WASHplus Weekly | Issue 54 May 4, 2012 | Focus on Self Supply
Self supply is an approach that can help increase rural water supply coverage in areas where it is not feasible or cost-effective to develop communal supplies.
Rainwater harvesting, construction and upgrading of shallow wells and household water treatment all lend themselves to self supply or household investment.
WaterAid calls self supply the water-equivalent of Community-led Total Sanitation. Despite its potential, self supply is often not formally recognized as a model for service delivery in sector policy and institutions.
The resources in this issue include an upcoming World Bank Webinar, a useful 2012 brief by IRC and country reports from Ethiopia, Nigeria and Uganda.
