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The Country Director of IRC Ghana, Mrs Vida Duti has presented an anecdote of the Road Travelled on piloting the Water Service Delivery Approach in Ghana. Read more...
In 2011 the Uganda Ministry of Water and Environment started to promote the formation of Hand Pump Mechanics Associations (HPMAs) as a way of enhancing sustainability of rural water services. This briefing note highlights the key issues emerging from the process thus far. Read more...
The Country Director of IRC Ghana, Mrs Vida Duti has a presented an anecdote of the Road Travelled in piloting water service delivery approach in Ghana. Read more...
Ghana’s Minister for Finance and Economic Planning, Dr Kwabena Duffuor joined delegates from 30 other developing countries to participate in the 2 nd Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) High Level Meeting on April 20,2012 at the World Bank in Washington, DC. Read more...
The Chief Executive Officer of the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA), Mr Clement Bugase has called for the lessons from the Triple-S Project to be shared with non-pilots districts. Mr Bugase believes the approach used by the Triple-S Project can already kick-start a change in mind set... Read more...
From its onset, the Triple-S project worked on the understanding that sustainability of rural water services cannot be achieved through a single entity but rather through strategic partnerships that work to address concerns of the entire sector. One of the methods through which the project would... Read more...
WaterHackathon—a collaborative event between software developers and designers to solve water problems—blogged about the benefits and limitations of Field Level Operations Watch (FLOW). Representatives of Water For People, the World Bank, and IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre shared... Read more...
Residents of East Gonja District discuss challenges associated with the service levels of water facilities in their Local Government Area. Read more...
The Triple-S Project is piloting the Service Delivery Approach in three regions of Ghana: namely the Volta, Brong Ahafo and the Northern Regions. Read more...
The Executive Committee of the East Gonja District has pledged it's commitment to improve water supply to its residents. The commitment was made at a meeting to discuss the state of water systems and management structures in the district. Read more...
Monitoring is a key factor for sustainability of water services delivery. Although many countries are taking steps to integrate monitoring into service provision, there are numerous challenges that need to be addressed, as was highlighted recently at the World Water Forum in Marseille. Read more...
Here, we provide you with the full reference list for "Self Supply: the case for leveraging greater household investment in water supply" Read more...
One of the key challenges contributing to non-functionality of rural water sources is the time lag between the identification of faults and the rehabilitation. This lag, in WASH parlance, is called service down-time, mainly caused by drawbacks in information flow. To reduce these information gaps... Read more...
“The goal of universal access to clean water is far from complete”, says IRC's Stef Smits on CNN International. "Reaching the last 10% of the population -- those living in remote rural areas and on the fringes of big cities - will become increasingly difficult and expensive," he explains in “Going... Read more...
On April 20, Ministers of Water and Sanitation from around the world will meet with their Ministers of Finance in Washington D.C. as part of the Sanitation and Water (SWA) for All High Level Meeting. There, they will discuss sector goals and progress, and it goes without saying that the recent... Read more...
Monitoring of water services delivery is a key factor for sustainability and water for all. This was the key theme of the monitoring and evaluation session at the 6 th World Water Forum in Marseille last week. Read more...
Many African countries, including Uganda, are increasingly replacing the point source with the handpump. In order to support this change in infrastructure, water and sanitation actors in Uganda are applying the Water Supply and Sanitation Board (WSSB) model as an answer to the traditional community... Read more...
José Miguel is a circuit rider: a technician responsible for providing technical assistance to a number of water committees in his area around San Vicente in El Salvador. There are around 30 water systems on his circuit which he visits regularly. Read more...
During the London Sustainable WASH learning event, which took place on 31 January 2012, representatives of 44 WASH organisations made commitments to support the service delivery approach. They acknowledged that making changes within their respective organisations is important for collectively... Read more...
Some links to press coverage of World Water Day in Uganda. Read more...