Sustaining the Benefits of Rural Water Supply Investments : Experience from Cochabamba and Chuquisaca, Bolivia

Many rural water supply interventions in developing countries have been marked by a poor record of sustainability. Considerable progress has been made over the past several decades on the development of lower-cost technologies that are easier for communities in developing countries to maintain and a...

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Main Authors:	Davis, J., Lukacs, H., Jeuland, M., Alvestegui, A., Soto, B., Lizarraga, G., Bakalian, A., Wakeman, W.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5212

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spelling	okr-10986-52122021-04-23T14:02:21Z Sustaining the Benefits of Rural Water Supply Investments : Experience from Cochabamba and Chuquisaca, Bolivia Davis, J. Lukacs, H. Jeuland, M. Alvestegui, A. Soto, B. Lizarraga, G. Bakalian, A. Wakeman, W. Many rural water supply interventions in developing countries have been marked by a poor record of sustainability. Considerable progress has been made over the past several decades on the development of lower-cost technologies that are easier for communities in developing countries to maintain and also on improving project design and implementation to enhance sustainability of outcomes. Less attention has been given to the necessary and sufficient supports for water system maintenance in the postconstruction period. This study explores the contribution of various types of postconstruction support (PCS) to the sustainability of rural water supply systems in Bolivia. Using regression and matched pair statistical analyses, the effects of PCS on water system performance and user satisfaction with service are modeled. Communities that received management-oriented PCS visits from external agencies, and those whose system operators attended training workshops, had better performing systems than communities that received no such support. Engineering-oriented PCS visits to communities had no measurable impact on system functioning or user satisfaction. 2012-03-30T07:31:49Z 2012-03-30T07:31:49Z 2008 Journal Article Water Resources Research 0043-1397 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5212 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Bolivia
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description	Many rural water supply interventions in developing countries have been marked by a poor record of sustainability. Considerable progress has been made over the past several decades on the development of lower-cost technologies that are easier for communities in developing countries to maintain and also on improving project design and implementation to enhance sustainability of outcomes. Less attention has been given to the necessary and sufficient supports for water system maintenance in the postconstruction period. This study explores the contribution of various types of postconstruction support (PCS) to the sustainability of rural water supply systems in Bolivia. Using regression and matched pair statistical analyses, the effects of PCS on water system performance and user satisfaction with service are modeled. Communities that received management-oriented PCS visits from external agencies, and those whose system operators attended training workshops, had better performing systems than communities that received no such support. Engineering-oriented PCS visits to communities had no measurable impact on system functioning or user satisfaction.
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author	Davis, J. Lukacs, H. Jeuland, M. Alvestegui, A. Soto, B. Lizarraga, G. Bakalian, A. Wakeman, W.
spellingShingle	Davis, J. Lukacs, H. Jeuland, M. Alvestegui, A. Soto, B. Lizarraga, G. Bakalian, A. Wakeman, W. Sustaining the Benefits of Rural Water Supply Investments : Experience from Cochabamba and Chuquisaca, Bolivia
author_facet	Davis, J. Lukacs, H. Jeuland, M. Alvestegui, A. Soto, B. Lizarraga, G. Bakalian, A. Wakeman, W.
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title	Sustaining the Benefits of Rural Water Supply Investments : Experience from Cochabamba and Chuquisaca, Bolivia
title_short	Sustaining the Benefits of Rural Water Supply Investments : Experience from Cochabamba and Chuquisaca, Bolivia
title_full	Sustaining the Benefits of Rural Water Supply Investments : Experience from Cochabamba and Chuquisaca, Bolivia
title_fullStr	Sustaining the Benefits of Rural Water Supply Investments : Experience from Cochabamba and Chuquisaca, Bolivia
title_full_unstemmed	Sustaining the Benefits of Rural Water Supply Investments : Experience from Cochabamba and Chuquisaca, Bolivia
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Sustaining the Benefits of Rural Water Supply Investments : Experience from Cochabamba and Chuquisaca, Bolivia

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