Achieving universal access to water supply services in rural areas requires utilising a range of management models, including forms of community-based management, public and private service provision, and household self-supply. The need to professionalise these management models is increasingly recognised, and enhancing the support that service providers receive is crucial to professionalising any management model. However, this new study, produced in collaboration with 10 WaterAid country programmes, found a common and often substantial gap between the support responsibilities established in policy/operational guidelines and the actual amount of support provided to service providers under all management models. Check out the report below to find out more about the current situation (including some emerging good practices) and the the steps that need to be taken. Bill Twyman, Harold Lockwood, Eléonore Motte, Vincent Casey, Hannah Crichton-Smith, Tara Bartnik, Mutala Abdul-Mumin, WaterAid, RWSN - Rural Water Supply Network
💧 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 💧 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹‐𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 https://lnkd.in/e8sKut3b Growing demand and the pressures of climate change mean the need for safe drinking water has never been greater. In rural and small-town settings, there are usually a mix of management arrangements (or models) to help deliver access. These models include variations of self-supply, community-based management and public or private utility provision. All models need ongoing support to work effectively and are vital for ensuring climate-resilient services.