The effectiveness of the local management systems of rural water facilities for sustainable service delivery: a case study of the Sekyere East District, Ghana

Braimah, Imoro; Amponsah, Owusu; Asibey, Michael Osei

doi:10.1007/s40899-016-0070-7

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“…However, community interviews – alongside the high rates of nonfunctional systems demonstrates that often communities are unable to mobilise funds in a timely manner leading to a considerable time lag between failure and eventual repair – a ‘slow response fix on failure’. This finding is in line with Burr et al , ; Braimah et al , ; Kumasi et al , ; Kumasi, …”

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“…However, community interviews -alongside the high rates of nonfunctional systems demonstrates that often communities are unable to mobilise funds in a timely manner leading to a considerable time lag between failure and eventual repair -a 'slow response fix on failure'. This finding is in line with Burr et al, 2013;Braimah et al, 2016;Kumasi et al, 2017;Kumasi, 2018. In addition to operation and minor maintenance expenditure, there was very little evidence that either communities or district assemblies were financing, or budgeting for the eventual costs of capital maintenance expenditure. The main barrier to financing capital maintenance relates to the magnitude of these costs.…”

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confidence: 71%

“…Several authors note that the District Water and Sanitation Team/District Works Department is unable to sustain its supervisory role because of limited funds and logistics (Braimah and Kheni, ; Braimah et al , ; Oduro‐Kwarteng et al , ; Kumasi, ). Much of this literature discusses factors that affect the capacity of the district staff to routinely execute their supervisory role.…”

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Rural water asset management practices in Ghana: the gaps and needs

Kumasi

Agbemor

Burr

2018

Water & Environment J

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This study evaluates primary and secondary data from two districts to assess the status of asset management practices, and to examine requirements for improved asset management. Asset inventory data shows that asset management practices in the districts are currently poor, leading to high rates of nonfunctionality and low service levels. The existing ‘fix on failure’ approach to water systems’ repair has become a common practice. However, many repairs which relied on ‘fix on failure’ were found to have delayed, often due to the length of time it takes to mobilise financial resources from ‘post‐paid’ water users. This paper contends that without an improved asset maintenance, system it is likely that rural water systems in Ghana will continue to provide unsustainable services. The Findings demonstrate that improving the current asset management practices is dependent on human and financial resources, access to timely water service monitoring data at district levels, and planning and budgeting regime to reflect life cycle costs of water systems.

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Rural water asset management practices in Ghana: the gaps and needs

Kumasi

Agbemor

Burr

2018

Water & Environment J

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“…Respecto a la comunicación con las comunidades escolares se conoció que no existe un cronograma de visitas a las escuelas por parte de los consejeros escolares, resultando oportuno la concurrencia semanal que los directores hacen al CET al retirar el servicio alimentario escolar. Finalmente, los actores involucrados (Khadse et al, 2016;Braimah et al, 2016;Withanachchi et al, 2018;Suárez-Serrano et al, 2019).…”

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Evaluación integral de la gestión del agua subterránea en escuelas rurales en Tandil, Argentina

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[Introducción]: En América Latina prevalece un manejo descoordinado y fragmentado de los recursos hídricos por la utilización de enfoques sectoriales y por la falta de información y sistematización. La Gestión Integrada de Recursos Hídricos (GIRH), enfoque que apunta a la consideración combinada de las dimensiones sociales, económicas y ecológicas con base en la gestión intersectorial y planificación integrada, es reconocida como apropiada para responder a los desafíos de la gestión sustentable. [Objetivo]: Se planteó como objetivo analizar, de forma integral, las variables físico-naturales y sociales que definen la problemática del agua de consumo en las escuelas rurales del partido de Tandil. [Metodología]: Se realizaron análisis fisicoquímicos y microbiológicos para determinar la potabilidad del recurso, se desarrolló y aplicó un índice del nivel de manejo del agua en las escuelas, así como una entrevista a un informante clave del Consejo Escolar de Tandil, para evaluar el manejo institucional del recurso y, por último, las variables relevadas se analizaron por completo. [Resultados]: Los resultados indicaron que microbiológicamente el agua no es apta para el consumo en el 73 % de las escuelas y que el manejo institucional dista de una conceptualización de gestión integral. [Conclusiones]: A partir de la integración de los resultados se concluye que dicho manejo influye directamente sobre la calidad del agua, evidenciado en los problemas microbiológicos detectados. Se identifican las principales falencias del manejo actual y se destaca la necesidad de asumir medidas institucionales que tiendan a una gestión integral del recurso.

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“…From the initial production to final water usage, problems related to the management of these resources can be noticed at every stage (Saatsaz, 2020). Provision for sustainability is the key reason for water resources management (Braimah et al, 2016). Understanding soil and water dynamics is vital for the sustainable management of water resource and most of irrigated waters.…”

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confidence: 99%