Water quality testing assurance fund: lessons learned
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Fonds d'assurance pour les testes de qualité de l'eau : leçons apprises
May 2021 ; 11 pages
Ed. Aquaya - San Anselmo
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Site internet: https://aquaya.org/wp-content/uploads/2021_Water-Quality-Assurance-Fund-Lessons-Learned-_ResearchBrief.pdf
Abstract:
The Aquaya Institute (Aquaya) developed and evaluated a Water Quality Testing Assurance Fund to encourage Ghana Water Company Limited’s (GWCL) laboratory in the city of Sunyani in western Ghana to provide water quality monitoring services to small water systems in the nearby rural district of Asutifi North. Under the terms of the Assurance Fund, water systems were responsible for paying GWCL for monthly testing services. If water systems defaulted on their payments, GWCL could file a claim against the Assurance Fund.
Evaluating the Assurance Fund helped identify technical and design adjustments required for future iterations. These adjustments will address the challenges that we experienced with respect to i) adherence to high-quality laboratory protocols, ii) logistics and communication, iii) community engagement, and iv) response to water contamination.
The approach of centralizing water quality testing at a professional laboratory proved more cost-effective than on-site testing by water systems. Including Aquaya’s facilitation and oversight, the Assurance Fund approach cost an average of 388 GHS (67 USD) per test, which is approximately 60% of the cost of providing training and testing equipment to every water system.
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alimentation en eau saine (CI) (DT) (OP) (ope) , distribution d'eau potable (CI) (DT) (OP) (ope) , eau potable (CI) (DT) (OP) (ope) , potabilisation (CI) (DT) (OP) (ope) , qualité des eaux (CI) (DT) (OP) (ope) |
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Aquaya
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The Aquaya Institute - San Anselmo - Etats Unis |
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