Our Services - Knowledge & Communication

2020-2021

Data in Water and Sanitation: Bridging the Gap Between ‘Technically Brilliant’ and Real-World Decision-Making

We have access to greater and greater volumes of data as never before, and new tools, devices and platforms are […]

2021

Supporting enterprises in capturing waste value: lessons learned from the CapVal sanitation project in Ghana

This learning report looks at the outcomes of the CapVal project implemented by IWMI in Ghana. In the last decade, […]

2021

LESSONS FROM COVID-19 The Resilience of Innovative Sanitation and Hygiene Ventures

A knowledge brief outlining the lessons that were learnt by sanitation and hygiene innovators from the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and […]

2021

Climate Resilient Urban Sanitation Accelerating the Convergence of Sanitation and Climate Action

A study focused on the interlinkages between climate change and urban sanitation systems and their critical role in urban resilience. […]

2021

Agenda for Change - District level roadmap for universal access to sustainable sanitation services

Access to sustainable sanitation services requires strategic planning to identify intended outcomes results, as well as major steps required to […]

2020

Sanitation Learning Hub - Improving rural sanitation in challenging contexts

The factors affecting the efficient and effective use of sanitation technologies are highly diverse and applying one-size fits all approaches […]

2020

Quality Check: How can we ensure sanitation achieves health and quality of life outcomes in low-income areas?

Can shared toilet facilities provide quality sanitation? What criteria do planners need to think about when seeking quality sanitation? Yes, […]

2019

The state of WASH financing in Eastern and Southern Africa

UNICEF’s Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) engaged Aguaconsult through Oxford Policy Management (OPM) to assess the state of financing of water, […]

2016 to 2021

Sustainable WASH Systems Learning Partnership

Aguaconsult's Harold Lockwood has been providing technical support to the USAID Sustainable WASH systems learning partnership and the latest report […]

2021

Agence Française de Développement - Global assessment of national public development banks’ involvement in the water sector

Aguaconsult’s public finance specialist, Goufrane Mansour, worked as part of a team to draft this report, commissioned by the Agence […]

2019 to 2021

Rural Water Supply Network

Aguaconsult is providing pro bono inputs to the Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) and is co-lead on the Sustainable Services […]

2020

Strengthening Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Systems: Concepts, Examples, and Experiences

Strengthening WASH systems is a core focus of Agenda for Change, in their efforts to help governments meet the WASH-related […]

2020

The State of WASH Financing in Eastern and Southern Africa, Burundi Country Level Assessment

UNICEF’s Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) engaged Aguaconsult through Oxford Policy Management (OPM) to assess the state of […]

The State of WASH Financing in Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Level Assessment

UNICEF’s Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) engaged Aguaconsult through Oxford Policy Management (OPM) to assess the state of […]

2019

The Sustainable Services Initiative discussion paper on systems strengthening in sanitation and hygiene.

WASH systems thinking has, over the years, been arguably more focused on water supply than sanitation and hygiene. Will Tillett […]

2018

New resource guide by WaterAid and Aguaconsult on selecting management models for piped water supply schemes.

Working with the world’s largest NGO for water and sanitation, Aguaconsult has researched and developed a new resource for selecting […]

2017

Effective WASH Approaches and Innovations in the Civil Society WASH Fund, Research Report

The Civil Society Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (CS WASH) Fund was a five-year programme supported by the Australian government with […]

2018

Policy Brief - Financing the WASH sector

The Collaborative Africa Budget Reform Initiative (CABRI) is an intergovernmental organisation that provides a platform for peer-learning for the development […]

2018

Engaging with the private sector for urban onsite sanitation services lessons from six Sub-Saharan African cities

The rapid pace of urbanization experienced across Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) poses a challenge to local authorities, who often struggle to […]

2017

A4C Roadmap for Universal Access

This document aims to provide an overview for how the principles and practice of Agenda for Change (A4C) can be […]

2016 to 2017

Global Study on Rural Water Service Delivery

In a bid to identify how governments can be supported to ensure more sustainable services, the World Bank's Water Global […]

2017

Big Gains from Small Funds: Experiences from WaterAid Ethiopia's 20-Town Capacity Development Programme

Ethiopia has steadily increased the proportion of urban residents with access to improved water in recent years. This is particularly […]

2017

Rural Water Metrics Global Framework

Globally, the proportion of people living without improved drinking water was halved between 1990 and 2010 and therefore the Millennium […]

2016

The UNHCR Cost of Water Project

The Cost of Water Project supports the effective planning and sustainable management of water supply systems in refugee camps and […]

2016

Market Assessment for Water Credit in Tanzania

Water.org commissioned a market assessment for introducing the WaterCredit model and the potential of alternative financing channels. The specific objectives […]

2015

CS WASH Southern Africa regional learning event, synthesis report

This report provides a synthesis and summary of the Southern Africa Regional Learning Event held in Harare, Zimbabwe by the […]

2014

Global Water Initiative Policy Brief

Between 2007 and 2012 the Global Water Initiative (GWI) financed rural water supply programmes across eight countries in the East […]

2005

Review of ECHO's water and sanitation strategy, development of policy and operational guidelines

A five-person team carried out an extensive review of water, sanitation and hygiene promotion interventions in emergency contexts, including both […]

2014

Sustainable WASH Forum Report

While significant progress has been made over the past five years through the sustainability-forum-series WASH Sustainability Fora events, many […]

2002

Nicaragua Hurricane Mitch reconstruction programme

This report constitutes the final report of the Environmental Health Project (EHP) Nicaragua Rural Water Supply, Sanitation, and Environmental Health […]

2014

Tajikistan Water Supply and Sanitation Project

This report looks at the relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, and sustainability of a water trust fund (WTF) established by Oxfam Great […]

2009 to 2014

Triple S: Service Delivery Approach - a multi-country study

This book, published by Practical Action publishing in 2013, is a synthesis of 13 country studies, carried out between late […]

2005

Support to the Agua para Todos (Water for All) Partnership in Cochabamba, Bolivia

In November 2005, Aguaconsult fielded a consultant to support the members of the Agua para Todos partnership to analyse and […]

2009 - 2014

Mapping of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Sustainability Tools

Premature failure of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure and poor service levels experienced by end users has resulted in […]

2014

O&M programme to support the service delivery approach, Timor Leste

WaterAid has been working in Timor-Leste since 2005, starting implementation in Liquira district in 2007 and gradually strengthening its […]

2013

Triple S - Capacity Support to Local government

A growing number of developing countries have devolved the responsibility for water and sanitation services to local government, in line […]

2013

Sustainable WASH Forum Report

The 2013 WASH Sustainability Forum was held in Washington, D.C. on March 11 and 12. The Forum focused on […]

2012 to 2013

Sustainability Check of WASH Activities- Philippines Country Report

An assessment was done of the sustainability of interventions completed in the Philippines under the International H20 Collaboration between Rotary […]

2011 - 2013

A Qualitative Analysis of Rural Water Sector Policy Documents

In 2011, Triple-S undertook a review of 11 major WASH Development Partner's policy documents using a technique known as Qualitative […]

2012

Sustainability Index of WASH Interventions: Global Findings and Lessons Learned

Aguaconsult was contracted to design and implement a Sustainability Check review of field programs in the three pilot countries of […]

2008

Evaluation of DRR Mainstreaming within ECHO's Humanitarian Actions

In the last three to four years the issue of disaster risk reduction (DRR) has become increasingly important in both […]

2005 - 2007

Support to the development and mainstreaming of DFID corporate disaster risk reduction policy

Support to the development and mainstreaming of DFID corporate disaster risk reduction policy. During an almost 12 month period from […]

2002

Institutional Support Mechanisms for Community Managed Rural Water Supply and Sanitation

The sustainability of rural water supply and sanitation projects has long been of concern to those working in the sector. […]

2003

Global Study into factors influencing post-construction sustainability of rural water supply

In 2003 Aguaconsult was approached by the World Bank to carry out a research study and literature review to identify […]

2002

Making Innovation Work through Partnerships in Water and Sanitation Projects

It has become increasingly apparent that conventional models of service delivery are inadequate to meet the challenge of providing water […]

2001

A Strategy for Operation and Maintenance of Rural Water Supplies in the Dominican Republic

The responsibility for rural water supply, operation and maintenance in the Dominican Republic has been moving from the central agency […]