Sustaining and Scaling Up Community Managed Water - by Jeff Tan & Stephen M Lyon & Attaullah Shah (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

This book examines the performance and limitations of the Community-based water management (CBWM) model through the case study of the Water and Sanitation Extension Programme (WASEP), a successful community-managed scheme that has delivered clean piped drinking water to over 450 mainly rural settlements in Gilgit-Baltistan, Northern Pakistan.

Review Quotes

'Although the design, construction and initial capital investment of new water supply schemes pose some challenges, these are trivial compared to the subsequent issues around management, financing and sustainability of the services this infrastructure provides. These post-construction issues are rightly receiving much attention in water sector debates and dialogues at the present time. Questions are being asked about the viability of alternative management arrangements, about the affordability of high levels of service to both water users and the State, and consequently about how sustainable water supply services can be achieved. This is therefore an important book. It addresses these questions in a focused and in-depth manner, in relation to a single but extensive programme in a single country. The studies and investigations on which it is based are thorough and rigorous, and the arguments in the book are set out clearly for consideration by rural water specialists beyond the programme and country which are its focus. If you are struggling with the issues just mentioned - that are covered in far greater depth in this book - I do urge you to read it, reflect on the lessons drawn by the authors, debate them, contextualise them and apply them in your work.' Professor Richard Carter, Water sector specialist and consultant