How do we choose the most effective technologies in the delivery of water supply, sanitation and hygiene services? Read more...
En Mars 2012, l'UNICEF et l'OMS ont annoncé que l'Objectif du Millénaire pour le Développement relatif à l'eau (réduire de moitié le nombre de personnes n'ayant pas accès à l'eau potable) était atteint. Un défi énorme demeure : 783 millions de personnes n'ont pas encore accès à une eau potable sûre... Read more...
Ce blog vous donne les dernières nouvelles sur le calculateur WASHCost, un outil intuitif et dynamique des coûts à long terme pour l’évaluation des services d’eau, d’assainissement et d’hygiène. Read more...
An WHO initiative implemented by Water and Sanitation for Africa (WSA). Read more...
High breakdown rates of systems in rural Burkina Faso are the visible results of still poorly functioning water supply services. But in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's capital, WASHCost found an example of how the water sector could be organized, by looking at the model of ONEA water company which is... Read more...
This short animation explains what the life-cycle cost components are and how to measure service, taking into account the indicators of quantity, quality, accessibility and reliability. Read more...
This twenty minute feature film looks into the sustainability issues of rural and peri-urban water, sanitation and hygiene services Read more...
Le projet WASHCost était un projet de recherche-action d'une durée de cinq ans (2008-2012) qui a eu pour objectif principal de quantifier les coûts à long terme des services d'approvisionnement en eau potable, d'hygiène et d'assainissement (AEPHA) en milieux rural et urbain au Burkina-Faso, au... Read more...
In Uganda 10 million people lack access to safe water. The Commissioner for Rural Water Supply and Sanitation says devolving water services closer to people and taking steps to improve functionality will achieve better services. Read more...
There are different options for water users in Ghana to pay for the service. The choice of one option over the other depends on, among other factors, the ability of the users to pay. However the option adopted by a community or a Water and Sanitation Management Team (WSMT) has a effect on the level... Read more...
The Minister for Water Resources Works and Housing, Alhaji Collins Dauda has stated that ‘There is the need for water sector agencies to take their Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) activities seriously to help minimize the rate of non-functionality in the sector.’ Read more...
Dora depends on one community handpump. How are her satisfaction levels being measured, and what can we learn from them? Read more...