Tag Archive | urban water supply
AfDB approves urban development strategy for African cities
In April 2011, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group launched its new Urban Development Strategy. The Strategy is anchored on three pillars: infrastructure delivery, governance and private sector development. The infrastructure development pillar emphasises delivery and expansion of basic infrastructure services, which includes water supply, sanitation, drainage and solid waste management services, and building capacity […]
Indonesia, Jakarta: struggling to provide clean water to all
Like many big cities in the developing world, the city of Jakarta, with a population of nine million people, is struggling to provide clean water to all its residents. In some poor neighborhoods international organizations like Mercy Corps and its Communal Master Meter project (small community-managed piped water system), are trying to help. Some 55 […]
Pro-poor water services: investment scenarios for Kamapala, Uganda
Water service to the urban poor presents challenges to political leaders, regulators and managers. A new study identifies technology mixes of yard taps, public water points (with and without pre-paid meters) to meet alternative constraints, and reflecting populations served and investment requirements. Three investment scenarios have different implications for improving water access to over 400,000 […]
Mexico, Mexico City: DF faces US$36.5mn in water losses annually
Mexico’s federal district (DF) government loses 460mn pesos (US$36.5mn) each year from illegal potable water usage, according to the director of DF water utility SACM [Sistema de Aguas de la Ciudad de México], Ramon Aguirre Diaz. The amount represents some 10% of the water consumed in the city each year, Aguirre told paper El Universal. […]
India, Hyderabad: separate tariff for only sewerage connections, illegal water connections to be regularised
For the first time, some 4,000 premises in Hyderabad will have to start paying monthly sewerage connections charges. They include halls, malls, hotels and office complexes that are connected to the city’s sewerage system, but get water from tankers. Sewerage costs are paid through a 35 per cent surcharge on water supply tariffs. As many […]
India, Maharashtra: surcharge on mineral water to pay for rural water supply
Maharashtra hopes to generate an extra US$ 171 million to improve rural water supply through a one Rupee (2 US dollar cents) surcharge on bottled mineral water. The state also plans to replace public water taps in the slums of its capital Mumbai by safer bottled water. The plans were presented by Maharashtra’s water supply […]
Kenya, Nairobi: paying water bills simplified
Over 200,000 Nairobi residents who use metered water supplied by the Nairobi Water Company (NWC) can now pay for their bills through Safaricom’s money transfer service M-PESA. This follows the signing of a partnership agreement between the telecommunication solutions provider Safaricom and NWC which gives their customers an effective and efficient way to settle their […]
2010 IBNET water tariff database
The 2010 IBNET water tariff database reports the water price charged to the domestic users per m3 for the first 15 m3 consumed through the 20 mm (5/8 inch) pipe according to the formula: Tariff per m3 = [connection fee +volumetric charge per 15 m3 per month +taxes and other fees]/15 The exchange rate to […]
Yemen: World Bank-administered project helps expand access to water supply
The World Bank, acting as administrator for the Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA), has approved a grant for US$5 million for a scheme to expand access to water supply for poor households living in peri-urban areas of Yemen that are not currently served by the water network. Around 210,000 people are expected to benefit […]
Peru, Lima: Ministers propose decreased tariff hike for poor sectors
Peru’s ministers council (PCM) has proposed a new potable water tariff scheme based on users’ socioeconomic status, according to official gazette El Peruano. The scheme, which would involve increased subsidies for poor areas, aims to mitigate the effects of a proposed tariff hike by national sanitation authority Sunass, according to PCM president Javier Velásquez Quesquén. […]
