Africa
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ladders for assessing and costing water service delivery
Moriarty, P. … [et al.] (2011). Ladders for assessing and costing water service delivery. (WASHCost working paper; no. 2). 2nd ed. The Hague, The Netherlands, IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre. iv, 19 p. : 5 fig., 5 tab. 14 ref. Download full paper This working paper introduces the concept of service levels, grouped as […]
Financing Water and Sanitation for All in Africa, Ouagadougou Burkina Faso, 05-08 December 2011
Organised by the Centre Africain pour l’Eau Potable et l’Assainissement (CREPA), this meeting will focus on the need to improve investment in the water and sanitation sector in Africa. About 200 participants are expected from development organisations, bilateral and multi-lateral groups, civil society organisations as well as governments. The four-day meeting will include an African Workshop […]
Netherlands: water escapes ODA cuts in 2012
The Netherlands will increase overseas development aid (ODA) in the water sector next year despite an overall cut of € 958 million in ODA. Total spending for integrated water resources management (IWRM), water and sanitation in 2012 will amount to € 181 million, which is € 54 million more than in 2011. This represents an […]
African Water Facility Call for Concept Notes on Sanitation Improvement for Urban Poor
The African Water Facility (AWF) has issued a Call for Concept Notes under the urban sanitation theme for the urban poor in Sub-Saharan Africa. The AWF will fund up to ten projects that promise to address the needs and to sustainably improving the sanitation situation of a densely populated urban poor community, or of a […]
