Service provision in rural water supplies: analysis of four community-based systems in Colombia

Rivera, Isabel Domínguez; Oviedo-Ocaña, Édgar Ricardo; Restrepo-Tarquino, Inés

doi:10.11144/javeriana.cdr13-77.sprw

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“…A significant number of publications have confirmed the need for constant post-construction support from external agencies regarding technical, managerial and financial aspects to ensure the long-term sustainability and functionality of RWSS [20][21][22][23][24][25][26]. In a study developed in Dominican Republic, Schweitzer and Mihelcic [27] found that the frequency of technical visits from external agencies responsible to offer support to rural service providers was positively related to communities where a strong financial scheme persisted.…”

Section: Critical Factors For Community Management Success In the Literaturementioning

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Critical Factors for the Success of Rural Water Supply Services in Brazil

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The universalization of drinking water in rural communities poses a great challenge to developing countries, where rural areas often receive poor water service coverage and limited attention from authorities. This scenario is the current reality in Brazil. The community management model of rural water services has proven to be a noteworthy approach to ensure the continuity of water supply where private and public entities do not operate. However, its sustainability depends on several aspects. The authors of the current paper performed a thorough review of relevant publications in the rural sanitation field of study using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews (PRISMA) methodology, which enabled the creation of a list of essential factors capable to ensure the sustainability of Rural Water Supply Services (RWSS). Using the Nominal Group Technique with a selection of participants from a national conference held in Brazil in 2015, specialists hierarchized the factors, demonstrating their perception of the most important aspects necessary in RWSS throughout Brazil. Consequently, the authors noticed the necessity of a strong enabling environment, which recognizes small communities and their local services. Water quality control, post-construction support and the existence of a financial scheme were also pointed out as important aspects to ensure RWSS’s sustainability.

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Section: Critical Factors For Community Management Success In the Literaturementioning

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Critical Factors for the Success of Rural Water Supply Services in Brazil

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Quindeler

et al. 2019

Water

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“…When addressing sustainability in RWSS, the literature has emphasized the importance of understanding challenges for different contexts [46]. The results from this study show that challenges to sustainable water provision in the assessed system are like those described elsewhere [5,9,40,53,55,60] and in Colombia [61,62] in relation to the lack of training, knowledge, and compliance with legal standards and regulations, weak finances to properly develop system administration, operation, and maintenance, and a lack of post-construction support. As in other places, productive uses of water, typical in rural areas, were ignored in the system design, which created technical and managerial problems.…”

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“…This represents an advantage over other tools, validated in systems that are often benefiting from government programs, and therefore ignore some key attributes (e.g., policies, rules, and norms [16] and post-construction support [17]). In contrast, many systems in Colombia are managed by community organizations that mobilize themselves [61]. Thus, these key aspects cannot be ignored when assessing the sustainability of these systems.…”

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Assessing Sustainability in Rural Water Supply Systems in Developing Countries Using a Novel Tool Based on Multi-Criteria Analysis

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Rural water supply systems (RWSS) in developing countries typically have deficiencies that threaten their sustainability. This research used Multi-Criteria Analysis and the Analytical Hierarchy Process to identify indicators that can be used to assess the sustainability of RWSS. The assessment tool developed is composed of 17 attributes with 95 quantifiable indicators. The tool enables the assessment of the sustainability of RWSS, using data collected through semi-structured interviews, social cartography, technical inspection, household surveys, and water monitoring. The tool was applied in a case study of a RWSS in the Andean region of Colombia, illustrating a participatory, holistic, and structured assessment that provided a single sustainability measure for the system (3.0/5.0). The tool’s completeness is represented by its extensive attributes and indicators that deliver a robust baseline on the state of a system, help identify improvement strategies, and monitor system performance over time that can assists rural community organizations with RWSS management.

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“…As policy attention and monetary budgets were directed to the most competitive cities, the reverse occurred in many rural areas which produced a continuous marginalisation. Rural residents suffer from a lack of access to services, whether this be health-care [36], infrastructure such as roads or water irrigation [37], broadband [38], public transport [39],…”

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Blockchain for decentralised rural development and governance

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Service provision in rural water supplies: analysis of four community-based systems in Colombia

Cited by 10 publications

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Critical Factors for the Success of Rural Water Supply Services in Brazil

Critical Factors for the Success of Rural Water Supply Services in Brazil

Assessing Sustainability in Rural Water Supply Systems in Developing Countries Using a Novel Tool Based on Multi-Criteria Analysis

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