone deformities due to arsenic poisoning of groundwater are common among the youth in Bengal, the Indian army has found. Less than 100 youths among the 2,000 who turned up for an army recruitment drive in February 2012, passed the physical... Read more...
Everyone in Digambarpur has access to a basic level of water service thanks to support model that allows w ater committees to outsource technical... Read more...
The government of Sagar island, together with Water For People, and other partners, aim to achieve full coverage of sanitation and water supply in... Read more...
Gender-specific analysis of the supply sector shows up different roles of men and women in the sanitation supply chain that otherwise remain invisible. Read more...
This document presents the case of Morappur (Tamil Nadu), a governmentlabelled 'dark' block, that suffers from depleted and contaminated groundwater. Read more...
A chain is as strong as its weakest link. The supply chain analysis assesses each component of the chain. It identifies opportunities and constraints, and ways to overcome the latter. Read more...
Uttam Majundar is a successful Jalabandu (handpump mechanic) in Digambarpur (West Bengal, India). But now he risks becoming a victim of his own success. Following a day in his life explains why. Read more...
The Community Water Plus project investigates the support that is being provided to community-managed rural water supplies. This is being done for twenty case studies of programmes from across India. Read more...
Typical sanitation promoters are training community health workers and local leaders, council members and members of village water and sanitation committees. Read more...
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/35922061] The high incidence of open defecation in the Indian state of Bihar is not due to a lack awareness about toilets, according to this new Water for People video . In their view, it's more of a supply chain, marketing problem. The toilets on offer are not particularly... Read more...
The Water User Committee in Anandapur village (India) consists of 12 women volunteers who have been trained on issues of water quality, budgeting and more. Read more...
A new year with fresh resolutions. One of 2015 big highlights was the Climate Top in Paris. Now that 196 countries have come to an agreement, what happens next? How will countries follow up on their promises? And how is this related to WASH? Some of the basics in one overview. Read more...
Uncovering and understanding the real costs of water, sanitation and hygiene services by using the life-cycle costs approach. Read more...
Factors which trigger households to build and use toilets can be quite different from the messages that promoters spread. Read more...
Saraswati Halder, the president of the Durganagar Kanchantala water committee, shows me the committee's bank booklet. It shows only one transaction: 100 Rupees (about 1.50 US$) deposited in 2011, more than 3 years ago. Read more...
Ultimate success in water service delivery is defined by the service level received by households. There can be excellent infrastructure and impeccable administration, but if households don't receive enough water of good enough quality without spending an excessive amount of time collecting it,... Read more...