Co-director | Growth Hub
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Stef Smits is a senior programme officer and Co-director of IRC's Growth Hub. He has 20 years of professional experience in water supply and sanitation in over 25 countries in Europe, Latin America, Southern Africa, and South Asia. His main thematic expertise includes: institutional models for water supply, sustainability and enabling environment, monitoring, costing and financing of services and integrated water resources management.
Stef has led numerous projects on these topics, and published about them. In addition, he has ample management expertise: from consultancy assignments to multi-annual programmes, and units within an organisation. He has worked for a range of clients including bilateral donors, development banks, research funders and NGOs. Stef holds an MSc degree in Irrigation and Water Engineering from Wageningen University, The Netherlands.
Describes a process for formulating water resources strategies and relates major aspects of comprehensive water resources management to that process. Read more...
A 1995 Pacific Institute report, California Water 2020: A Sustainable Vision, offered compelling support for the argument that alternative approaches... Read more...
A laboratory study was undertaken to assess the potential of potassium permanganate, a ceramic candle filter and a combination of both, as a simple... Read more...
This paper looks at a new approach to the efficient and cost-effective use of water, water demand management (WDM), which relies on socio-economic... Read more...
Since Namibia is the most arid country in the Southern African Region and the water available is often of unacceptable quality, decision makers must... Read more...
In response to questions posed by some irrigation specialists concerning the importance of organizing water users as (an essential) part of a cost... Read more...
Women's participation and the impact on their status was studied in 35 female and mixed-sex irrigation groups dispersed over the country. Read more...
Rapid growth of industrialization in Greater Bandung since 1970 has led to the deterioration of both the quantity and quality of groundwater... Read more...
The application of a biological method of river quality management called the Nepalese Biotic Score (NEPBIOS) is describes. Read more...
