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

Installation Guidelines on Low-Cost Water Storage (Modifiled Tahi Jar - MTJ)

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

Groundwater-Dependent Ecosystems- Level I Inventory Field Guide

Published: 
March 1, 2012
U.S. Department of Agriculture
This Level I inventory field guide describes a national protocol to supply data used in project identification and planning. Data collected through this field guide serve as the basis for the assessment of project and activity effects on, and the identification of project-level design and...Read more

A Guide for Establishing a Community-Based Safe Water System Program

Center for Disease Control and Prevention
This resource is intended for public health professionals, community organizations, non-governmental organizations, and others interested in a guide to establish a Community-Based Safe Water System Program Read more
Regional focus: 
Global

Water: At What Cost? - The State of the World’s Water 2016 (ENGLISH)

Published: 
March 22, 2016
WaterAid
Today, more than 650 million people are living without access to an ‘improved’ source of drinking water. The price paid by these communities – in wasted income, ill-health, and lost productivity – is extremely high, and has a devastating impact from the family to the national level. This report...Read more

Low-income Customer Support Units: How utilities are successfully serving poor people

Published: 
January 18, 2016
WaterAid
Over the last decade, it has become common knowledge that residents of low-income urban communities are paying for effective, affordable pro-poor WASH services. A few smart utilities have pioneered ways of providing viable inclusive services. WaterAid has worked with some of these utilities over...Read more

Processes for Sustainability: Facilitating a Cycle of Success

Published: 
October 19, 2016
World VisionThe Water Institute at University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
This two-page document summarises the findings of a recent study conducted by researchers at The Water Institute at the University of North Carolina. The lack of sustainable community-managed drinking water systems is a major concern in low- and middle-income countries. While water system breakdown...Read more
Regional focus: 
Global

World Vision's Approach to Community Engagement for Sustainable Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Projects

Published: 
October 7, 2016
World Vision
This report will serve to articulate the method of community engagement that World Vision has implemented to achieve high levels of long-term sustainability within their West Africa Regional WASH projects.Read more
Regional focus: 
Global

Our approach to WASH in the Middle East and Eastern Europe Region

Published: 
November 1, 2016
World Vision
This two-page document summarises World Vision's strategic drivers and approaches for WASH in the Middle East and Eastern Europe Region. The second page includes summaries and links to more detail about World Vision's WASH work in specific countries in the region.�Read more

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