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Using real data, we look at how the WASHCost calculator can be used in practice in India. Read more...
Ce blog vous donne les dernières nouvelles sur le calculateur WASHCost, un outil intuitif et dynamique des coûts à long terme pour l’évaluation des services d’eau, d’assainissement et d’hygiène. Read more...
High breakdown rates of systems in rural Burkina Faso are the visible results of still poorly functioning water supply services. But in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's capital, WASHCost found an example of how the water sector could be organized, by looking at the model of ONEA water company which is... Read more...
This short animation explains what the life-cycle cost components are and how to measure service, taking into account the indicators of quantity, quality, accessibility and reliability. Read more...
This twenty minute feature film looks into the sustainability issues of rural and peri-urban water, sanitation and hygiene services Read more...
Le projet WASHCost était un projet de recherche-action d'une durée de cinq ans (2008-2012) qui a eu pour objectif principal de quantifier les coûts à long terme des services d'approvisionnement en eau potable, d'hygiène et d'assainissement (AEPHA) en milieux rural et urbain au Burkina-Faso, au... Read more...
Many rural water systems in Ghana fail prematurely. This is estimated to be around 30 percent at any given point in time. Sometimes, these failures are attributed to a lack of clearly defined roles and responsibilities for sector actors and institutions. It is often the case that, once water... Read more...
IRC has published a research document on the cost, performance and regulation of water services in small towns, in Burkina Faso. This research applies the Life-Cycle Cost Approach and the Service Delivery Approach to assess and compare the cost and the performance of water services provided by... Read more...
It requires innovative mechanisms to fill the financing gap between policy and practice. Read more...
At SACOSAN-V in Nepal, IRC shared the WASHCost Calculator with South Asian governments and organisations working on sustainable sanitation. Kathy Shordt gave a sneak preview of the advanced tool based on an example from Venkatapuram, India. Read more...
Implementing the life-cycle costs approach in Burkina Faso. Read more...
A presentation on post-construction support for lasting WASH Services Mozambique. Read more...
Peter Burr examines asset monitoring for sustainable services. Read more...
As we continue work on the WASHCost Calculator, feedback from users is continually shaping development of the tool. The Stockholm World Water Week provided a fantastic opportunity to gather comments and questions on the basic version of the water and sanitation calculator. Fifty individuals,... Read more...
L’approche des coûts à long terme, est –elle la solution à tous les défis dans le secteur de l’eau? Read more...
Looking at what can be done to bring professionalism into community-based water supply. Read more...
L’initiative RAIN de Coca-Cola exige pour l’ensemble de ces projets en matière d’eau d’inclure un volet de budgétisation à long terme qui détaille les coûts annuels d’exploitation, de maintenance et d’appui direct, en accord avec l’approche des coûts à long terme. Read more...
Costing data needs to be included in planning and budgeting processes, to help diversify investment to support the full life-cycle cost of a service, not just the capital expenditure costs of installing something. Read more...
Investing in employee WASH = healthy and more productive employees. 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...