Community Management of Rural Water Supply: Case Studies of Success from India (Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management)

The supply of reliable and safe water is a key challenge for developing countries, particularly India. Community management has long been the declared model for rural water supply and is recognised to be critical for&nbsp;its implementation and success.&nbsp;Based on&nbsp;20 detailed successful case studies&nbsp;from across India, this book&nbsp;outlines future rural water supply approaches for all lower-income countries as they start to follow India on the economic growth (and subsequent service levels) transition.&nbsp; The case studies cover state-level wealth varying from US$2,600 to US$10,000 GDP per person and a mix of gravity flow, single village&nbsp;and multi-village groundwater&nbsp;and surface water schemes. The research reported covers&nbsp;17 states and surveys of 2,400 households. Together, they provide a spread of cases directly relevant to policy-makers in lower-income economies planning to upgrade the quality and sustainability of rural water supply to meet the Sustainable Development Goals,&nbsp;particularly in the context of economic growth. y of rural water supply to meet the Sustainable Development Goals,&nbsp;particularly in the context of economic growth.

Hutchings, Paul

Smits, Stef

Mekala, Snehalatha

Franceys, Richard

Reference

Routledge

The supply of reliable and safe water is a key challenge for developing countries, particularly India. Community management has long been the declared model for rural water supply and is recognised to be critical for its implementation and success. Based on 20 detailed successful case studies from across India, this book outlines future rural water supply approaches for all lower-income countries as they start to follow India on the economic growth (and subsequent service levels) transition. The case studies cover state-level wealth varying from US$2,600 to US$10,000 GDP per person and a mix of gravity flow, single village and multi-village groundwater and surface water schemes. The research reported covers 17 states and surveys of 2,400 households. Together, they provide a spread of cases directly relevant to policy-makers in lower-income economies planning to upgrade the quality and sustainability of rural water supply to meet the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly in the context of economic growth.

Collectively, billions of dollars have been invested in the provision of rural water supply systems in developing countries over the past three decades. Although progress is being made and rates of coverage are increasing, users often find that, once installed, water supply systems are poorly maintained and eventually break down, leaving them with an unreliable and disrupted water supply. Supporting Rural Water Supply takes a critical look and asks why we have been unable to provide a sustainable water service to rural people. What are the critical success factors in the areas where there has been good progress? How can we support the adoption of a service delivery approach to rural water supply – one that moves beyond implementing infrastructure projects to delivering a reliable and indefinite service? This book brings together findings from 13 country studies which were carried out as part of a global learning initiative – Sustainable Services at Scale, or Triple-S. It offers insights into ways countries and individual organizations can move towards a service delivery approach step by step and is a valuable resource for professionals in government departments, NGOs, development banks, and donor agencies who are interested in improving the design and implementation of rural water supply programs and the benefits from investments.

Supporting Rural Water Supply: Moving towards a Service Delivery Approach

Engineering & Transportation

Lockwood, Harold

Engineering

Practical Action Publishing

Scaling up Multiple Use Water Services argues that by designing cost-effective multi-purpose infrastructure, MUS can have a positive impact on people’s health and livelihoods. The book analyzes and explains the success factors of MUS, using a framework of accountability for public service delivery. It also examines why there has been resistance against scaling up MUS. Poor people in developing countries need water for many purposes: for drinking, bathing, irrigating vegetable gardens, and watering livestock. However, responsibility for water services is divided between different government agencies, the WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) and irrigation sub-sectors, with the result that people’s holistic needs are not met. Multiple use water services (MUS) is a participatory water services approach that takes account of poor people’s multiple water needs as a starting point of planning, and the approach has been implemented in at least 22 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. This book should be read by government and aid agency policy makers in the WASH and agriculture sectors, by development field workers, and by academics, researchers and students of international development.

Scaling Up Multiple Use Water Services: Accountability in the Water Sector

Business & Money

van Koppen, Barbara

Rumbaitis del Rio, Cristina

Economics

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