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Books
01.01.2007
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A strategy for operation and maintenance of rural water supplies, Dominican Republic
01.10.2002
The responsibility for rural water supply, operation and maintenance in the Dominican Republic is moving from the central agency to community-based water-user associations. This article describes the proposed system and the first steps towards establishing it. -
Post-war restructuring - decentralizing Nicaragua's rural O&M
01.10.1999
Decentralization and privatization initiatives in Nicaragua's water sector are largely aimed at improving service provision in urban areas. What are the consequences for the long-term support to rural communities where resources are already stretched to the very limit? -
Buying into rural water supply
01.04.1996
During Ethiopia's long civil war, NGO intervention was limited to emergency relief. Now, agencies are helping to provide water supplies to a largely unserved rural population. Is sustainability impossible without community ownership? And what scope is there for building more productive relationships between NGOs and government? -
Community management of rural water supplies
01.01.1994
Water supply works have been dominated in the recent past by construction targets. A new emphasis on community management will lead to sustainable water supplies. -
A handpump for Africa: the Afridev experience
01.04.1993
The Afridev pump is the result of a design and development process that began twenty years ago. It is now being manufactured in many different countries to a standard design, and the possibilities of local manufacture are being explored. -
Spring capping in the Peruvian highlands
01.01.1992
An evaluation of the facilities installed under Peru's ongoing National Plan for Rural Water Supply, which began in the 1960s, has shown that by simply capping and protecting springs, clean water can be supplied at low cost.