Title | A multi dimensional framework for costing sustainable water and sanitation services in low-income settings : lessons from collecting actual life cycle costs for rural and peri-urban areas of Ghana, Burkina Faso, Mozambique and Andhra Pradesh |
Publication Type | Research Report |
Year of Publication | 2010 |
Authors | Fonseca, C, Batchelor, C, Moriarty, PB, Naafs, A, Snehalatha, M, Reddy, R, Nyarko, K, Klutse, A, Pezon, C, Potter, A, Verhoeven, J |
Secondary Title | WASHCost research report |
Volume | V1.0 |
Pagination | 41 p.; 2 fig.; 14 tab. |
Date Published | 2010-11-01 |
Publisher | IRC |
Place Published | The Hague, The Netherlands |
Keywords | cost benefit analysis, cost recovery, low-income communities, service delivery, WASHCost |
Abstract | The water and sanitation sector faces a sustainability challenge because of the emphasis on installing pipes and pumps instead of ongoing service delivery. When a WASH service is unreliable or completely fails, it is the people without access to safe alternatives who are most affected. People lose the essential services they have come to expect. One way to face this challenge is to assess and estimate the life-cycle costs of providing WASH services. What are the construction, operation, and maintenance costs for ensuring delivery of adequate, equitable and sustainable WASH services? What are the renewal, replacement and rehabilitation costs needed to |
Custom 1 | 202.1 |
Citation Key | 70831 |