South Africa

What happens when the pit is full? : Developments in on-site faecal sludge management (FSM) : report of FSM Seminar 14-15 March 2011, Durban, South Africa

Approaches towards practical adaptive management : options for selected water-related sectors in South Africa in a context of climate change

Fiscal decentralization and public service delivery in South Africa : paper presented at the workshop on “Public expenditure and service delivery in Africa : managing public expenditure to improve service quality and access” organized by ECA from 11-13 Oc

MDG's and human resource development : a case study of the water, sanitation and hygiene sectors in South Africa

The white paper on local government [South Africa]

Decentralisation et politique de l'eau gratuite en Afrique du Sud : quelle place pour le secteur prive

Water banking : a practical guide to using artificial groundwater recharge

Municipal Assistant system helps operation and maintenance of assets in municipalities

Fecha publicación: 08/04/2011

The urgent need for the improvement in the management, operation and maintenance of assets, and the building of capacity of Process Controllers in Water Services Authorities (WSAs) was identified by the Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA) as a means of improving the quality of service... Read more...

South African Water Research Commission : knowledge review 2009/10

The MobiSan approach : informal settlements of Cape Town, South Africa

Ensuring rural water services that last: Lessons from a 13-country study

Fecha publicación: 17/03/2011

While the problem of poor sustainability - and the threat it poses to achieving the MDGs - may be well recognised, concrete steps for addressing it are considerably less clear. Triple-S, an IRC initiative funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation recently completed a 13-country study to... Read more...

Public standpipe design and maintenance for rural South Africa

Using franchising principles to improve water services reliability : paper presented at the IRC symposium ‘ Pumps, Pipes and Promises: Costs, Finances and Accountability for Sustainable WASH Services' in The Hague, The Netherlands from 16 - 18 November 20

Operation and maintenance costs of rural water supply schemes in South Africa : paper presented at the IRC symposium ‘ Pumps, Pipes and Promises: Costs, Finances and Accountability for Sustainable WASH Services' in The Hague, The Netherlands from 16 - 18

Water conservation and water demand management strategy for the water services sector

Institutionalising infrastructure asset management (IAM) : the Northern Cape O and M project