Infrastructure Development

According to the UN, large numbers of people in developing countries still lack access to basic infrastructure services. Continued lack of access will constrain achievements of any development goals agreed for the post-2015 period. Resources available in this sub-theme include project summaries and successes of past infrastructure development projects, technical and field guidance on infrastructure development, and other resources that can help to develop effective WASH infrastructure.

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Infrastructure Development Resources

A Sustainable Accounting and Maintenance Management System for the Infrastructure of the West Boylston Water District

Published: 
January 1, 2006
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
This project was intended to assist the Water District of the Town of West Boylston to manage its water infrastructure assets and comply with Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Statement 34. After compiling information about The District's assets, our project group developed a...Read more
Regional focus: 
United States

Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Program: Chicualacuala, Chigubo, Guija, Mabalane and Massangena Districts, Gaza Province [Mozambique]: Final Report

Published: 
December 1, 1995
U.S. Agency for International Development
World Relief's Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Program (RWSSP) was a direct follow on from the 1992193 Emergency Water Supply lntervention on (EWSI) along the Limpopo Corridor in response to a continued severe shortage of water in the districts of northern Gaza It sought ultimately to...Read more
Regional focus: 
MozambiqueSub-Saharan Africa

EPT Field Report -- Water Quality Laboratory Training Manual Summary: Sanitary and Epidemiological Services Laboratory, Kzyl-Orda, Kazakhstan

Published: 
February 1, 1995
U.S. Agency for International Development
The Aral Sea Program is intended to provide technical assistance and material for improvements in potable water quality through a series of activities that include water monitoring improvements (laboratory equipment and materials), water quality improvements (chlorination equipment), water delivery...Read more
Regional focus: 
KazakhstanEurope and Central Asia

Final Report -- Assessment of the Institutional Environment of the Environmental Infrastructure Unit: Recommendations for Operational Guidelines, Staffing, and Technical Assistance and Training

Published: 
March 1, 1994
U.S. Agency for International Development
USAID's Mission to Sri Lanka began implementing the Promotion of Private Infrastructure (PPI) Project in 1992. The PPI Project will provide U.S. $8 million in grant funds over a four0year period to assist the GSL in developing a market to attract private financing, construction, and management...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sri LankaSouth East Asia

Operation Blessing International: Quarterly Report to Aid, April-June 1993

Published: 
August 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
This is a quarterly report to AID from Operations Blessing International. It details the progress of the water well project in Romania in 1993.Read more
Regional focus: 
RomaniaEurope and Central Asia

AID Grant No. 615-0236-G-00-3045-00 to Plan International USA to Increase Community Usership of Borehole Water and Encourage Sustainable Maintenance of The Boreholes in Kenya

Published: 
July 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
Grant is provided under the PVO Co-Financing Project to Plan International for a follow-on project to develop community-based water organizations at 120 borehole sites in Kenya. The 120 boreholes were drilled by PLAN during Phase I. to develop community water organizations that are capable of...Read more
Regional focus: 
KenyaSub-Saharan Africa

Management Turnover of a Pump Irrigation System in The Philippines: The Farmer'S Way

Published: 
January 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
The Philippines' National Irrigation Administration (NIA) of the Philippines has piloted and implemented several approaches to organizing farmers to undertake management responsibilities for the operation and maintenance (O&M) of irrigation systems. in 1983, NIA piloted a new approach...Read more
Regional focus: 
PhilippinesEast Asia and Pacific

Mission Request for Extension Beyond Ten Years of Irrigation Systems Management Project

Published: 
February 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
Mission requests approval of a no cost extension of the Irrigation Systems Management (ISM) Project Assistance completion date from June 4, 1993 to December 31, 1993. This extension, which would take the project beyond ten years, is required to complete the delivery and installation of five large U...Read more
Regional focus: 
PakistanSouth East Asia

Recommendations for Implementation of Community Water Supply and Sewerage Improvements: Jamaica Shelter and Urban Services Program

Published: 
April 6, 1989
U.S. Agency for International Development
At the request of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission in Jamaica, the Water and Sanitation for Health Project (WASH) sent a two-person team to Kingston in January 1989 to assist USAID's Regional Housing and Urban Development Office (RHUDO). RHUDO requested assistance...Read more
Regional focus: 
JamaicaLatin America and the Caribbean

Lobito Port Transport System

Published: 
January 1, 1988
U.S. Agency for International Development
The main objective of the Southern Africa Transport and Communications Commission is to reduce the economic dependence on the Republic of South Africa. The 10-year Develop Plan is presented in this report and includes descriptions of technical and physical assets, a traffic forecast, a development...Read more
Regional focus: 
South AfricaSub-Saharan Africa

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