Engaging Non-state Providers in Rural Water Supply Services : Documentation of Experiences in India

Taking an integrated approach to the country's rural water supply issues, Government of India's (GoI's) National Rural Drinking Water Program (NRDWP) focusses on the key aspects of source and system sustainability. System sustainability is inextricably linked to both technical and financial aspects of operations of rural water supply schemes. A key plank of NRDWP's approach as well as that of the sector reform project that preceded it is the devolution of Operations and Maintenance (O&M) functions, particularly related to distribution at the village level, to Gram Panchayats (GPs), or local government entities, through the formation of Village Water and Sanitation Committees (VWSCs). However, the lack of substantive community engagement in planning and implementation of schemes as well as capacity constraints in GPs has limited the spread and implementation of this approach. As reported in a recent study for the Planning Commission (PC, 2010), only a fourth of GPs surveyed reported VWSCs and less than one percent of the respondents were aware of the VWSCs' existence.

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	New Delhi 2013-02
Subjects:	ADEQUATE WATER, ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY, AFFLUENT, APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY, AUGMENTATION, BULK WATER, CAPACITY BUILDING, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS, CERTIFICATION, COLLECTION EFFICIENCY, COLLECTION OF WATER, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, COMMUNITY GROUPS, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT, COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, CONJUNCTIVE USE, CONNECTION CHARGE, CONNECTION CHARGES, CONNECTION FEES, CONSERVATION, CONSTRUCTION, CONTRACT PERIOD, COST RECOVERY, COST SAVINGS, COVERING, DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, DOMESTIC WATER, DRINKING WATER, DRINKING WATER SECTOR, DRINKING WATER SUPPLY, ELEVATED STORAGE, ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION, GROUND WATER, GROUNDWATER, GROUNDWATER RESOURCES, GROUNDWATER SOURCES, GROUNDWATER USE, HAND PUMP, HAND PUMPS, HOUSE CONNECTIONS, HOUSEHOLD CONNECTIONS, HOUSEHOLDS, INDIVIDUAL CONNECTIONS, IRRIGATION, LEAKAGE, LOCAL OPERATORS, METERING, OPEN WELLS, OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURE, OPERATIONAL EXPENSES, PERMITS, PIPED WATER, PIPELINE, PIPELINES, PLUMBING, POWER CONSUMPTION, PRESSURE, PRIVATE OPERATOR, PROVIDING WATER SUPPLY, PROVISION OF SERVICES, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUMPING, PUMPING MACHINERY, RAIN, RAINWATER, RAINWATER HARVESTING, RECHARGE, RESERVOIRS, RURAL COMMUNITY, RURAL DRINKING WATER, RURAL WATER, RURAL WATER SUPPLY, RURAL WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS, SAFE WATER, SAFE WATER SUPPLY, SAND, SANITATION COMMITTEE, SANITATION INFRASTRUCTURE, SERVICE AREA, SERVICE DELIVERY, SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS, SERVICE PROVIDER, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SERVICE PROVISION, SERVICE QUALITY, SERVICE STANDARDS, SLOW SAND FILTRATION, SMALL TOWNS, SUPPLY OF WATER, SURFACE WATER, TAPS, TARIFF RATES, TARIFF REVISIONS, TRANSPARENCY, TUBE WELLS, USE OF WATER, VALVES, WATER AVAILABILITY, WATER BOARD, WATER CHARGES, WATER CONNECTIONS, WATER CONSUMPTION, WATER DISTRIBUTION, WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, WATER POTS, WATER QUALITY, WATER QUALITY MONITORING, WATER QUALITY TESTING, WATER RESOURCE, WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, WATER RESOURCES, WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, WATER SCHEMES, WATER SHORTAGES, WATER SOURCES, WATER STORAGE, WATER SUPPLY ASSETS, WATER SUPPLY MANAGEMENT, WATER SUPPLY SCHEME, WATER SUPPLY SERVICE, WATER SUPPLY SERVICES, WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM, WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS, WATER TARIFF, WATER TRANSFER, WATER TREATMENT, WATER TREATMENT PLANT, WATER USE, WELL YIELDS, WELLS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/02/17770507/engaging-non-state-providers-rural-water-supply-services https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17376
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