Sustainability

According to Global Water Challenge, sustainability is one of the most pressing issues facing the WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) sector today. More than 30 percent of WASH projects fail after two to five years. Resources available to help address this challenge include guidance on operations and maintenance approaches, tools to estimate long-term costs, and other resources to support sustainability.

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Sustainability Resources

Maintaining Intakes

U.S. Agency for International Development
This technical note discusses maintenance of the intakes for ponds, lakes, rivers and streams.Read more

Maintaining Well Logs

U.S. Agency for International Development
This technical note describes how to maintain a well log. Maintaining a log involves recording information on the physical characteristics of the well, the soil formations encountered during construction and the yield of the well.Read more

Training in Water and Wastewater Operation and Maintenance: Sources of Training Materials

Published: 
March 18, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
Training document in water and wastewater operation and maintenance. The Near East Bureau in the Agency for International Development (AID) requested the Water and Sanitation for Health Project (WASH) to study the organizations and institutions that offer training and educational programs in the...Read more

Islands of Success

Published: 
October 1, 2013
Water for People
This report assesses how Water For People and the government are faring in meeting their goals to deliver lasting sanitation and water supply services in Sagar and its neighbouring block, Patharpratima.Read more
Regional focus: 
South East Asia

Effective Utilization of Sanitation Revolving Fund Under TSC

Published: 
January 1, 1999
Water for People
Total Sanitation Campaign, the only Government sponsored program to fund the rural sanitation needs has made a significant improvement but the quantum of investments is limited to fill the gaps and there are no immediate solutions. A large number of families not in the BPL list but not economically...Read more
Regional focus: 
Global

Pump Downtime Study

Published: 
May 19, 2014
Water for People
The objectives of the assignment was to assess hand pump downtime in communities (excluding schools and institutions), determine what factors affect the downtime, and identify what can be done to reduce the downtime.Read more
Regional focus: 
South East Asia

Sustainable Water and Sanitation in Africa Website

U.S. Agency for International Development
This resource is the homepage for Sustainable Water and Sanitation in Africa (SUWASA), a regional initiative of the U.S. Agency for International Development. SUWASA is designed to spread effective models of reform at the water utility and sector levels, and to facilitate innovative financing...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

Vegetation Drought Response Index (VEGDRI)

Published: 
June 30, 2014
U.S. Geological SurveyRobert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute at the University of Nebraska
The National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC) produces VegDRI in collaboration with the US Geological Survey's (USGS) Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS), and the High Plains Regional Climate Center (HPRCC). Main researchers working on VegDRI are Dr. Brian Wardlow, with...Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Case Study on Pump Repair and Business in Niger

Published: 
March 1, 2014
World Vision
Learning the technical skills necessary to repair hand pumps has helped Bassirou Moudi create a new business while ensuring water continues to flow in his community.Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

Global Freshwater Resources: Soft-Path Solutions for the 21st Century

Published: 
December 3, 2003
Pacific Institute
Twentieth-century water policies relied on the construction of massive infrastructure in the form of dams, aqueducts, pipelines, and complex centralized treatment plants to meet human demands. These facilities brought tremendous benefits to billions of people, but they also had serious and often...Read more

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