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Quality and sustainability aspects in water access indicators: an example from Same District, Tanzania
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posted on 2018-02-12, 15:07 authored by Alejandro Jimenez, Agusti Perez-FoguetVital aspects in water supply, such as quality and reliability (or vulnerability) of the service have been overlooked
up to date in the definition of the term 'Access' when used as a sector indicator. As a rule, governments
at all levels are ignoring them and no investments are made accordingly. This paper describes the experience
of the Spanish NGO Ingeniería Sin Fronteras (Engineering Without Borders) on considering both aspects in
a pilot project implemented in Same rural District, Tanzania. Based on the water point mapping methodology,
basic water quality tests were included during the campaign and seasonality questions were also processed.
The study aims to provide an example of to which extent improved water points do provide safe water; while
considering year round functionality as a key aspect if the service wants to be sustainable. New indicators
are proposed and results discussed. Last section concludes providing information on the opportunities, costs
and challenges of including this additional information when access indicators are to be used.
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JIMENEZ, A. and PEREZ-FOGUET, A., 2008. Quality and sustainability aspects in water access indicators: an example from Same District, Tanzania. IN: Jones, H. (ed). Access to sanitation and safe water - Global partnerships and local actions: Proceedings of the 33rd WEDC International Conference, Accra, Ghana, 7-11 April 2008, pp. 455-462.Publisher
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