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Sustaining water facilities in Ghana’s rural areas is challenging. Villages are in charge of repairs, but often don’t have the money for it. Read more...
The Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) is leading Triple-S in Ghana in partnership with IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre . Read more...
An animation illustrating the relationship between life-cycle costs and the service delivered. Read more...
IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre's WASHCost project has released an animation that has been created to help us understand how the life-cycle costs and the service delivered are connected. The life-cycle cost approach can be used to increase financial sustainability and to stop the... Read more...
The Triple-S Ghana project has concluded and is sharing a report of a baseline study on the status of rural water facilities in Ghana.The report presents a synthesis of the results of a baseline assessment of the status of service levels, service providers and support functions in three districts... Read more...
A Ghana Television (GTV) news item on the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector stakeholders meeting to form a learning and sharing platform in Ho, the Volta Regional capital of Ghana. Read more...
Stakeholders in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector in the Volta Region have met in Ho to discuss the establishment of a platform to enhance sharing of ideas and knowledge in the region. It is to help discuss how best to synchronize projects and initiatives for efficient water and... Read more...
The Chief Executive Officer of the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) has reiterated the need for facilities to be functional in order to ensure sustainability of service delivery. That is why efforts by the Triple-S project to monitor issues of functionality has been very laudable. This... Read more...
In this folder you can find the presentations related to the joint session on cost effectiveness of sanitation and hygiene interventions Read more...
Dr. Kwabena Nyarko-WASHCost Ghana Country Director and Mrs Vida Duti - IRC Ghana Country Director talk about the need to plan for Capital Maintenance Expenditure as s prerequisite for sustainable Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) service delivery. Read more...
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... Read more...
Rural pipe water schemes, popularly known as small town water schemes, are associated with a wide range of capital expenditure and a limited understanding of what could be the key cost drivers of these systems. This briefing note, No. 11, focuses on identifying some of the major cost drivers of... Read more...
Stakeholders in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector in the Northern Region of Ghana have met to form a learning platform, the Regional Level Learning Alliance (RLLAP), in Tamale. It is to promote the sharing of ideas, knowledge and synchronise project activities and initiatives for... Read more...
This report was generated from a study into the cost of water and sanitation services received by the inhabitants in Kito in the East Gonja District of the Northern region of Ghana. Read more...
Rural pipe water schemes, popularly known as small town water schemes, are associated with a wide range of capital expenditure and a limited understanding of what could be the key cost drivers of these systems. Read more...
Le gouvernement du Ghana ne maintient pas ses promesses de financement pour l’hygiène. Read more...
A committee looking into the costs of supporting communities and water service providers in Ghana is set to recommend a sizable increase in spending to improve functionality and sustainability in rural and peri-urban areas. Read more...
Akatsi District Assembly has taken action to address major failures of rural water services in its area, including broken pumps, missing management teams and lack of water quality testing. The district has approved a programme of action and a budget to support it, demonstrating that it has learned... Read more...
The Chief Executive Officer of the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA), Mr Clement Bugase in this video interview talks about the changing role of his institution as they seek to enhance its ability as a regulator more than a facilitator for the delivery of physical water and sanitation... Read more...
Après vingt ans d’intervention au Burkina Faso à travers différents partenaires – tels que Eau-Vive, WaterAid, Eau et assainissement pour l’Afrique EAA/ WSA – l’IRC Centre International de l’Eau et de l’Assainissement, inaugure officiellement ce lundi 17 septembre, à Ouagadougou, sa représentation... Read more...
