This study assesses the professionally-managed community owned/influenced decentralised drinking water delivery systems in Telangana and Andhra... Read more...
This research report describes the community management of successful drinking water supply systems in Meghalaya. Read more...
The best performing two Gram Panchayats, Melli Dara Paiyong and Gerethang Labing, and one Ward (Zitlang) Water User Association are studied in detail... Read more...
This report details the services provided by Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran (MJP) in Amravati District, Maharashtra which is a Multi-Village Scheme. Read more...
This study assesses a project in Uttarakhand during which water schemes and rural sanitations were developed to address the water crisis in this... Read more...
This report analyses an Indo-German bilateral pilot project concerning community water supply in Himachal Pradesh, during which villages were... Read more...
Kerala is spending US$ 147 million in 2016-2017 in support of its aim to achieve universal piped water supply by 2021. Read more...
This study investigates the Swajaldhara programme concerning drinking water supply in Rajasthan, Jaipur District. Read more...
This study assesses the 24x7 water supply project in Punjab. Read more...
Over the period 2009-2014, India's national sanitation programmes failed to achieve the envisaged targets. There were large scale diversions,... Read more...
This report examines the safe water supply support Vasudha Vikas Sansthan has provided to villages in Dhar and adjoining district of Madhya Pradesh... Read more...
This case study analyses the support given by the World Bank assisted Jal Nirmal project for community managed rural water supply in Belagavi... Read more...
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, IRC, Simavi, Wetlands International and Akvo partner up to increase sustainability of water, sanitation and hygiene services Read more...
This case study analyses the support given by the Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), Government of Chhattisgarh, to community service... Read more...
This study investigates support given to community service providers in Odisha by Gram Vikas, an internationally acclaimed NGO, and assesses the... Read more...
This case study investigates the support given by the Drinking Water and Sanitation Department (DWSD), Government of Jharkhand, to community service... Read more...
Webinar recording discussing two initiatives from Asia related to the topic how to move from building infrastructure to creating support mechanisms... Read more...
Mr Belwal is a community facilitator with the Himalaya Institute Hospital Trust, an NGO that, amongst others, develops water supply systems in the Uttarakhand Himalayas, through a programme supported by Himmothan Society. His main responsibility is ensuring that villages that have been "phased out... Read more...
Sangeeta Ramola is the former Pradhan (president) of the Gawana Gram Panchayat (local government), in the State of Uttarakhand, India. Her work and effort shows the importance of local political leaders in achieving access to rural water supply that lasts. Read more...
Two years ago, I posted a blog summarizing discussions on whether insuring rural water supply systems is a good idea. But these remained largely theoretical discussions, as there are few examples of such insurances put in place. During field work for the Community Water Plus project in the State of... Read more...