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IRC has compiled a growing repository of tools and guidance for strengthening WASH service delivery. Read more...
Financing for the water and environment sector in Uganda has shown a declining trend since 2008, leading to a reduction in funding for key aspects of water supply services. Read more...
To provide ongoing services, local governments need to systematically address the full range of costs, beyond construction of water facilities. This experiment supported districts to apply the life-cycle costs approach and asset management, so that their water and sanitation plans and budgets would... Read more...
Triple-S (Sustainable Services at Scale) has led a process of learning and innovation to improve rural water service delivery in Ghana and Uganda. Each experiment has documented, results and recommendations shared with stakeholders in the two countries. In addition, the progress on the innovation... Read more...
In 2013, IRC/ Triple-S Uganda conducted an assessment of the performance of the Service Delivery Model for point water sources. Findings show that there was generally a low service levels but ironically, users were satisfied. This working paper attempts to explain the reasons for that paradox. Read more...
Monitoring and awareness raising have helped the commune of Gorgadji collect fees for preventive maintenance of waterpoints and take steps towards sustainable water supply services. Read more...
What will rural water supply look like in the future? And will it include the handpump or are there viable, and preferable, options? Read more...
Financing the life-cycle cost gap: does it make a difference? Read more...
Looking at the Alorsekope community's water supply situation in Ghana. Read more...
Stress of water-fetching reduced with coupon scheme. Read more...
High breakdown rates of systems in rural Burkina Faso are the visible results of still poorly functioning water supply services. But in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's capital, WASHCost found an example of how the water sector could be organized, by looking at the model of ONEA water company which is... Read more...
This short animation explains what the life-cycle cost components are and how to measure service, taking into account the indicators of quantity, quality, accessibility and reliability. Read more...
This twenty minute feature film looks into the sustainability issues of rural and peri-urban water, sanitation and hygiene services Read more...
Many rural water systems in Ghana fail prematurely. This is estimated to be around 30 percent at any given point in time. Sometimes, these failures are attributed to a lack of clearly defined roles and responsibilities for sector actors and institutions. It is often the case that, once water... Read more...
It requires innovative mechanisms to fill the financing gap between policy and practice. Read more...
Implementing the life-cycle costs approach in Burkina Faso. Read more...
A presentation on post-construction support for lasting WASH Services Mozambique. Read more...
Peter Burr examines asset monitoring for sustainable services. Read more...
Looking at what can be done to bring professionalism into community-based water supply. Read more...
In Uganda some water committees are allowing users to borrow surplus money in the form of low-interest loans. Could this twist on a traditional loans scheme encourage users to pay their water fees? Read more...