Title | Cost and financing of rural and small towns water services delivery in Ghana |
Publication Type | Conference Paper |
Year of Publication | 2010 |
Authors | Nyarko, K, Moriarty, PB, Fonseca, C, S. Kwarteng, O, Dwumfour-Asare, B, Appiah-Effah, E |
Pagination | P. 57-58 |
Date Published | 2010-06-01 |
Keywords | costs, ghana, sanitation services, sdiafr, sdiman, WASHCost, water supply services |
Abstract | This note presents preliminary results from the WASHCost pilot studies in two districts of Ghana on the cost of service delivery using the Life Cycle Cost Approach (LCCA). The main cost components proposed by WASHCost for the LCC, are: capital expenditure (CapEx), operating and minor maintenance (OpEx), cost of capita (CoC), capital maintenance expenditure (CapManEx), and the expenditure with support cost. The results shown are limited to only CapEx, OpEx and CapManEx due to insufficient data on cost of capital and the support cost. The systems used for the study cover the main technologies for delivering rural and small towns’ water services in Ghana: multi-village piped scheme (MVS), single-village piped scheme (SVS) and boreholes with hand pumps (BHPs) also known as water point sources. These technologies also give an indication of the levels of service: the BHPs provide the basic water supply of 20l/c/d while the piped water schemes provide an intermediate supply which is a mixof house connection (60l/c/day for 20% of users) and public standpipe (20l/c/day for 80% of users). The CapEx per person was adjusted by inflation and compared for the various technologies. The OpEx and |
Notes | 1 ref. |
Custom 1 | 824 |