A synthesis report produced by the Triple-S Project in Ghana on rural water service levels has affirmed international estimates of non functionality levels of about 30% of point sources. Read more...
During 5 to 23 November 2012, the Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) will host a three-week e-discussion on the realities of accelerating self supply. Read more...
Global monitoring reports, such as the Joint Monitoring Programme for water supply and sanitation, indicate that water and sanitation coverage is increasing over time. Read more...
A new briefing note about Hand Pump Mechanics Associations Read more...
Two weeks ago, the “management and support” working group of the RWSN had its first meeting. This meeting focused specifically on management models and support arrangements for piped water supply in small towns. Read more...
Next week more than 200 practitioners and policy makers from government, civil society, private sector and donors will come together for the annual Joint Water and Environment Sector Review in Uganda to review progress and set-backs during the past year and discuss and decide on priorities for the... Read more...
IRC will host an information session during the 2012 Water and Health Conference about bringing WASHME to a larger audience. Read more...
Understanding the full life-cycle costs of (rural) WASH services is a big step towards increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of investments in the Ugandan WASH sector, which have become scarcer over the past year. Read more...
Vera van der Grift, IRC Information Officer gives examples of how the life-cycle costs approach has been taken up by global level actors. From international donors to regional lending banks, WASH sector actors are thinking about the importance of financing asset management and capital replacement... Read more...
“Government has an unavoidable role to play towards sustainable water services at scale in Ghana, as the only actor with the legitimacy to lead development of an agreed framework for service delivery”, says Mrs Vida Duti, Country Director of IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre in Ghana. Read more...
The Sustainable Services at Scale (Triple-S) Project has for the past three years used the sector learning approach to influence policy and practice in the rural water sector. This is because learning and adaptive management are central to delivering sustainable services. Read more...
Triple-S Ghana joined the Ugandan and International Work streams for a research seminar held in Kampala from September 24 to 26, 2012. Read more...
How do you set a tariff for water in a small town, so that people can afford to pay and there is enough money to sustain the service?" Read more...
Jeremiah Atengdem is the Regional Learning Facilitator of the Triple-S Project in the Northern Region of Ghana. In this presentation he explains how the project is piloting the Service Delivery Approach in the East Gonja District. Read more...
Under different programmes and projects water service delivery indicators have been or are being developed. What are their commonalities? and what are the issues and challenges? Read more...
Presenting the outcomes of a baseline study carried out in East Gonja, Sunyani West and Akatsi district in Ghana. Read more...
An overview of the presentations that were shared in the Triple-S research seminar in Kampala. Read more...
In a bid to foster participatory approaches to sustainable management of water sources in Lira and Kabarole districts, IRC/Triple-S Uganda has started organizing parish dialogues between Sub County Water Supply and Sanitation Boards (SWSSBs) and community members. Read more...
Coming up with a convincing elevator pitch for our Sustainable Services at Scale Triple-S project has long been a challenge. Which, given the complexities of the rural water sector itself, is possibly not that surprising. Whether defining ourselves (at least in part) as a complexity informed water... Read more...
Last week, we had our first Triple-S research seminar, discussing the first findings from the assessments of service provision around point sources in Ghana and Uganda. Read more...