How International Water and Sanitation Monitoring Fails Deprived Urban Dwellers

McGranahan, Gordon; Walnycki, Anna; Dominick, Festo; Kombe, Wilbard; Kyessi, Alphonce G.; Limbumba, Tatu Mtwangi; Magambo, Hezron; Mkanga, Mwanakombo; Ndezi, Tim

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“…This limited piped water supply occurred in spite of rapid population and spatial growth in the city. Between 1967 and 1978, the city had an annual population growth rate of 10% and it is now the third fastest growing city in Africa (Briggs and Mwamfupe, 2000; McGranahan et al., 2016). In addition to inadequate expansions in the quantity of water, few expansions occurred to the network itself so it did not extend to newly built-up areas.…”

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Heterogeneous water provision in Dar es Salaam: The role of networked infrastructures and alternative systems in informal areas

Smiley

2020

Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space

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Urban waterscapes in developing world cities are notoriously fragmented, resembling archipelagos rather than continuous networks. Graham and Marvin’s concept of splintering urbanism links the collapse of infrastructure networks to this fragmentation. Yet this idea has been criticized for suggesting the absence of these networks is a sign of failed modernity in Southern cities such as Dar es Salaam. Urban political ecology illustrates how social, historical, political, and ecological processes work together to create uneven and unjust landscapes and waterscapes. In Dar es Salaam, the colonial policy of segregation and unequal service provision helped to create the fragmented system seen today. As a result, many residents—especially those in informal and peripheral areas—rely on heterogeneous water provision systems. These systems provide innovative ways to deliver water but do so at a high cost. This paper uses case studies of two informal areas—Buguruni and Vingunguti—to illustrate the divergent trajectories of seemingly similar places. One is more connected to the piped water network while the other relies almost exclusively on informal water delivery providers. In explaining these differences, this paper offers an intra-urban comparison that highlights inequities at a smaller scale. It also acknowledges the role of networked infrastructure in these heterogeneous systems by giving voice to residents who consider the piped water network their ideal source.

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Heterogeneous water provision in Dar es Salaam: The role of networked infrastructures and alternative systems in informal areas

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2020

Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space

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“…The average water production capacity of the entire water supply system stands at about 569, 294m 3 /day of 356, 355 domestic connections, water demand of 898,591 m 3 /day respectively, with yet 44% of the households non-connected (GIZ, 2012). It is postulated that urban water poverty is likely to be worsen in major parts of Dar es Salaam, as population demand for safe and clean drinking water doubles the supply (McGranahan et. al., 2016).…”

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“…al., 2016). Though some informal settlements are connected to the municipal water supply network, water supply largely favor the formal settlements to the neglect of the low-income earners due to production limitations (McGranahan et. al., 2016;Mkanga & Materu, 2006).…”

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Water Access Today and Tomorrow: Domestic Water Sustainability under Informal Water Supply Markets in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Dakyaga¹,

Kyessi²,

Msami³

2018

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The article examined domestic water access sustainability under informally driven water supply market, drawing on suppliers-consumers’ perspectives. Analysis was done on the capacities of the informal water suppliers for sustainable water provision, how the informal water markets operate, and clients’ perspectives of water access today and tomorrow. Four different data set were comparatively analyzed from interviews with the Municipal Water Engineer (MWE), Ward Health Officer (WHO), 3 Mtaa leaders from 3 informal settlements, interviews with 43 informal water sellers from three informal settlements, including a survey of (n = 292) clients in three informal settlements. It was realized that though informal water suppliers are sociocultural capable of providing flexible and gender-sensitive water supply services, households have unsustainable access to improved water due to the financial, hydro-technical, institutional and organizational in capacities of the informal water sellers coupled with the low financial abilities of low-income earning households to continuously purchase water for domestic activities. It was observed that informal settlements’ dwellers are less likely to meet their water supply needs in the near future if their income status together with the financial, hydro-technical, organizational and institutional capacities of the informal water sellers are not improved.

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“… 6. See reference 4, McGranahan et al (2016); also see reference 4, Weststrate et al (2019); and Buckley, Robert M and Achilles Kallergis (2019), “The Sustainable Development Goal for urban sanitation: Africa’s statistical tragedy continues?”, Journal of Urban Health Vol 96, No 1, pages 123–130. …”

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Meeting WASH SDG6: insights from everyday practices in Dar es Salaam

Hofmann¹

2020

Environment and Urbanization

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While existing datasets and statistics provide a useful indication of progress towards meeting Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6, they are far from accurate and sufficient. There is a need for new and more disaggregated data to shed light on unequal service provision patterns, particularly for many informal urban settlements. This paper aims to address this need through a granular space and time-based examination of the diverse everyday practices in two lower-income settlements of Dar es Salaam. The findings reveal spatial and temporal variations at the inter- and intra-settlement scale while tracing differential and changing practices among poor women and men. The in-depth case study exposes important blind spots in policy and planning, provides wider lessons for achieving more equal and sustainable access to services and developing more responsive policy and planning approaches, and emphasizes the value of local data collection.

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How International Water and Sanitation Monitoring Fails Deprived Urban Dwellers

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Heterogeneous water provision in Dar es Salaam: The role of networked infrastructures and alternative systems in informal areas

Heterogeneous water provision in Dar es Salaam: The role of networked infrastructures and alternative systems in informal areas

Water Access Today and Tomorrow: Domestic Water Sustainability under Informal Water Supply Markets in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Meeting WASH SDG6: insights from everyday practices in Dar es Salaam

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