The book Supporting Rural Water Supply unpacks problems and identifies success factors in delivering rural water services. Now available from Practical Action. Read more...
Moving from a project cycle to a service delivery approach in Ghana. Read more...
IRC has developed a training course From Water Infrastructure to Water Services That Last | Putting it into Practice about the practical application of the concepts of a service delivery approach and the life-cycle costs approach for water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services. Read more...
A US bottled water exporter that had enjoyed a de facto tax free status in the Pacific island nation of Fiji since 1995, has finally been forced to pay up. Once dubbed as “bottled insanity” by environmentalists, FIJI Water has been linked to tax evasion, political intrigue, and greenwashing. Read more...
The World Bank has approved a US$ 200 million loan to support Egypt’s Second Integrated Sanitation and Sewerage Infrastructure Project (ISSIP 2). The project will provide mproved sanitation and sewerage services to about 1.2 million people in 19 village clusters in the Governorates of Menoufia,... Read more...
In spite of the Government's pledge to commit 0.5% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to sanitation, the 2011 budget made provision for 0.1%, said CONIWAS Executive Secretary Benjamin Arthur. The government was also not fulfilling its promise to commit 200 million dollars every year towards water... Read more...