Title | Dedesua community report: cost of water and sanitation services in Dedesua in the Bosomtwe District, Ghana |
Publication Type | Progress Report |
Year of Publication | 2012 |
Authors | Nyarko, KB |
Pagination | 9 p.; 3 Tab.; 3 Fig.; |
Date Published | 02/2013 |
Publisher | IRC |
Place Published | The Hague, The Netherlands |
Type | WASHCost Ghana community report |
Publication Language | English |
Keywords | cost of water, ghana, rural and peri-urban areas |
Abstract | This report was generated from a study into the cost of water and sanitation services received by the inhabitants inDedesua in the Bosomtwi District in the Ashanti region of Ghana Dedesua community with a population of 1,189 has four reliable formal water point systems which are delivering acceptable water service to a majority of the community members. A few households have household toilet facilities and the community’s public toilets are also in dilapidated states. As a result more than half of the community members practice open defecation. [authors abstract] |