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Infrastructure asset management: a key building block for sustaining rural water services
conference contribution
posted on 2018-02-12, 15:10 authored by Julia BoulenouarWith high levels of non-functionality and low levels of service, it is clear that rural water assets are not being adequately managed. It is also a symptom of the current focus on first time access, which needs to shift to a focus on long term service delivery. There is a need for actors within the rural water sector to follow other infrastructure-heavy and professionalised industries, and start adopting asset management practices. This paper gives an overview of the main components of infrastructure asset management and makes a case for wider adoption in the rural water sector (for all types of rural water systems, including both hand pumps and piped schemes) in developing countries. It provides new evidence from a case study on good practices from rural municipalities in South Africa and identifies first steps for under-resourced municipalities.
History
School
- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Research Unit
- Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)
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WEDC ConferenceCitation
BOULENOUAR, J., 2014. Infrastructure asset management: a key building block for sustaining rural water services. IN: Shaw, R.J., Anh, N.V. and Dang, T.H. (eds). Sustainable water and sanitation services for all in a fast changing world: Proceedings of the 37th WEDC International Conference, Hanoi, Vietnam, 15-19 September 2014, 6pp.Publisher
© WEDC, Loughborough UniversityVersion
- VoR (Version of Record)
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2014Notes
This is a conference paper.Other identifier
WEDC_ID:21862Language
- en