In Ethiopia, prioritising access to groundwater, supported by responsive and proactive operation and maintenance, increases rural water supply... Read more...
Whilst climate change represents a significant threat to sustainable drinking-water and sanitation services, through no-regrets actions and using... Read more...
An approach is developed to assess WASH risks in marginal populations that are poorly understood and served through conventional approaches. Read more...
While selection of water treatment technologies that meet minimum WHO efficacy recommendations for comprehensive protection against waterborne... Read more...
A framework is developed incorporating public participation as a mandatory clause in water supply projects. Read more...
Approximately one in four handpumps in sub-Saharan Africa are non-functional at any point in time, which in 2015 was roughly equivalent to 175,000... Read more...
This review is the first comprehensive evaluation of the External support programs (ESP) literature. It derives a definition of external support... Read more...
In the Hai and Siha districts of Tanzania actors not only acknowledge, but actively harness informality to provide access to water to rural... Read more...
The article explores explanatory variables for service levels and uses descriptive information and expert opinion to triangulate towards conclusions... Read more...
This study showcases a way for practitioners to better understand the complexities inherent in rural water development using expert opinion and... Read more...
Neither rural sustainability checks, nor urban benchmarking frameworks, are entirely suitable for monitoring small town water services. Read more...
Dwindling donor support, poor cost recovery mechanisms, ineffective strategies for ensuring human right to water, unbridled pollution of freshwater... Read more...
Water-related emotional distress is predominantly associated with the 'cost of water' and the 'size of household'. Read more...
Strong dependencies were found between functionality and system type and administrative unit (e.g., district). Read more...
Drivers of sustainability in rural water services are increased robustness and reliability of water technology and the associated impact this has on... Read more...
To help understand the impact of different interventions, this paper proposes the adoption of systems-based analysis for looking at water point... Read more...
While a high proportion of people In Ethiopian have access to improved water and sanitation services, only a small minority receive services that... Read more...
This paper presents findings on water and sanitation service levels from 16 small and medium towns in four regions of Ethiopia. Read more...
Should the Community-Based Management (CBM) model remain a central development strategy? Whay we need to know about water point functionality as it... Read more...
Chlorination of drinking water is more effective in plastic than clay containers. Read more...