Page 1 A State of the World's DRINKING WATER an urgent call to action to accelerate progress
on ensuring safe drinking water for all World Health Organization unicef WORLD BANK …

The presence of the mobile phone network in rural areas where there is little other
infrastructure has opened up the prospect of automatically monitoring rural water systems …

While it becomes apparent that the sustainable development goal for water will likely not be
met by 2030, the first UN Water Conference in almost half a century has produced a large …

Monitoring affordability of drinking water services is constrained by data gaps from
traditional approaches that rely on cross-sectional data from infrequent, nationally …

Handpumps are the main water supply for rural communities across sub-Saharan Africa.
However, studies show that> 25% of handpumps are non-functional at any time. We present …

Providing a sustainable supply of safe drinking water in rural Africa depends on sufficient
revenue from user payments to maintain services. While handpumps have been the primary …

Africa lags behind the world on operational and financial progress to maintain safe drinking
water services. In rural Mali, we explore the implications of monthly flat fee contributions and …

Climate resilient development has become the new paradigm for sustainable development
influencing theory and practice across all sectors globally—gaining particular momentum in …

Without a functional revenue collection mechanism, rural communities in low-income
countries cannot maintain or repair broken water supply infrastructure, such as groundwater …

Abstract The Sustainable Development Goal of providing everyone with safe and reliable
drinking water services combines a moral imperative with an entrepreneurial opportunity …