This report, developed in partnership with the Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), assessed the enabling environment and outlines policy recommendations for public-private partnerships (PPPs) to deliver safely managed water throughout Ghana.
Safe Water Network’s annual Ghana Beyond the Pipe Forum brought together leaders from the Ghana water sector as well as representatives from many of Safe Water Network’s key funding partners in Ghana.
In 2016, high inflation and increasing variable costs forced Safe Water Network to increase prices at most of its H2OME! Water Stations in Ghana, which consequently reduced consumer purchases, particularly among low-income households, which experienced a 26% decrease in consumption.
This report describes an assessment of household water treatment and safe storage (HWTS) promotional activities carried out by the Government of Ghana and UNICEF, in collaboration with Safe Water Network, in an effort to identify strategies and guidelines, the skill capability of HWTS promoters, and private-sector participation in HWTS promotion.
This Report focuses on the policy and enabling environment for safe/small water enterprises (SWEs) for the urban poor in India.
The Forum was part of an ongoing effort to convene and initiate the advancement of sector knowledge and engagement of sector participants to chart a roadmap and advance the scaling of Safe Water Enterprises.
This report examines the state of Ghana’s water sector and the necessary financial steps to achieve universal safe drinking water access. Small Water Enterprises (SWEs) have been a successful tool for increasing access to safe water but there is still work to be done to ensure that they reach their full capacity.
This report puts forth a framework and policy guidelines to help achieve "Har Ghar Jal" (water for every home) by 2030, and address emerging issues by shifting the country's heavy dependency on groundwater sources to surface water, improving service delivery standards, and encouraging a paradigm shift towards metered, household piped water connections for all.
