| Title | Adamupe community report: cost of water and sanitation services in Adamupe, East Gonja District in Northern Region of Ghana |
| Publication Type | Progress Report |
| Year of Publication | 2012 |
| Authors | Donkor-Badu, B, Appiah-Effah, E, Nyarko, KB, Dwumfour-Asare, B, Moriarty, PB, Obuobisa-Darko, A, V. Otum, N, Dickinson, N, Adjei, KA |
| Secondary Title | WASHCost Ghana community report |
| Pagination | 7 p.; 3 tab.; 3 fig.; 1 map |
| Date Published | 03/2012 |
| Publisher | WASHCost team, Accra and Kumasi, Ghana |
| Place Published | Accra, Ghana |
| Publication Language | English |
| Keywords | access to water, ghana northern region, open defecation, statistics, WASHCost, water consumption, water distribution, water supply |
| Abstract | The Adamupe community has 100% water coverage, based on facility providers’ approach of number of facilities provided per user population. However, the overall water service in terms of quantity accessed, access by distance and crowding-with-reliability is sub-standard for households. The community has five public, one institutional and one household toilet facilities but some community members still practice ‘dig-and-bury’ and open defecation. WASHCost is undertaking action research focusing on quantifying the cost of providing sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in rural and peri-urban areas in Ghana. This community report presents findings of research carried out in the community of Adamupe in the East Gonja District in the |
| Custom 1 | 824 |
