The performance of service providers can have impact on the quality of the service delivered to the water users, a recent IRC/Triple-S Uganda study concludes. Read more...
Uganda releases revised Manual to guide water and sanitation projects. Minister of State for Water, the Honourable Betty Bigombe, speaks on the value of a harmonised approach at the Manual's launch. Read more...
The Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, Alhaji Collins Dauda, has called on stakeholders in the Rural Water Sub-sector to harmonize their operations and activities to avoid duplication of efforts. Read more...
In rural Ghana water coverage rates have been rapidly increasing across the country yet there is a real concern about the sustainability of water supply systems. Ensuring a systematic approach to asset management is therefore becoming more important. However, it is unclear which asset management... Read more...
Handpump mechanics support water user committees by repairing pumps upon breakdown. But mechanics' charges are high and inconsistent, and their access to spare parts varies. As costs and delays increase, communities become less willing to pay for repairs, and mechanics leave the business. In the... Read more...
In a bid to enhance monitoring of rural water service delivery in Uganda, IRC/Triple-S Initiative in conjunction with the Ministry of Water and Environment undertook to develop a set of Service Delivery Indicators (SDIs). Read more...
The Mobile for Water (M4W) experiment has been undertaken as part of the IRC-led Triple-S initiative in Uganda and aimed to reduce service downtime and provide real time data on the performance of water services. Read more...
It takes at least two months to repair a broken water source in rural areas of Uganda. This was revealed by a study conducted in 2012 by IRC Uganda in eight districts of Alebtong, Kitgum, Lira, Nwoya, Kabarole, Kamwenge, Kasese and Kyenjojo. The study was conducted to assess the performance of... Read more...
Service Delivery Indicators (SDIs) are being developed in Uganda to supplement the national 11 golden indicators Read more...
A series of training workshops have been organized by CWSA/Triple-S Project in the Sunyani West district in September, 2013. The training workshops were aimed at introducing participants to the use of a Short Messaging Service (SMS) for reporting the functionality of water facilities, facility... Read more...
The Triple-S Project in Ghana is undertaking a study on the possibility of adopting SMS technology to reduce water facility downtime. Read more...
How stakeholder cooperation enhances water facilities, as this video shows. Read more...
Water for People has helped Sagar and Patharpratima boost coverage and improve sustainability. Read more...
The rural water sub sector in Uganda has relatively well developed WASH policies that clearly define responsibilities of different stakeholders right from National to Decentralized levels of service delivery. Read more...
A special issue of ' Water Alternatives' journal looks at trends in water services in rural areas. Read more...
Looking at what can be done to bring professionalism into community-based water supply. Read more...
How can NGOs and donors partner more effectively with government to meet the challenges of delivering WASH services that last? The WASH Sustainability Forum tackled this issue. Report now on-line. Read more...
In Uganda, the Mobile for Water project gives communities an SMS hotline to a handpump mechanic. Read more...
Prepared by Vida Duti and Emmanuel Gaze; presented at the Triple-S Annual Review and Planning Meeting (ARAP), Fort Portal Uganda, 6th-11th May 2013 Read more...
How can NGOs and governments work together more effectively to ensure water services that last? A Uganda dialogue identifies concrete steps to improve coordination and joint learning. Read more...