Dr Patrick Moriarty is IRC's Chief Executive Officer. A Civil Engineer by first degree and Water Resource Management expert by main experience, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary work on water service delivery and local water governance. Patrick has over twenty years experience of a broad range of issues around water, its management and its use in improving human well-being , predominantly in Africa and South Asia.
Patrick has been with IRC since 2000, and has held several leadership positions; as head of knowledge development; IRC's country director in Ghana; and Director of one of the IRC's major projects -Triple-S.
Patrick's main area of interest is in how IRC can ignite and support sector-wide change that brings improved services (and more sustainable water resource use) to all. He finds the most professional satisfaction working in the messy interface between policy, applied research and practice.
What does it cost to provide water services that last? What do we mean by a water service? How can we measure whether water is being provided effectively, and at the desired level? These are among the questions tackled during a panel discussion held in WASH Advocate’s 301 session for World Water... Read more...
This paper is about the costs of providing direct and indirect support to rural water service provision and provides an overview of the features such... Read more...
Briefing note describing the life-cycle costs approach and why it was developed. Read more...
This study examined the planning process for delivering sustainable WASH services in Ghana, particularly with respect to the existing and potential... Read more...