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Action-Research for Learning with Dutch WASH Alliance

A three year initiative led by IRC for improving the effectiveness on hygiene promotion and community empowerment in a few selected Dutch WASH...
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Community Water Plus in India

This project investigates successful community-managed rural water supply programmes and approaches across India.
Pilot in Sikonge DC (Sept. 2019) Credit: DIME World Bank

Community management: policy failure or lost in translation?

Pilot in Sikonge DC (Sept. 2019) Credit: DIME World Bank Is community management of water supply still feasible in Tanzania?

Critical factors for the success of rural water supply services in Brazil

2019
A strong enabling environment, which recognizes...

A local systems analysis for rural water services delivery in South Ari and Mile, Ethiopia

2019
This report summarises the strengths of the...

Sustaining rural water : a comparative study of maintenance models for community-managed schemes

2019
Emerging trends and practical recommendations for...

Community-based management of handpumps in rural Ghana : a quantitative analysis of what needs to...

2018
This working paper seeks to contribute to a...

Keeping community managed handpump systems going

2019
This paper proposes a framework of elements that...

Parts of the system : supply chains and operation and maintenance (O&M) in Amhara, Ethiopia

2019
This paper summarises results of a study about...

Digging deep behind the complexities of sustainable water supply in Nepal

2019
A review of financial, governance and technical...

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Pilot in Sikonge DC (Sept. 2019) Credit: DIME World Bank

Community management: policy failure or lost in translation?

Published on: 14/01/2020
Pilot in Sikonge DC (Sept. 2019) Credit: DIME World Bank Is community management of water supply still feasible in Tanzania?

A local systems analysis for rural water services delivery in South Ari and Mile, Ethiopia

This report summarises the strengths of the decentralised local systems that deliver services in two locations in Ethiopia, describing key actors,...
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Sustaining rural water : a comparative study of maintenance models for community-managed schemes

Emerging trends and practical recommendations for organisations interested in growing or starting a maintenance service provision (MSP) model for...
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Community-based management of handpumps in rural Ghana : a quantitative analysis of what needs to change

This working paper seeks to contribute to a larger analysis on whether community-based management is still a feasible option for service delivery in...
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Keeping community managed handpump systems going

This paper proposes a framework of elements that need to be in place for continued handpump functioning, and then turns this into a diagnostic device...
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Parts of the system : supply chains and operation and maintenance (O&M) in Amhara, Ethiopia

This paper summarises results of a study about the demand for rural water facility spares, the organisation of supply chains and the O&M systems...
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Digging deep behind the complexities of sustainable water supply in Nepal

A review of financial, governance and technical challenges impacting the sustainability of rural water supply schemes in Sarlahi and Rautahat...
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Kabarole WASH sustainability actor and factor analysis

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Analysis on IRC's use of Pay as You Fetch : Kabarole district, Uganda

An assessment of the potential feasibility, sustainability, and effectiveness of the pay as you fetch (PAYF) management model for water service...
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Pre-feasibility study for a potential piped water system : Kabende subcounty, Kabarole district, Uganda

A preparatory study for a proposal to install a piped water system to serve five communities.
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monitoring water points

Contextualising success and failure at three handpumps in Uganda

Published on: 28/09/2018
Case studies of the pay-as-you-fetch (PAYF) model in Kabarole District.

Children at Kasenyi borehole

Water is life; water is joy

Published on: 28/12/2017
Stories from the community after IRC Uganda rehabilitated ten boreholes in Kabarole district, an effort to ensure a safe and reliable supply of water for over 3000 people, which in turn would improve health and livelihoods for the benefiting communities.

Junior Engineer in charge of village water supplies in SAS Nagar District, Punjab. Photo: Stef Smits/IRC

Not every village is lucky enough to have a Mr Singh

Published on: 06/07/2017
New book reveals how India made community water management work even without charismatic leaders.

Community management of rural water supply : case studies of success from India

Based on 20 detailed successful case studies from across India, this book outlines future rural water supply approaches for all lower-income...
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Decentralised drinking water service delivery : a public private partnership of water purification units in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh

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Gravity-fed water supply in Mandi district, Himachal Pradesh

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Group photo of participants in the Bologa region in Ghana

‘As you clean you monitor’: maintenance of water facilities is essential

Published on: 20/09/2016
The culture of neglecting maintenance needs to change.

Community management of rural water supply systems : research brief

Key messages: communities manage!, communities will pay . . . . . . a little and communities require significant ongoing support, whilst recognising...
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Community management of rural water supply systems : policy brief

Key messages: communities manage!, communities will pay . . . a little, and communities need ongoing support. To sponsors: go big or go home!, if you...
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Community-managed handpumps in Patharpratima, West Bengal

In this document we capture the inputs that contributed in improving water supply to households and an assessment of cost approximation by the Water...
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The Himmotthan Water Supply and Sanitation initiative, Uttarakhand

This document presents the experiences of the Himmotthan Water Supply and Sanitation initiative in developing community-managed rural water systems...
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Rural water supply in Kathirampatti Village Panchayat, Tamil Nadu

This document presents the case of Kathirampatti Village Panchayat (VP) in Erode District, where the Panchayat successfully manages the water supply.
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Gravity-based water supply system in Sikkim

This document presents the inputs that contributed to improving water supply to households by the Rural Management and Development Department in...
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Community managed water supplies in rural Jaipur: Swajaldhara scheme 15 years on in Rajasthan

This document presents the arrangements for support to communitymanaged Swajaldhara schemes in Rajasthan, and their costs.
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24x7 Water Supply in Punjab

In this document we capture the inputs that contributed in improving water supply to households and an assessment of cost approximation by the Punjab...
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