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.
Sponsorship: textbook retailer to fund charity: water projects in Ethiopia
28 Aug 10
Internet textbook retailer eCampus.com will sponsor four clean water projects in Northern Ethiopia over the next 12 months. The company will provide funding for the projects which will be planned and executed through New York City based non-profit organization charity: …Continue reading →
Sudan: Egypt to grant US$ 300 million for water and electricity projects
27 Aug 10
Egypt will give the Government of South Sudan US$ 300 million for water and electricity projects as it seeks to build good will among countries along the Nile, the source of almost all of its water, Reuters reported. The grant …Continue reading →
Indonesia, Jakarta: struggling to provide clean water to all
27 Aug 10
Like many big cities in the developing world, the city of Jakarta, with a population of nine million people, is struggling to provide clean water to all its residents. In some poor neighborhoods international organizations like Mercy Corps and its …Continue reading →
Philippines: lawmaker wants bottled water classified as ‘basic necessity’
27 Aug 10
An administration lawmaker pushed [on 13 August 2010] for the inclusion of bottled drinking water in the list of “basic necessities” under The Price Act, to protect the public against hoarding and profiteering during severe shortages, calamities and similar emergencies. …Continue reading →
Japan: selling sewage to Australia
26 Aug 10
Japan has an unlikely new export product: the sewage it normally dumps into rivers or the sea. The first buyer is the Australian mining industry. Could this also become a new money earner for developing countries? Well, no. The “export …Continue reading →
Nicaragua, Granada: Japan grants US$2.5mn to improve sanitation
26 Aug 10
The Japanese government has signed a 55mn-cordoba (US$2.56mn) grant agreement for the expansion of the sanitation system in western Nicaragua’s Granada city, local paper La Prensa reported. The project involves installing 17km of pipelines to channel untreated sewage to help …Continue reading →
Pro-poor water services: investment scenarios for Kamapala, Uganda
26 Aug 10
Water service to the urban poor presents challenges to political leaders, regulators and managers. A new study identifies technology mixes of yard taps, public water points (with and without pre-paid meters) to meet alternative constraints, and reflecting populations served and …Continue reading →
Grand Challenge: Create the Next Generation of Sanitation Technologies
23 Aug 10
Submit an original and innovative idea in 2-page proposal for a decentralised, non-waterborne sanitation technology and get a chance to win US$ 100,000 to develop the idea further. “Create the Next Generation of Sanitation Technologies” is one of the new …Continue reading →
Mexico, Mexico City: DF faces US$36.5mn in water losses annually
18 Aug 10
Mexico’s federal district (DF) government loses 460mn pesos (US$36.5mn) each year from illegal potable water usage, according to the director of DF water utility SACM [Sistema de Aguas de la Ciudad de México], Ramon Aguirre Diaz. The amount represents some …Continue reading →
Research grants: IDRC’s Graduate Research Awards on Climate Change and Water (2010−2011)
10 Aug 10
The International Development Research Centre’s Climate Change and Water programme aims to help developing country researchers to understand the consequences of climate change on water resources and to find ways to improve the ability of citizens and governments to adapt to the …Continue reading →
