Improving community based management of boreholes: a case study from Malawi
2002
J. DeGabriele
Examines ways in which the rate of hand-pump sustainability maybe improved.The main conclusion is that sustainability is more likely through using good quality products, and by assuring reliable management services are provided by the users. The latter should be backed up by a reliable spares supply chain as well as by locally available mechanics trained in advanced repairs. A hand pump is more valued when the users accept that health and economic benefits result from improved water and sanitation and hygiene education.These factors may contribute significantly towards sustainability, but they are not a guarantee for it. There are several unknowns, such as responsibility, commitment, good-will, how the intervention of water point affects relationships within a “community”, and the effect of key individuals on management.The last two points especially needs attention and for this reason it is critically important to have first-class social science expertise on a project. Having said this Organisations providing water-points can bear only so much responsibility for the failure (or success!) of a programme; the users must shoulder their part of the bargain. [author]
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