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Using evidence on life cycle costs to plan for achieving the SDGs in Amhara, Ethiopia

Using the life-cycle cost approach (LCCA) this...

Cost projection Marcala

Weekly WASH graph: and the magic number of reaching 'everyone, forever' is...

As countries, regions and municipalities are making plans to reach universal access to WASH services, a frequently heard question is how much does it...

A Dollar per year keeps rural water services here? The costs of direct support.

2015 Ghana Monitoring event

10 cents a year keeps the data here

The costs of continuous monitoring at scale: insights from SMARTerWASH, Ghana.

Hand pump mechanics at work in Kabarole district, Uganda

Water for Uganda: ‘one big puzzle that we have to solve together’

Developing a collaborative master plan for Kabarole District to attract more national government funding.

Marcala town hall

Behind the clouds, WASH expenditure data are shining

Marcala municipality in Honduras is spending a decent amount on WASH, though not yet enough.

Tracking district budgeting and expenditure on rural water services in Kabarole and Lira districts

The outputs presented are based on budget...

Visita de Fundación Osprey a la Comunidades de San José y El Borbollón

Municipio de Dolores avanzando en el PARA SIEMPRE

Dolores es un municipio que está alcanzando el PARA TODOS, o sea cobertura total en agua y saneamiento. Pero sus indicadores para lograr el PARA...

The true costs of participatory sanitation : evidence from community-led total sanitation studies...

The programme cost of CLTS is $30-82 per...

Tapping water in Karagwe district, north western Tanzania

Rural water supply access in Tanzania: why has it stagnated?

Despite massive investments in rural water supply in Tanzania, the number of people with access to improved water sources has not increased. This...

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Using evidence on life cycle costs to plan for achieving the SDGs in Amhara, Ethiopia

Using the life-cycle cost approach (LCCA) this study showed the budget gaps for the sustainability of water services.

Using evidence on life cycle costs to plan for achieving the SDGs in Amhara, Ethiopia

Weekly WASH graph: and the magic number of reaching 'everyone, forever' is...

Published on: 28/05/2018

As countries, regions and municipalities are making plans to reach universal access to WASH services, a frequently heard question is how much does it actually cost to provide services to everyone in the area? This week's "weekly WASH graph" will provide some magic numbers of the costs of reaching '...

A Dollar per year keeps rural water services here? The costs of direct support.

Published on: 14/11/2017

Finance is a crucial (and unavoidable) building block for ensuring sustainable rural water services. Therefore, the RWSN sustainable services group is organising webinars addressing costing and financing rural water supply which will take place next week on Tuesday 14 and Thursday 16 November. This...

10 cents a year keeps the data here

Published on: 17/10/2017

The costs of continuous monitoring at scale: insights from SMARTerWASH, Ghana.

Water for Uganda: ‘one big puzzle that we have to solve together’

Published on: 27/06/2017

Developing a collaborative master plan for Kabarole District to attract more national government funding.

Behind the clouds, WASH expenditure data are shining

Published on: 26/06/2017

Marcala municipality in Honduras is spending a decent amount on WASH, though not yet enough.

Tracking district budgeting and expenditure on rural water services in Kabarole and Lira districts

The outputs presented are based on budget tracking exercises done by IRC Uganda for the periods 2009/10 – 2012/13 and 2013/14 – 2014/15 for Lira and...

Tracking district budgeting and expenditure on rural water services in Kabarole and Lira districts

Municipio de Dolores avanzando en el PARA SIEMPRE

Published on: 14/06/2017

Dolores es un municipio que está alcanzando el PARA TODOS, o sea cobertura total en agua y saneamiento. Pero sus indicadores para lograr el PARA SIEMPRE (la sostenibilidad de dichos servicios) son bajos. La pregunta es ¿Qué les falta para lograr el PARA SIEMPRE? , ¿Cuánto costaría?

Rural water supply access in Tanzania: why has it stagnated?

Published on: 02/02/2017

Despite massive investments in rural water supply in Tanzania, the number of people with access to improved water sources has not increased. This begs the question, what could be the reason for this stagnation?

Costing and Budgeting Tools

Published on: 07/11/2016

Please note : this is a beta-version of the Costing and Budgeting Tools; these tools are currently being tested in several countries. We invite you to use the tools and send us your feedback. Contact us in case you have any questions or suggestions via training @ircwash.org The tools have been...

Decentralised drinking water service delivery : a public private partnership of water purification units in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh

Decentralised drinking water service delivery – A Public Private partnership of water purification units in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh

Gravity-fed water supply in Mandi district, Himachal Pradesh

Gravity-fed water supply in Mandi district, Himachal Pradesh

Who pays what? : communicating financial data of rural water supply in India : Community Water plus research output for DFAT, Australian Aid

Less misleading displays of financial data, such as stacked histograms, which separate capital and recurrent expenditure, are preferable to flow...

Who pays what? Communicating financial data of rural water supply in India

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...

Community management of rural water supply systems: Research Brief

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...

Community management of rural water supply systems: Policy Brief

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...

Community-managed handpumps in Patharpratima, West Bengal

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...

The Himmotthan Water Supply and Sanitation initiative, Uttarakhand

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.

Rural water supply in Kathirampatti Village Panchayat, Tamil Nadu

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...

Gravity-based water supply system in Sikkim

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.

Community managed water supplies in rural Jaipur: Swajaldhara scheme 15 years on in Rajasthan

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...

24x7 Water Supply in Punjab

Gram Vikas support to community-managed rural water supplies, Odisha

This document presents the case of the NGO Gram Vikas in Odisha, that has been developing and supporting community-managed rural water supplies...

Gram Vikas support to community-managed rural water supplies, Odisha

Empowered Community – Secured Water Supply in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh

This note presents the approach of the NGO, Vasudha Vikas Sansthan, in Madhya Pradesh in partnership with the State's Public Health Engineering...

Empowered Community – Secured Water Supply in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh

Supporting community-managed water supply in Morappur, West Bengal

This document presents the case of Morappur (Tamil Nadu), a governmentlabelled 'dark' block, that suffers from depleted and contaminated groundwater.

Supporting community-managed water supply in Morappur, West Bengal

Gravity-based piped water supply in Meghalaya

In this document we capture the inputs that contributed in improving water supply to households by gravity-based piped water supply in Meghalaya.

Gravity-based piped water supply in Meghalaya

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