Apples and oranges: a comparative assessment in WASH

Read this interesting blog post by Stef Smits on the costs of water point mapping, in which reference is being made to his current activities to support the roll out of nation-wide monitoring efforts in El Salvador and Honduras. In both countries, there is an initiative to map all water systems (not water points as nearly all are piped schemes) and collect information on the status of these systems, the service delivered and the performance of the service provider, and establish a system for ongoing monitoring of these water systems, so as to better direct post-construction support. These activities are part of the assignment for IADB in which IRC supports the processes of developing monitoring systems in Honduras, Paraguay and El Salvador.