WASH Finance blog
This blog addresses issues related to financing strategies and mechanisms for water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in rural and urban areas with a focus on the poorest and sustainability. It includes news collected by the editor of E-Source and contributions from IRC innovation programme staff working on the Financing and Cost Recovery theme and the WASHCost Project.
Assessing sanitation service levels – new WASHCost project working paper
19 Sep 10
Conventional sanitation ladders rank sanitation in increasing complexity of technological options. However, sanitation improvement is not as straightforward as the concept of “a ladder” with incremental improvements from op full flush, might suggest. For example, from the user perspective, a …Continue reading →
ITT pledges US$ 10.5 million for safe water and sanitation
11 Sep 10
ITT Corporation announced that it has pledged US$ 10.5 million over three years (2011-2013) to provide one million more people with access to safe water and sanitation. The funds will go to the company’s corporate citizenship program, ITT Watermark, which …Continue reading →
IPS Corporation becomes global sponsor of Water For People
07 Sep 10
IPS Corporation (IPS Corp.) has announced a global sponsorship and commitment of US$ 100,000 to Water For People. The gift will provide essential support for Water For People’s programs across 11 developing countries. IPS Corp. manufactures products for the plumbing, …Continue reading →
Kenya, Kisumu: water firm introduces pre-paid meters
01 Sep 10
To improve on revenue collection and access to water, Kisumu Water and Sewerage Company (Kiwasco) has introduced a pre-paid water metering system. The pilot project scheduled to run for the next six months in Nyalenda, beginning this month, is being …Continue reading →
India, Punjab: opposition Congress party promises subsidised water for the poor
01 Sep 10
Coming down heavily on the Punjab [state] government for the sale of clean potable drinking water to the poor in the cotton belt of Malwa affected by incidents of cancer, the Punjab Congress [...] promised to supply subsidised drinking water …Continue reading →
Nepal, Pokhara: collateral-free loans for water connection
01 Sep 10
A bank in Pokhara is said to be the first in Nepal to provide collateral-free loans to people to get a piped water supply connection. All the bank requires is consent from the neighbours. Kamana Development Bank is providing loans …Continue reading →
Humanitarian aid: 30-fold increase in spending on water and sanitation over last decadews from 15
31 Aug 10
Spending on water and sanitation (watsan) in humanitarian aid has increased from US$ 15 million in 2000 to US$ 454 million in 2009. There has been a shift in the major donors for humanitarian watsan over the last decade as …Continue reading →
Capacity development grants: EU Water Facility has €40 million for water partnership projects
31 Aug 10
In 2010 the EU earmarked €40 million of the ACP-EU Water Facility to support water partnership projects. These are not-for-profit partnerships intended to: “develop capacity in the ACP water & sanitation sector, leading to better water and sanitation governance and …Continue reading →
Water For People gets US$ 5.6 million Gates grant for Sanitation as a Business program
31 Aug 10
Denver-based charity Water For People has received a US$ 5.6 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support their Sanitation as a Business program. The four-year grant allows Water For People to test and scale-up sustainable sanitation …Continue reading →
Dig toilets, not graves – WaterAid’s latest fundraising and advocacy campaign
30 Aug 10
The creative people at WaterAid have come up with another compelling promo video to accompany their latest fundraising campaign “Dig toilets, not graves”. Watch the “Diarhhoea song“ WaterAid has combined the fund-raising campaign with an online petition to “put pressure …Continue reading →
