Sustainability

According to Global Water Challenge, sustainability is one of the most pressing issues facing the WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) sector today. More than 30 percent of WASH projects fail after two to five years. Resources available to help address this challenge include guidance on operations and maintenance approaches, tools to estimate long-term costs, and other resources to support sustainability.

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Sustainability Resources

Effective Utilization of Sanitation Revolving Fund Under TSC

Published: 
January 1, 1999
Water for People
Total Sanitation Campaign, the only Government sponsored program to fund the rural sanitation needs has made a significant improvement but the quantum of investments is limited to fill the gaps and there are no immediate solutions. A large number of families not in the BPL list but not economically...Read more
Regional focus: 
Global

Pump Downtime Study

Published: 
May 19, 2014
Water for People
The objectives of the assignment was to assess hand pump downtime in communities (excluding schools and institutions), determine what factors affect the downtime, and identify what can be done to reduce the downtime.Read more
Regional focus: 
South East Asia

Case Study on Pump Repair and Business in Niger

Published: 
March 1, 2014
World Vision
Learning the technical skills necessary to repair hand pumps has helped Bassirou Moudi create a new business while ensuring water continues to flow in his community.Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

Global Freshwater Resources: Soft-Path Solutions for the 21st Century

Published: 
December 3, 2003
Pacific Institute
Twentieth-century water policies relied on the construction of massive infrastructure in the form of dams, aqueducts, pipelines, and complex centralized treatment plants to meet human demands. These facilities brought tremendous benefits to billions of people, but they also had serious and often...Read more

A Review of Decision-Making Support Tools in the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Sector

Published: 
May 15, 2008
Pacific Institute
This report evaluates 120 existing resources in the WASH sector, finds significant gaps, and recommends the development of a decision-making tool that can help practitioners evaluate which approaches are appropriate for their situation.Read more

mWASH: Mobile Phone Applications for the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Sector

Published: 
April 1, 2012
Pacific Institute
Billions of the world's poor still lack access to basic water and sanitation services, yet many of them can count mobile phones among their possessions. Water and sanitation practitioners have begun to tap the potential of these phones as tools to improve water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)...Read more

Global Water Governance in the 21st Century

Published: 
July 24, 2013
Pacific Institute
This report examines structures and approaches needed to meet the challenge of sustainable water management in an interconnected world.Read more

A Project Completion Report for Harnessing Solar Power for Multi-Use Water Systems (SOLAR MUS) in Six Remote Hillside Villages in Nepal

Published: 
April 1, 2013
iDE
This project brings together iDE-N's experience in MUS, irrigation, water management and appropriate sustainable business models with Renewable World’s experience in renewable energy and business models for income generation in extremely isolated communities. Solar-powered water pumps, as a...Read more
Regional focus: 
South East Asia

MUS Factsheet

iDE
The MUS factsheet gives an overview of Multiple Use Services in Nepal. It provides an outline of the MUS approach, MUS configurations, impacts and challenges in the planning and implementation of MUS.Read more
Regional focus: 
South East Asia

Installation Guidelines on Low-Cost Water Storage (Ferro-Cement Lined Tank (FCL) Storage)

iDE
These guidelines describe the construction and maintenance process of the FCL and MTJ tanks. The introduction of these tanks has shown them to be both appropriate and useful for all rural household water storage needs. Any water source can be collected in the tank, depending on the use and quality...Read more
Regional focus: 
South East Asia

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