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New briefing note summarises discussions and lessons from some key events in 2013 on the potential of ICT to improve WASH monitoring and ultimately service delivery. Contributions by IRC, TetraTech, Akvo, and SeeSaw. Read more...
Vida Duti, leading the Triple-S project in Ghana, reflects on the successes of the Ghana water sector and the trade-off between reaching the unreached and sustaining what is already there.
Read more...This video from the WASHTech project illustrates the challenges relating to sustainable services in WASH and how the Technology Applicability Framework (TAF) provides a systematic and participatory way of assessing and adopting technology innovation at scale, for services that last. 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...
In Uganda 10 million people lack access to safe water. The Commissioner for Rural Water Supply and Sanitation says devolving water services closer to people and taking steps to improve functionality will achieve better services. Read more...
There are different options for water users in Ghana to pay for the service. The choice of one option over the other depends on, among other factors, the ability of the users to pay. However the option adopted by a community or a Water and Sanitation Management Team (WSMT) has a effect on the level... Read more...
The Minister for Water Resources Works and Housing, Alhaji Collins Dauda has stated that ‘There is the need for water sector agencies to take their Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) activities seriously to help minimize the rate of non-functionality in the sector.’ Read more...
Dora depends on one community handpump. How are her satisfaction levels being measured, and what can we learn from them? Read more...
A series of training workshops have been organized by CWSA/Triple-S Project in the Sunyani West district in September, 2013. The training workshops were aimed at introducing participants to the use of a Short Messaging Service (SMS) for reporting the functionality of water facilities, facility... Read more...
The Triple-S Project in Ghana is undertaking a study on the possibility of adopting SMS technology to reduce water facility downtime. 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...
Introduction Sustainable water service delivery requires systematic long term investments in capital maintenance expenditure and direct support cost to maintain and improve service levels. However, a cursory look at District Water and Sanitation Plans (DWSP) and Medium Term Development Plans of... Read more...
WASH sector actors should aim to reach 100% safe water coverage and it is against that target that performance should be measured. The further the sector falls below the 100% mark, the more work there is to be done. Such was the advice of the Ugandan Minister of Water and Environment Read more...
Sub County Water and Sanitation Boards could help fix community management in Uganda – but only with support. Read more...
How stakeholder cooperation enhances water facilities, as this video shows. Read more...
The water supply coverage in Kabarole district in Uganda has been low. However, with the interventions of international organisations the situation is getting better, says Pius Mugabi Senior Water Officer of the district. Read more...
It requires innovative mechanisms to fill the financing gap between policy and practice. Read more...
Interview with Patrick Moriarty on how WASHCost and Triple-S effect change in rural water and sanitation service delivery. Read more...