| Title | Accelerating self supply : a case study from Zambia |
| Publication Type | Miscellaneous |
| Year of Publication | 2010 |
| Authors | Sutton, S |
| Secondary Title | Rural water supply series : field note |
| Volume | 2010 - 3 |
| Pagination | 12 p.; 10 fig.; 2 boxes |
| Date Published | 2010-03-01 |
| Publisher | Rural Water Supply Network, RWSN |
| Place Published | St. Gallen, Switzerland |
| Keywords | poverty, rural areas, rural development, self supply, zambia northern province luapula |
| Abstract | Zambia has a very low density rural population, which makes the establishment of sustainable community water supplies a particular challenge. Previous piloting of improvements to traditional water sources showed both a demand for and an impact from low cost up-grading. UNICEF, with RWSN technical support, has been encouraging improvements to water supplies in some of the poorest districts of Luapula Province. Remarkably, these have been achieved with zero subsidy. All hardware costs (labour and materials) are covered by householders; the donor input being only in capacity building through training and marketing. [authors abstract] |
| Notes | With 18 references |
| Custom 1 | 824 |
