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Sustainable rural water with demand responsive and people centered approaches
conference contribution
posted on 2018-02-12, 15:08 authored by S. Abu Ubaiddha, D.M. KumariCommunity based rural water supply schemes are the suitable solutions to fulfill the water needs of village population in
the developing countries like Sri Lanka. However ensuring the sustainability in operation and maintenance of rural water
schemes are the major challenge. This paper describes the sustainability of water supply schemes, implemented in six-selected
districts of Sri Lanka, under the ADB-assisted third water supply and sanitation sector project. Monaragala is one
of the selected districts under this ADB project, and our analysis based on the examination of piped water supply schemes,
which were implemented, within villages in this District. These schemes were implemented based on demand responsive
and people centered approaches, and the community is playing the major role from the implementation to operation and
maintenance. This paper describes the post-project strategies, the operation and maintenance system adapted to these
water schemes and how the sustainability was achieved through community involvement. Setting up the tariff system and
the billing process are also important factors for the sustainability, so the paper explains these details too, and provides
the cost comparison of operation and maintenance activities, of some selected schemes.
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UBAIDDHA, S.A. and KUMARI, D.M., 2004. Sustainable rural water with demand responsive and people centered approaches. IN: Godfrey, S. (ed). People-centred approaches to water and environmental sanitation: Proceedings of the 30th WEDC International Conference, Vientiane, Laos, 25-29 October 2004, pp. 533-537.Publisher
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