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RWSN publications
A total of 290 participants from 39 countries attended the 5th Rural Water Supply Forum in Accra, Ghana, which was hosted by the Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing. It was entitled, Scaling up Entrepreneurship in Rural Water Supplies to Meet the MDGs, This booklet provides an overview of the forum.
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Amplifier l'Entreprenariat Local en matière d'Approvisionnement en Eua en Milieu Rural pour atteindre les OMDs
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History of Hand Drilled Wells in Niger
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This field note describes the history of hand drilling and water-lifting techniques introduced in Niger over 30 years and now firmly in the hands of local enterprises, farmers and water users. Recommendations for the way forward are included.
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The last three decades have seen substantial sums invested in rural water services in low-income countries. As a consequence, globally about 700 million rural people gained access to improved water supply services between 1990 and 2008. Much progress has been made and many lessons learned over this period. However, a similar number remain unserved, and a significant proportion of those who are counted as served experience faults and failings in their services.
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Maintenance Card for Weekly, Monthly and Yearly Checks
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With 40 million or more rural people without access to safe water, Ethiopia is faced with a major challenge to reach the Univer-sal Access Plan targets (98% coverage by 2012) or even the MDG target (52% coverage by 2015). At the same time there have already been mass campaigns to encourage household investment in rainwater harvesting for irrigation and well-digging. As a result, the government is keen to adopt the concepts of low-cost solutions and Self Supply and is exploring the best ways to do so. This field note documents the experiences in Ethiopia.
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This paper documents progress in relation to Self Supply approaches in Mali and identifies some of the issues which may influence strategy or which need resolving.
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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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Findings from assessing and piloting Self Supply acceleration suggest that encouraging household investment can truly offer a viable option for improving water supplies. This field note draws together the lessons from the piloting work in Ethiopia, Mali, Uganda and Zambia and shows how Self Supply and its acceleration can help government and planners to reach the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets for access to safe water, and ultimately universal access, especially in areas which are difficult to serve adequately with community supplies.
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Findings from assessing and piloting Self Supply acceleration suggest that encouraging household investment can truly offer a viable option for improving water supplies. This field note draws together the lessons from the piloting work in Ethiopia, Mali, Uganda and Zambia and shows how Self Supply and its acceleration can help government and planners to reach the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets for access to safe water, and ultimately universal access, especially in areas which are difficult to serve adequately with community supplies.
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