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Mr Belwal in a community meeting

A day in the life of...a community facilitator

Published on: 11/08/2015
Mr Belwal is a community facilitator with the Himalaya Institute Hospital Trust, an NGO that, amongst others, develops water supply systems in the Uttarakhand Himalayas, through a programme supported by Himmothan Society. His main responsibility is ensuring that villages that have been "phased out...

Water tank, Tamil Nadu

Case studies Community Water Plus Project

Published on: 11/06/2015
The Community Water Plus project investigates the support that is being provided to community-managed rural water supplies. This is being done for twenty case studies of programmes from across India.

Secretary at Patharpratima block office

Assessing the costs and impacts of support to community managed rural water supply in India; how to?

Published on: 05/06/2015
For community-managed rural water supply to be sustainable, a "plus" is needed: special efforts to empower communities during project implementation, and continued support from government during service delivery. The Community Water Plus project seeks to get a better understanding of the costs of...

The 100 Rupee bank account

The 100 Rupee bank account

Published on: 26/05/2015
Saraswati Halder, the president of the Durganagar Kanchantala water committee, shows me the committee's bank booklet. It shows only one transaction: 100 Rupees (about 1.50 US$) deposited in 2011, more than 3 years ago.

Jalabandhu comes to inspect a handpump

Supporting community-managed handpumps in West Bengal, India

Published on: 20/05/2015
The Community Water Plus project assesses twenty cases of support to community managed rural water supplies across India. IRC carried out one of these studies around support to community-managed handpumps in Patharpratima, West Bengal. The case study concludes that an effective mechanism for...

Strengthening local service provision in West Bengal, India

Published on: 11/11/2013
Water for People has helped Sagar and Patharpratima boost coverage and improve sustainability.

'Water Alternatives' examines trends in rural water supply

Published on: 10/10/2013
A special issue of ' Water Alternatives' journal looks at trends in water services in rural areas.

Agua de una planta potabilizadora en la zona rural de Colombia

Governance and sustainability of drinking water systems in rural Colombia

Published on: 05/09/2013
A new report shows the impact of post-construction support on rural water supply in Colombia.

Direct support to rural water service providers

Published on: 27/05/2013
This includes the structured support activities to service providers as well as to users or user groups. This may be provided in a variety of ways by either local governments directly, by regional utility agencies, specialized agencies or external contractors or a by combination of these modalities.

Support to service providers

Support to service providers is vital, but doesn't come cheap

Published on: 29/11/2011
Could lack of definition be undermining the impact of effective but costly support?