United States

Who pays for water? : comparing life cycle costs of water services among several low, medium and high-income utilities

Published on: 03/11/2020

Comparing water utilities in Kenya, Ethiopia, Cambodia, and the United States reveals a gap between the full costs of service delivery and budgets of... Read more...

Triple S Multi-country Synthesis Report: Supporting Rural Water Supply

Published on: 26/03/2014

The Multi-country synthesis report brings together the insights from the 13 Triple-S country studies to identify trends in rural water supply,... Read more...

Act now on lead in drinking water and pipe installations

Published on: 01/12/2023

Nation states at the 2023 UN Water Conference in New York including Uganda made a collective pledge as the international community to restrict the use of lead in drinking water supply systems. But this pledge is not yet known globally, regionally and locally. Read more...

All Systems Connect : WASH Learning Theme 5 - Systems change and collective action

Published on: 15/05/2023

Presentations from the WASH Learning Theme 5 - Systems change and collective action session of the All Systems Connect International Symposium 2023. Read more...

Asset management resources for small drinking water systems

Published on: 20/06/2017

An overview of documents and tools, which explain the benefits of asset management and ways to implement specific asset management practices for... Read more...

Hollywood, avocados and poor water quality

Published on: 31/05/2016

California's legal system and the chronic underfunding of water and sanitation Read more...

Rural and small systems guidebook to sustainable utility management

Published on: 29/03/2016

This guidebook introduces rural and small water and wastewater systems in the United States to ten key areas of effectively managed systems. Read more...

Universal water and sanitation : how did the rich countries do it?

Published on: 16/04/2015

This Finance Brief briefly summarises the history of water and sanitation services provision in the US, the UK, and South Korea, and considers... Read more...

A blockbuster movie on water infrastructure? This is what the trailer would look like...

Published on: 11/03/2015

America's crumbling infrastructure: It's not a sexy problem, but it is a scary one. Read more...

The Detroit Water Disconnections

Published on: 09/07/2014

The shutoffs of water to thousands of homes by the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department have become international news, as residents and local activists have found U.N. experts on their side in condemning the water disconnections as a violation of the human right to water. Read more...

Navigating the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sector : a guide for corporate grantmakers

Published on: 11/05/2014

This guide, developed by WASH Advocates, presents an overview of opportunities for corporations in the USA to invest their Corporate Social... Read more...

Ensuring rural water services that last: Lessons from a 13-country study

Published on: 17/03/2011

While the problem of poor sustainability - and the threat it poses to achieving the MDGs - may be well recognised, concrete steps for addressing it are considerably less clear. Triple-S, an IRC initiative funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation recently completed a 13-country study to... Read more...