Supporting sector strengthening and learning by conducting a comprehensive overview on water infrastructure (piped water and handpumps), services and... Read more...
Or, why getting basic water to everyone is entirely possible. Read more...
This data set contains expenditure and service level data for water supply systems and sanitation facilities in Andhra Pradesh. Read more...
An NGO and local governments grapple with the long-term implications of meeting emergency water supply needs during COVID-19. Read more...
Higher payments for rural water services in Kwale, Kenya, are associated with higher education and faster repair times. Household wealth, sex of... Read more...
The NGO Water for Good believes it is possible to strengthen systems in fragile states by having a long-term in-country presence, plugging short-term... 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...
Without an improved asset maintenance, system it is likely that rural water systems in Ghana will continue to provide unsustainable services. Read more...
Where does the 30% handpump failure statistic come from? Read more...
Strong dependencies were found between functionality and system type and administrative unit (e.g., district). Read more...
Data drawn from the Water Point Data Exchange on 11 countries, reveals that an average of 78% of water points (including handpumps, piped supplies... Read more...
There is a need to go beyond functionality monitoring by collecting quantitative data on rates of abandonment, frequency and duration of breakdown,... Read more...
A message from IRC Uganda and Ministry of Water and Environment on the occasion of World Water Day 2015 Read more...
This document presents a set of monitoring indicators and data collection sheets. Read more...
An in-depth study of water provision in Burkina Faso has found that piped water systems provide a better service than handpumps, at a lower cost. Read more...
Existing coordination platforms in Uganda are largely for sector coordination, performance review and accountability and do not focus explicitly on... Read more...
The book is the final output from the research project 'Guidelines for Sustainable Handpump Projects in Africa' and is designed to assist those... Read more...