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Self Supply
All documents related to self supply.
Well Rings in Zambia
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Zambia has a very low density rural population, which makes the establishment of sustainable community water supplies a particular challenge. Previous piloting of improvements to traditional water sources showed both a demand for and an impact from low cost up-grading (Sutton 2002). UNICEF, with RWSN technical support, has been encouraging improvements to water supplies in some of the poorest districts of Luapula Province. Remarkably, these have been achieved with zero subsidy. All hardware costs (labour and materials) are covered by householders; the donor input being only in capacity building through training and marketing.
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This document provides the achievements and lessons learned from the Uganda self-supply pilot Project (2006-2008). The pilot project followed a research study undertaken in 2005 that indicated that self-supply initiatives existed in the Uganda rural water sector. Following the study a pilot project was launched in September 2006 and involved engagement of two local NGOs with support from Government. The pilot brought about a cost effective up- grading of 41 water sources serving approximately 600 households. More importantly it enhanced understanding of self-supply in Uganda, and a number of emerging lessons emerged. These provide a better focused definition of self-supply, and of the appropriate ways and means for future scaling-up.
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This report describes the achievements, history and profiles of the upgraded water sources and challenges of the Self Supply pilot project in Uganda (2007 to 2008).
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An Action Research for increasing effectiveness and sustainability in
water and environmental sanitation, Bafata Region Guinea Bissau, Final Report
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Hand drilling methods can offer low cost, rapid access to shallow, unconsolidated
aquifers typically found in dambo environments (seasonally waterlogged African
wetlands).
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This field note provides the reader with an introduction to self-supply.
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A Self Supply Pilot Project’ was established in 2006, to determine the scope for externally supporting incremental improvements to these ‘self supply’ sources. It was implemented by two Ugandan NGOs in Eastern Uganda; UMURDA and WEDA, in Bugiri and Amuria Districts, respectively.
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Uganda is a country in the humid tropics, with a climate favourable for the utilisation of rainwater harvesting as a significant source of water for domestic purposes. In the last decade rainwater harvesting has seen increased exposure as a promising solution for increasing safe water coverage in the country, although its widespread implementation is hindered by high per capita costs compared to more conventional, communal water supply schemes. It is also noted that rainwater projects are more expensive in Uganda than other countries. The majority of the cost of a rainwater harvesting system is the storage tank, and a reduction in cost of this component would have a major impact on making rainwater harvesting projects more affordable.
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The Millennium Development Goal target for safe water supply is currently unlikely to be met in Zambia. In order to serve the population that is unlikely to be reached under conventional community-based water supply programmes, alternative approaches to water supply service provision need to be explored. One such alternative is the Self Supply approach which encourages households to develop and improve their own infrastructure incrementally. However, to ensure the actualisation of such an approach an enabling environment needs to be created that includes enabling policies, sufficient private sector capacity, access to appropriate technologies and technical advice, and effective financial mechanisms and markets. Drawing on the findings of a baseline survey in Luapula province it is concluded that there is significant potential for Self Supply in Zambia and that an enabling environment largely exists. There is a need, however, to develop effective micro-credit facilities that are accessible to rural households.
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Knowledge and Research Project (KAR) R 7128
This report summarises the activities, results and future plans of a research
project which was carried out in Zambia at the request of Department of Water
Affairs, Ministry of Health and National WASHE.
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