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IRC baseline data : Kabarole, Uganda : a district overview

2017 baseline data on WASH service levels and the nine WASH system building blocks.
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Sustaining rural water services in Ethiopia : rural water service levels report

Baseline assessment report on rural water service levels in Mile, Afar and South Ari, SNNPR.
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Developing district WASH investment plans, a cornerstone of the district wide approach

This paper for the All systems go! WASH Systems Symposium provides an overview of the process, and some experience in development of District WASH...
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Access to water in 2030

Weekly WASH graph: who will win the World Cup, in 2030?

Published on: 16/06/2018
As the World Cup soccer gets on its way, it is time to make predictions and projections who might win the SDG 6 World Cup by 2030.

GDP vs access

Weekly WASH graph: beating the curve

Published on: 17/05/2018
This is the first of my 'weekly WASH graphs', exploring the relation between the wealth of a country over time, and its level of access to at least basic water services.

Doing household surveys

You cannot manage what you do not measure; but should you measure what you cannot manage?

Published on: 22/03/2018
Many countries are developing or reviewing their water sector monitoring systems to see whether they are SDG-proof. A recurring question in this is the extent to which these should use household-level data of JMP-defined access to limited, basic or safely managed water. We argue that caution should...

Water For People experience in Rwanda : assets registry / analysis tool

This presentation describes IRC's Asset Registry Assessment Tool and how Water For People used it in Rwanda's Rulindo district.
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Achieving full coverage and sustainable water service provision : the needs and gaps : Bongo, East Gonja and Wa East District Assembly

The District Strategy for achieving full water coverage (2017 to 2025) provides the framework for the implementation of water activities and services...
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Chair of Water Committee in El Salvador checking water quality

New insights into the sustainability of rural water supplies

Published on: 13/09/2017
Stockholm World Water Week discusses World Bank publications on universal metrics.

In search of sustainability of rural water supply services monitoring and metrics

Presentation based on the findings from two World Bank publications.
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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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Looking beyond headline indicators : water and sanitation services in small towns in Ethiopia

While a high proportion of people In Ethiopian have access to improved water and sanitation services, only a small minority receive services that...
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Tecnico manteniendo sistema de agua

Los objetivos del desarrollo sostenible en agua y saneamiento: ¿Cómo está la región y qué falta por hacer?

Published on: 10/02/2016
El Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo y el IRC colaboran para conocer el estado del arte sobre los niveles de los servicios de agua y saneamiento en el área rural de América Latina y el Caribe.

Session leaders at the side event of SACOSAN VI

Data for decision making, costs and services of WASH in schools

Published on: 26/01/2016
During SACOSAN VI Splash, BRAC WASH and IRC hosted a side event on data for decision making using schools as an entry point.

Understanding the resource implications of the ’plus‘ in community management of rural water supply systems: concepts and methodology.

Published on: 23/12/2015
Why is this tool needed? Community-based organisations have shown to be able to operate and maintain their water supplies on a day-to-day level. But they often need support in addressing challenges that are beyond their capacity, such as major replacements. In India - as elsewhere - a range of...

User satisfaction with handpump water services : a synthesis of findings from 3 districts (Akatsi South, East Gonja and Sunyani West Districts)

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Water service levels and user satisfaction in Kabarole District

In 2014, IRC/Triple-S undertook a water service monitoring survey in Kabarole district to establish the level of water service received by users...
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Costing water services in refugee camps : Camp Bambasi, Ethiopia, and Camp Kounoungou, Chad

The report provides insights on the cost of providing water in emergency situations using two camps as case studies. The life-cycle costs approach...
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Team of enumerators in West Bengal

Understanding water services in India, house by house

Published on: 02/06/2015
Ultimate success in water service delivery is defined by the service level received by households. There can be excellent infrastructure and impeccable administration, but if households don't receive enough water of good enough quality without spending an excessive amount of time collecting it,...

School WASH programmes in Bangladesh : how much does it cost? : applying the life-cycle costs approach in selected upazilas

This study presents the first adaptation of the life-cycle costs approach to school WASH interventions. It is based on a survey of the sanitation and...
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The effects and costs of support to community-managed handpumps in Patharpratima, West Bengal

Everyone in Digambarpur has access to a basic level of water service thanks to support model that allows w ater committees to outsource technical...
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The Paradox of water user demand and satisfaction

Published on: 09/10/2014
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.

Latrine EcoSan BF

Measuring hygiene behaviour change: The case of EcoSan Latrines

Published on: 29/09/2014
IRC is developing a methodology to measure behaviour change in the context of a sanitation programme promoting EcoSan latrines.

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The Challenge of Measuring Changes in Hygiene Practices

Published on: 18/09/2014
IRC updated its ladder to measure effectiveness of hygiene interventions, which is breaking down hygiene practices according to categories, and that can be used to compare the "before" and "after" behaviour of a beneficiary, for a given intervention.

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More services than you can shake a stick at!

Published on: 15/09/2014
This second post - in a series of articles on water resources management by Charles Batchelor and John Butterworth - looks at water services from a water resource management (WRM) perspective. In the first article we discussed IWRM and the 'i' for integration in water resources management.

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