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. Read more...
Two approaches to Operation and Maintenance of rural water facilities - a comparative analysis Read more...
The Project Implementation Manual (PIM) for Ghana's National Community Water and Sanitation Programme (NCWSP) has been developed as part of national... Read more...
This District Operational Manual (DOM) serves as the reference document for District Assemblies' implementation of sustainable water, sanitation and... Read more...
This document presents a set of monitoring indicators and data collection sheets. Read more...
The Community Water and Sanitation Agency takes a unified approach with new single source documents. Read more...
Helping Ghana to achieve its vision of providing universal water and sanitation services by 2025. Read more...
How can national governments, NGOs and donors work together to strengthen local government capacity? Read more...
Looking at the Alorsekope community's water supply situation in Ghana. Read more...
Territorial approaches to rural water supply were a hot topic at this week's Triple-S annual meeting. Read more...
This twenty minute feature film looks into the sustainability issues of rural and peri-urban water, sanitation and hygiene services Read more...
Dora depends on one community handpump. How are her satisfaction levels being measured, and what can we learn from them? Read more...
Many rural water systems in Ghana fail prematurely. This is estimated to be around 30 percent at any given point in time. Sometimes, these failures are attributed to a lack of clearly defined roles and responsibilities for sector actors and institutions. It is often the case that, once water... Read more...
Sub County Water and Sanitation Boards could help fix community management in Uganda – but only with support. Read more...
Existing coordination platforms in Uganda are largely for sector coordination, performance review and accountability and do not focus explicitly on... Read more...
In March 2012, UNICEF and WHO announced that the Millennium Development Goal for water had been met. But that's just the start. Read more...
The professionalisation of community based-management means moving away from an approach based purely on volunteerism, towards a more professional, competent and effective management of rural water services working to agreed standards, and with greater transparency and accountability. Read more...
Component costs and drivers are assessed in a new research paper. Read more...