Former IRC Associate
Bertha has over 16 years post qualification experience as a Civil Engineer with specialization in water supply and sanitation engineering. She is a professional engineer (P.E) and member of the Ghana Institution of Engineering (Civil Division). She is currently part of a team developing a national solid waste management model. Bertha recently led the development of an Institutional Strengthening and Capacity Building programme for the GAMA Sanitation and Water project under the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development
Increasing repair and maintenance funds leads to higher borehole functionality and water access rates in the drought-prone regions of Turkana, Kenya... Read more...
Without an improved asset maintenance, system it is likely that rural water systems in Ghana will continue to provide unsustainable services. Read more...
Spreading the cost of faecal waste removal over a series of monthly payments could make it more affordable for poor households and help kick start... Read more...
External Support Agencies each choosing different hand pumps for their projects can lead to great difficulties for Village Level Operation and... Read more...
Short descriptions with illustrations are given of the following manually operated pumps which are suitable for small-scale irrigation: the rower... Read more...
Many public water systems in the United States are faced with having to invest in plants and equipment to monitor and treat their drinking water in... Read more...
The authors describe a piped water supply programme in 44 small towns in West-Java, Indonesia. Read more...