Institutionalizing Community Management: Processes for Scaling Up
The issue of sustainability of water and sanitation projects has emphasized different areas at different times. Initially, the focus of the sector was strictly technical and focused onengineering. At another point, the emphasis was seen as primarily an institutional question. More recently, the SPOMGHT has fallen on community management, raising questions about the level of support that communities must have if they are to use the new facilities and to operate and maintain them effectively.