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

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

Sustainability of Donor-Assisted Rural Water Supply Projects

Published: 
April 1, 1994
U.S. Agency for International Development
Few projects in the rural water supply and sanitation (WS&S) sector have achieved full sustainability, according to this study. The study, written to assist in the planning and management of WS&S projects, can also be used by evaluators as a checklist of level of sustainability; it focuses...Read more
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LesothoSub-Saharan Africa

Constraints in Providing Water and Sanitation Services to the Urban Poor

Published: 
March 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose of this report is to specify the key constraints that must be addressed for significant reform in the urban sector to occur. It is meant to be an informational tool, one that helps development planners understand and confront the problems that beset projects striving to bring water and...Read more

Lessons Learned in Water, Sanitation and Health: Thirteen Years of Experience in Developing Countries

Published: 
January 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
Twenty lessons learned from the 13 years (1980-1993) of field work in the Water and Sanitation for Health (WASH) project are distilled in this report. in regard to TA, WASH teaches that: effective TA focuses on building local institutions by transferring sustainable skills; an active information...Read more

Institutionalizing Community Management: Processes for Scaling Up

Published: 
May 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
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...Read more

Islands of Success

Published: 
October 1, 2013
Water for People
This report assesses how Water For People and the government are faring in meeting their goals to deliver lasting sanitation and water supply services in Sagar and its neighbouring block, Patharpratima.Read more
Regional focus: 
South East Asia

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

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

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

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