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Water Aid and the Third World ‐ a Partnership in Low‐cost Technology
Author(s) -
RICHARDSON IMELDA A.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
water and environment journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1747-6593
pISSN - 1747-6585
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-6593.1989.tb01507.x
Subject(s) - sanitation , general partnership , business , water supply , local community , hygiene , scale (ratio) , environmental planning , operations management , environmental economics , economic growth , engineering , finance , economics , environmental engineering , environmental science , political science , geography , medicine , cartography , pathology , law
W ateraid , a registered charity, is working with local partners in Africa and Asia on small‐scale primary water supply projects, basic sanitation and hygiene education, for poor Third‐World communities. Programmes are aimed at lasting development, not disaster relief. Low‐cost technologies are used, preferably including proven local techniques. This, combined with training local staff, increases the probability of replication occurring through WaterAid's local operational partners. Methods employed fully involve the benefiting community; their participation is of course essential if they are to run and maintain their new supply successfully. Finally it is expected that poor communities achieving their own protected water supply will gain confidence to tackle other development needs.