Professionalized maintenance arrangements are emerging and growing to improve rural water service sustainability across sub-Saharan Africa, where local governments often act as rural service authorities.
In this study, developed as part of the USAID Sustainable WASH Systems Learning Partnership, system dynamics modeling was used to investigate the effects of allocating resources to borehole maintenanc
At the 9th Annual World Water Forum in Dakar, Senegal, USAID featured a map of West Africa, pictured above, with information about activities in the region. Here, you will find a list of curated links describing each project.
Groundwater is essential for people and ecosystems world-wide, especially in low income countries where large water utilities that use surface water are less common.
This project brief contains a short overview of the Rural Evidence and Learning for Water (REAL-Water) program, discussing intentions, research questions, and collaborators.
The challenge of maintaining services for large numbers of fragmented, geographically dispersed community-managed rural water facilities is well recognized.