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The Minister for Water Resources Works and Housing, Alhaji Collins Dauda has stated that ‘There is the need for water sector agencies to take their Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) activities seriously to help minimize the rate of non-functionality in the sector.’ Read more...
A series of training workshops have been organized by CWSA/Triple-S Project in the Sunyani West district in September, 2013. The training workshops were aimed at introducing participants to the use of a Short Messaging Service (SMS) for reporting the functionality of water facilities, facility... Read more...
The Triple-S Project in Ghana is undertaking a study on the possibility of adopting SMS technology to reduce water facility downtime. 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...
Introduction Sustainable water service delivery requires systematic long term investments in capital maintenance expenditure and direct support cost to maintain and improve service levels. However, a cursory look at District Water and Sanitation Plans (DWSP) and Medium Term Development Plans of... Read more...
WASH sector actors should aim to reach 100% safe water coverage and it is against that target that performance should be measured. The further the sector falls below the 100% mark, the more work there is to be done. Such was the advice of the Ugandan Minister of Water and Environment Read more...
How stakeholder cooperation enhances water facilities, as this video shows. Read more...
The water supply coverage in Kabarole district in Uganda has been low. However, with the interventions of international organisations the situation is getting better, says Pius Mugabi Senior Water Officer of the district. Read more...
It requires innovative mechanisms to fill the financing gap between policy and practice. Read more...
Interview with Patrick Moriarty on how WASHCost and Triple-S effect change in rural water and sanitation service delivery. Read more...
Martin Watsisi from Triple-S Uganda talks about the use of mobile phones to collect data at water point sources to alert district water officers and health assistants. Read more...
Water for People has helped Sagar and Patharpratima boost coverage and improve sustainability. Read more...
What are the key lessons on using ICT to improve water governance? New publication captures discussion from Stockholm World Water Week seminar. Read more...
Recent innovations in information technology have greatly improved the speed and accuracy in acquisition of data for improving service delivery in various fields including the WASH sector Read more...
Implementing the life-cycle costs approach in Burkina Faso. Read more...
Developing, testing and using Service Delivery Indicators in Burkina Faso. Read more...
A presentation on post-construction support for lasting WASH Services Mozambique. Read more...
Presentations shared during the Triple-S Annual Review and Planning Meeting (ARAP) in Fort Portal Uganda, 6th-11th May 2013. Read more...
Triple-S Ghana legacies and scaling-up. Read more...
Service delivery indicators and Monitoring to improve sustainability of rural water supply in Ghana Read more...