One of the myths that keeps on going around in the rural water supply sector is the one of 'full cost recovery'. As more data from rural water monitoring systems becomes available, the myth gets busted. Read more...
It is not a problem of insufficient funding, but rather a lack of creditworthiness of the sector Read more...
A country that lifts its people out of poverty needs to connect the systems for financing health, climate and social justice, with water, sanitation and hygiene Read more...
The Hague, 9 November 2022 Read more...
Strengthening institutions is key to sustainable services Read more...
Achieving scale through associations of municipalities Read more...
What we can learn from Ghana Read more...
Report of an August 2020 webinar with representatives from national, state and local government and civil society. Read more...
The impact of COVID-19 has been unprecedented on all areas of peoples lives globally, on a scale barely imagined only a few months ago. From the ever growing infection rates and death toll as the virus travelled around the world, to the light it shined on the huge disparities of impact on different... Read more...
How a blending of service delivery models and finance within a district may hold the solution to financing safe water supplies for everyone. Read more...
The government's flagship Climate Resilient Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (CR-WASH) initiative focuses on lowland investments in 'resilient' technologies such as deep boreholes and more resilient piped water infrastructure. These seek to displace emergency humanitarian interventions in drought-... Read more...
Is this about that 10euros I owe you? No. It's about the critical importance of finance as a building block within the systems approach Read more...
Private money can only be attracted where government leads and strong systems exist. Read more...
This week's Weekly WASH Graph presents an infographic and a graph, the combination of which reflects what we think should be the core content of WASH investment plans. Read more...
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 '... Read more...
It will cost an estimated US$ 114 billion to deliver WASH to everyone by 2030. As a sector we need to embrace and own this and other big numbers related to SDG 6. Read more...
Marcala municipality in Honduras is spending a decent amount on WASH, though not yet enough. Read more...
Increasing interest in the Agenda for Change and investments in the systems approach. Read more...
We cannot do it alone. Reflections from the 7th Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) Forum. Read more...
El proyecto busca de desarrollar de modelos innovadores de abastecimiento de agua y saneamiento para poblaciones en áreas rurales dispersas con menos de 200 habitantes, con base en un pilotaje beneficiando a 1.860 personas coen los municipios de Chinda, El Negrito y San Antonio. Read more...