Editorial: Can communities manage their water services?
From the early years of the first UN water decade (1981–1990) and for the following two or three decades, community management of rural water services has been the norm. This management model – synonymous with what many countries refer to as community-based maintenance (CBM) – seemed to be the only and best option for ‘keeping the water flowing’ in rural water services, in particular those provided via water points such as handpumps.Baumann, E. (2006) ‘Do operation and maintenance pay?’ Waterlines 25: 10–12 <http://dx.doi.org/10.3362/0262-8104.2006.033> <https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Baumann-2006-Do.pdf>.
Briscoe, J. and de Ferranti, D. (1988) ‘Water for rural communities: helping people help themselves’, The World Bank, Washington DC <http://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/345181468766765197/pdf/multi-page.pdf>.
Miller, M., Cronk, R., Klug, T., Kelly, E.R., Behnke, N. and Bartram J. (2019) ‘External support programs to improve rural drinking water service sustainability: a systematic review’, Science of the Total Environment 670: 717–31 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.069>.
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