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1 Smiley, S. L.. 2017. Quality matters: incorporating water quality into water access monitoring in rural Malawi. Water International, 42(5):585-598. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2017.1344818]
Water quality ; Drinking water treatment ; Faecal coliforms ; Contamination ; Water availability ; Monitoring ; Sustainable development ; Water supply ; Surface water ; Pipes ; Wells ; Water storage ; Households ; Rural areas ; Villages / Malawi
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048237)
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The Sustainable Development Goals offer an ambitious plan to achieve universal access to water that is safe and affordable. This article uses data from 139 household surveys from 13 villages in rural Malawi and Petrifilm quality testing of 27 drinking water sources to highlight areas where the goals’ proposed monitoring framework might not fully capture water quality. Households make complex water decisions and sometimes choose to use unsafe sources. Households generally do not use water treatment but universally practise water storage. This article argues for improved monitoring to more effectively and accurately measure sustainable water access.
2 Adams, E. A.; Sambu, D.; Smiley, S. L.. 2019. Urban water supply in Sub-Saharan Africa: historical and emerging policies and institutional arrangements. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 35(2):240-263. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2017.1423282]
Water supply ; Urban areas ; Water policy ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Community involvement ; Public participation ; Corporate culture ; Water availability ; Equity ; Millennium Development Goals ; Models / Africa South of Sahara
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049074)
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This article synthesizes the literature on historical and emerging institutional arrangements for urban water supply in Sub-Saharan Africa to highlight successes, drawbacks, and opportunities for improving future water access. It traces the influence of decades-long global water initiatives on urban water-policy reforms in the region and reviews evidence on emerging community self-help and partnership models. Finally, it discusses the merits, targets and potential of Sustainable Development Goal 6 to improve urban water access in the region. The findings suggest that improving urban water supply in Sub-Saharan Africa requires innovative governance and institutional arrangements that blend the strengths of public, private and community-based water supply models.
3 Smiley, S. L.. 2019. Explaining improvements and continuing challenges in water access in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 35(6):959-976. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2018.1513831]
Water availability ; Water supply ; Water management ; Water quality ; Drinking water ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Millennium Development Goals ; Water authorities ; Water governance ; Water users ; Towns ; Households ; Case studies / Africa South of Sahara / United Republic of Tanzania / Dar es Salaam
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049406)
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The equitable and universal provision of safe and affordable water is one of the Sustainable Development Goals, but progress has been slow, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper presents a case study of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to highlight water access progress at the city scale. Using household surveys and interviews with officials, it explains improvements in hours of water availability and numbers of household water connections, but also discusses the remaining challenges with water cost and customer satisfaction. To achieve the goal of universal access, the city must further increase water production and address concerns with how water quality is monitored.
4 Agbemor, B. D.; Smiley, S. L.. 2021. Risk factors and mitigation measures in public-private water sector partnerships: lessons from the Asutifi North District, Ghana. H2Open Journal, 4(1):77-91. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/h2oj.2021.003]
Water supply ; Public-private partnerships ; Risk factors ; Mitigation ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Water access ; Infrastructure ; Stakeholders ; Investment ; Markets ; Financing ; Political aspects ; Communities ; Inflation / Ghana / Asutifi North District
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050460)
https://iwaponline.com/h2open/article-pdf/4/1/77/891387/h2oj0040077.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050460.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050460.pdf
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Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are promoted as a practical option for developing countries to meet their water sector infrastructure gaps. Despite their appeal, PPP projects have been described as complex and challenging, and the water sector PPPs are particularly associated with high failure rates. Risk analysis and evaluations have been identified as critical to the success of PPPs. In this paper, we examine an on-going PPP arrangement for piped water supply in the Asutifi North District of Ghana under a Build, Operate, and Transfer arrangement. Safe Water Network will provide the supply systems and transfer ownership to the District Authority at the end of the contract. We reviewed key project documents to ascertain the measures that would minimize the likelihood of risk occurring during the project cycle. Of 11 risk factors, 7 were anticipated in the project documents. We recommend that project documents be reviewed and amended to address the unanticipated risks.
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