Community management, the dominant model for rural domestic water service, works in many contexts but faces several critical challenges, particularly in regard to more complex water supplies. An alternative...
This study examines experiences with using the private sector to manage domestic water supplies serving dispersed populations or very small settlements in rural areas. The potential contribution from private...
The Department of Drinking Water Supply (DDWS), Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India launched the National Rural Drinking Water Program (NRDWP) on 1st April, 2009. The NRDWP builds on experiences...
In cities and towns, private firms and individuals receive contracts to build, operate, and maintain municipal water supplies as an alternative to day-to-day management by local government or user organizations...
This field note describes lessons drawn from a review of 25 studies conducted in 15 different countries that looked at handpump spare parts supply, particularly in rural areas of African and non-African...
The operation and maintenance (O&M) expenditures incurred on rural water supply schemes in India is commonly much less than required and this has serious implications on their performance. This is one...
The prime objective of this study is to review the effectiveness of rural water supply schemes in different states in India. A total of 10 states have been covered in the study: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka...
The study concerns norms that have been established by the Government of India in order to attain a network of facilities to provide an acceptable level of water consumption within a stipulated time frame...
There is an impression that the willingness to pay (WTP) and affordability of rural households for water supply is not sufficient to cover the operation and maintenance (O&M) cost of supply. This has often...
The World Bank-supported Chhattisgarh District Rural Poverty Reduction Project (CGDPRP), also called locally as Nawa Anjor (New Light), aims at improving opportunities for poor and vulnerable communities...