Triple-S

Launched in December 2008, Sustainable Services at Scale (Triple-S) is an initiative that seeks to identify sustainable approaches to water delivery and access by departing from project-based, one-off and stand-alone implementation of water systems. It is a six-year multi-country learning initiative that aims to contribute to the realisation of  indefinitely sustainable water services delivered at  scale . In collaboration with selected national partners, Triple-S will support a  paradigm shift at the operational level for decentralised service delivery and will bring about a re-appraisal of the design and planning mechanisms of development assistance to the rural water supply sector. For more information contact: triple-s@irc.nl.



“WASH services that last” focus in 2011

How can WASH services be built to last? This critical question for sustainable services will be given a special focus in the four Source feature issues planned for 2011. In each issue we will publish stories that will be tagged as “WASH services that last”.

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News on Triple-S

Articles and news items giving updates on Triple-S.

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International symposium Kampala

The Thematic Group on Scaling up Rural Water Services in collaboration with the Ministry of Water and Environment of the Government of Uganda, is organising an international symposium focusing on providing sustainable rural water services at scale, in Kampala,13-15 April 2010.

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Triple-S Briefing Note (November 2009)

" A Way Forward - From Projects to a Service Delivery Approach" - Get introduced to the entry points of the Triple-S initiative; its innovative and dynamic approach to change in water delivery service; its pilot countries and national partners in this learning initiative; its working mechanisms; and its management approach. This briefing note demonstrates progress in the thinking behind Triple-S and how its team attempts to constitute and organise itself around getting the initiative off the ground in time for the conclusion of the initiative's inception phase.

20091112_Triple-S Briefing_v2.pdf (53.4 kB)

Factsheet Triple-S

IRC started a new learning initiative to improve water supply to the rural poor: Sustainable Services at Scale (Triple-S).The idea is to develop replicable, country-specific models for sustainable rural water services in pilot districts in Ghana and Uganda while catalysing the changes in sector behaviour necessary for the models to be widely applied at national and international levels. More information can be found in the factsheet.

20090811_TripleSFactSheet_v2_Final.pdf (247.6 kB)