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The cost of handpump water supply services in the Sahel
A new IRC- Triple-S/GLOWS/WA-WASH research paper analyses the absolute and relative value of each cost component of a water service (capital investment, operating costs, rehabilitation cost, support costs) and looks into each component cost drivers. The effective expenditures on 842 handpumps composing 192 rural water services are compared to the national guidelines available in Burkina […]
Costing rural water service levels in Burkina Faso
Based on national standards, the 7 boreholes and 3 standpipes in the village of Komsilga, Burkina Faso, are sufficient to supply water to 3,600 people. Since only 1,500 people live in the village, you might think that they had water in abundance. In reality, only half of the villagers receive a basic level of service […]
Financing sanitation in Sub-Saharan Africa [publication]
This guide provides highly practical decision-making tools for identifying the type of financing mechanisms to be implemented for on-site sanitation and small-piped sewerage systems. The authors caution that the costs provided in the publication are for illustrative purposes only and do not reflect the wide variety of situations and practices encountered in the different countries in […]
Tender: Review of Water and Sanitation Projects in Sri Lanka [deadline 12 October]
Danida wants to contract an experienced team of consultants for review of water and sanitation projects in Sri Lanka funded by Danida Business Finance (previously Danida Mixed Credit) during 2003 – 2012. The review includes the following projects: 1) Colombo Sewerage Rehabilitation Project, 2) Towns South of Kandy, Water Supply Project, 3) Greater Kurunegala, Water […]
Spanish water fund for Latin America drops to US$ 15 million in 2012
The total budget for the Spanish Water and Sanitation Cooperation Fund for Latin America and the Caribbean is forecast to be 15 million Euros compared to 150 million Euros in 2011, says Jaime del Rey Gómez-Morata, head of the fund at the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) [1]. As part of its austerity […]
HSBC launches US$ 100 million water partnership with WaterAid, WWF and Earthwatch
British multinational bank HSBC has launched a new US$ 100 million, five year partnership with WaterAid, WWF and the Earthwatch Institute. The HSBC Water Programme will bring safe water and improved sanitation to over a million people; tackle water risks in river basins; and raise awareness about the global water challenge. The programme is backed-up […]
India: government funds for sanitation inadequate, private sector should pool in
A model where public funds provide the back-end and private funds provide the front-end can fill the gap in sanitation financing in India, writes Anupam Tyagi from the International Management Institute in the Economic Times of February 9th, 2012. According to a recent report by Water and Sanitation Program (WSP), the lack of adequate sanitation […]
Upcoming IP3 training courses on water and wastewater utility finance
The Institute for Public-Private Partnerships (IP3) has several upcoming courses on the financing of infrastructure services like water and wastewater. These include: Fundamentals of Utility Tariffs: Determining Revenue Needs and Structuring Rates (April 4, 2012 – May 18, 2012) – Online, US$950 Fundamentals of Infrastructure Project Finance (May 2, 2012 – June 15, 2012) – […]
The Stone Prize for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Water
The Stone Family Foundation has recently launched a new £100,000 ($157,000) Prize — the Stone Prize for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Water. It is looking to find and support exciting new initiatives focused on improving the quality and access to drinking water in sub-Saharan Africa and South and South East Asia. The Foundation hopes the […]
Arrangements and cost of providing support to rural water service providers
Smits, S. … [et al.] (2011). Arrangements and cost of providing support to rural water service providers. (WASHCost working paper ; no. 5). The Hague, The Netherlands, IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre. 42 p. : 1 fig., 16 tab. 37 ref. Download full paper This joint WASHCost and Triple-S paper is about the costs […]
