Resilience of water supply in practice [electronic book] : experiences from the rontline / edited by Leslie Morris-Iveson and John Day.

Contributor(s): Morris-Iveson, Leslie [editor] | Day, St. John Dr [editor.].

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BookPublisher: London : IWA Publishing, 2021Copyright date: ©2022Description: online resource (210 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781789061611 (paperback); 9781789061628 (e-Book).Subject(s): Water quality management -- Case studies

DDC classification: 333.91 Online resources: e-Book

Contents:

Introduction -- Building water resilience into strategy: the Cape Town drought -- Transforming a water company to improve service levels and resilience: lessons from Sierra Leone -- Mobilising the public to reduce household water use in Essex and Suffolk Water -- Water resources east: an integrated water resource management exemplar -- Implementing integrated water resources management locally in rural catchments: lessons from eastern Sudan -- Can and should refugees and communities that host them expect better performing and resilient water supply services -- Solar-powered water systems for vulnerable rural communities: alleviating water scarcity in Iraq -- Economic resilience in water supply service in rural Tajikistan: a case study from Oxfam -- Conclusions.

Summary: Water Resilience in Practice is co-edited by two experienced water sector professionals and reviews resilience in water supply service delivery in the form of a series of case studies from different economic contexts - ranging from low-income and fragile states to upper-income countries. It documents real experiences and reflects on the initiatives different service providers apply to strengthen resilience in practice. It describes how service providers respond, adapt, innovate and learn on an ongoing basis, and how they endeavour to meet challenges and provide water supply to users equitably and sustainably. In recent years climate resilience in water supply has been a new emerging paradigm. In response it is helpful to document and record some up-to-date experiences, which can be consolidated in one place. However, it is also necessary to recognise the multiple pressures that water resources face, such as: population growth, increased water demands, existing climatic variability as well as climate change. These pressures are having a profound impact on water supply service delivery. In this context service providers and development professionals must take active measures to respond to these risks. This book is primarily addressed to organisations and practitioners involved in planning, designing, managing and financing water supply programmes in urban and rural settings.

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The aim of this book is to examine and provide insights into how water service providers apply resilience in practice. The growing threat of urban water shortages, gives more reason to understand how water resilience works in practice. This book will present a collection of case studies on how institutions apply resilience in practice, despite the multiple challenges they face. The emphasis of the book will be on learning from practitioners' experiences of building resilience strategies and approaches, and case studies represented would include all economic contexts - from low-income and fragile to upper income countries.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Water Resilience in Practice is co-edited by two experienced water sector professionals and reviews resilience in water supply service delivery in the form of a series of case studies from different economic contexts - ranging from low-income and fragile states to upper-income countries. It documents real experiences and reflects on the initiatives different service providers apply to strengthen resilience in practice. It describes how service providers respond, adapt, innovate and learn on an ongoing basis, and how they endeavour to meet challenges and provide water supply to users equitably and sustainably. In recent years climate resilience in water supply has been a new emerging paradigm. In response it is helpful to document and record some up-to-date experiences, which can be consolidated in one place. However, it is also necessary to recognise the multiple pressures that water resources face, such as: population growth, increased water demands, existing climatic variability as well as climate change. These pressures are having a profound impact on water supply service delivery. In this context service providers and development professionals must take active measures to respond to these risks. This book is primarily addressed to organisations and practitioners involved in planning, designing, managing and financing water supply programmes in urban and rural settings.

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Editors (p. xi)
Preface (p. xiii)
Acknowledgements (p. xv)
Chapter 1 Introduction (p. 1)
1.1 About this Book (p. 2)
1.2 Water Supply Resilience: Concepts and Considerations (p. 4)
1.3 Why Resilient Water Supply Needs to be Part of the New Normal (p. 5)
1.4 Implications for People When Services are not Resilient (p. 8)
1.5 Imagining a Resilient Water Supply (p. 9)
1.6 From Theory to Practice (p. 11)
1.7 Resilient Water Supply (p. 12)
1.8 Structure of this Book (p. 15)
References (p. 17)
Chapter 2 Building water resilience into strategy: The Cape Town drought (p. 19)
2.1 Introduction (p. 19)
2.2 Context (p. 21)
2.3 Institutions (p. 23)
2.4 Minimising Spillage (p. 25)
2.5 Minimising Wastage (p. 26)
2.6 Restricting Demand (p. 26)
2.7 Timeline (p. 27)
2.8 Description of Activities (p. 28)
2.8.1 Managing dam storage (p. 28)
2.8.2 Managing demand (p. 29)
2.8.3 Accelerating augmentation (p. 30)
2.9 Analysis of Impact (p. 32)
2.9.1 Safe access to water and sanitation (p. 33)
2.9.2 Wise use (p. 33)
2.9.3 Sufficient, reliable water from diverse sources (p. 33)
2.9.4 Shared benefits from regional water resources (p. 35)
2.9.5 A water-sensitive city (p. 35)
2.10 Conclusion (p. 36)
References (p. 36)
Chapter 3 Transforming a water company to improve service levels and resilience: Lessons from Sierra Leone (p. 39)
3.1 Introduction (p. 40)
3.2 Overview (p. 40)
3.3 Challenges of Water Resources Management, Water Supply and Utility Reform (p. 41)
3.4 Approaches Followed (p. 45)
3.5 Aquarating Assessment (p. 46)
3.6 Institutional Reform (p. 48)
3.7 Infrastructure (p. 49)
3.8 Achievements So Far (p. 50)
3.9 Outcomes (p. 55)
3.10 Key Lessons (p. 56)
3.10.1 Ownership of the change process (p. 56)
3.10.2 Political commitment (p. 56)
3.10.3 Infrastructure performance (p. 56)
3.11 Institutional Reforms Take Time (p. 57)
3.12 Communication with Customers (p. 57)
3.13 Summary (p. 58)
References (p. 58)
Chapter 4 Mobilising the public to reduce household water use in Essex and Suffolk Water (p. 59)
4.1 Introduction (p. 60)
4.2 The Problem of Increasing Household Water Use in The UK (p. 62)
4.3 Current Water Efficiency Engagement Approaches in the UK Water Industry (p. 63)
4.3.1 Technical water efficiency engagement (p. 64)
4.3.2 Educational water efficiency engagement (p. 65)
4.3.3 Combined water efficiency engagement (p. 65)
4.3.4 Sociotechnical water efficiency engagement (p. 66)
4.4 Water Efficiency Education in ESW (p. 67)
4.4.1 The home visit campaign during AMP6: barriers faced and practice improvements made (p. 68)
4.4.2 Maximising the links between household space, water saving devices, and water efficiency messaging (p. 69)
4.4.3 Enhancing behavioural change education in the engagement process (p. 70)
4.4.4 Maximising plumbers as a channel of communication (p. 70)
4.4.5 Customer insight development and use in practice improvement (p. 71)
4.5 The Home Visit Campaign During AMP7: New Challenges and Adaptations (p. 72)
4.5.1 New challenges due to the Covid-19 pandemic (p. 72)
4.5.2 The virtual water efficiency home visit campaign (p. 73)
4.5.3 How success of the virtual water efficiency home visit pilot campaign was measured (p. 74)
4.6 Lessons Learned (p. 76)
4.7 Conclusion (p. 77)
References (p. 78)
Chapter 5 Water resources east: An integrated water resource management exemplar (p. 81)
5.1 Introduction (p. 82)
5.2 Our Context (p. 82)
5.3 Our Region (p. 84)
5.4 Decision Making Under Uncertainty (p. 86)
5.5 Strategic Context and Implications (p. 87)
5.6 The Power of Collaboration (p. 94)
5.7 Lessons Learned (p. 95)
5.8 Conclusion (p. 98)
References (p. 99)
Chapter 6 Implementing integrated water resources management locally in rural catchments: Lessons from eastern Sudan (p. 99)
6.1 Context Analysts (p. 101)
6.2 Institutional Challenges (p. 104)
6.3 War and Conflict (p. 105)
6.4 Aqua for Sudan (p. 106)
6.5 Approaches Followed (p. 108)
6.6 Programme Achievements (p. 109)
6.6.1 Forming of catchment management committees (p. 109)
6.6.2 Provision of physical infrastructure (p. 110)
6.6.3 Documenting and sharing learning (p. 112)
6.6.4 Preparation of localised water security plans (p. 113)
6.6.5 Outcomes (p. 114)
6.7 Key Lessons (p. 115)
6.7.1 Integrated water resources management needs to be unpacked when working in challenging environments (p. 115)
6.7.2 Interventions must solve real water management problems that people experience (p. 115)
6.7.3 Developing a conceptual framework is an integral part of the integrated water resources management process (p. 116)
6.7.4 Community participation is essential but demands continuous external support (p. 116)
6.7.5 Wider systems strengthening will take considerable time (p. 117)
6.7.6 Build trust and trustworthiness between stakeholders (p. 118)
6.7.7 Communities and resilience (p. 118)
6.8 Conclusion: Building Resilience at Community Level (p. 118)
References (p. 119)
Chapter 7 Can and should refugees and communities that host them expect better performing and resilient water supply services? (p. 121)
7.1 Introduction (p. 122)
7.2 Scale of the Challenge (p. 123)
7.3 Transitioning from Emergency to Resilient Water Supply (p. 126)
7.3.1 What is the status quo (p. 126)
7.3.2 What is best practice (p. 128)
7.4 Looking at Some Evidence (p. 129)
7.4.1 Gambella, Ethiopia (p. 129)
7.4.2 Northern, Uganda (p. 132)
7.4.3 Discussion (p. 135)
7.5 Five Areas for Improving Post Emergency Service Delivery (p. 136)
7.5.1 Independent assessments (p. 136)
7.5.2 Asset management (p. 137)
7.5.3 Service level targets (p. 138)
7.5.4 Costing and financing of services (p. 139)
7.5.5 Capacity (p. 139)
7.6 Conclusions (p. 141)
References (p. 141)
Chapter 8 Solar-powered water systems for vulnerable rural communities: Alleviating water scarcity in Iraq (p. 143)
8.1 Introduction (p. 144)
8.2 Context (p. 146)
8.2.1 Water context in Iraq (p. 146)
8.2.2 The causes of increasing water scarcity in Iraq (p. 147)
8.3 The Solar-Powered Water System Programme (p. 150)
8.3.1 Programming for water scarcity in Iraq's WASH sector (p. 150)
8.3.2 The intervention and local rationale (p. 152)
8.3.3 Advantages of solar-powered systems over diesel generators (p. 153)
8.3.4 How the solar-powered water systems work (p. 155)
8.3.5 Outcomes (p. 155)
8.4 Challenges and Observations (p. 156)
8.5 Conclusions (p. 157)
References (p. 158)
Chapter 9 Economic resilience in water supply service in rural Tajikistan: A case study from Oxfam (p. 161)
9.1 Introduction (p. 162)
9.2 Access to Drinking Water and Water Governance Complexity (p. 162)
9.2.1 Water resources (p. 162)
9.2.2 Access to water supply and sanitation (WSS) services (p. 163)
9.2.3 Water governance issue (p. 164)
9.2.4 Market challenges and local realities (p. 165)
9.3 Market-Based Responses to Water Crises in Tajikistan (p. 165)
9.3.1 Transition from humanitarian to development aid (p. 165)
9.3.2 Economic resilience approach (p. 166)
9.3.3 Community managed services to meet user demands (p. 169)
9.3.4 Water management model (p. 170)
9.4 Key Learnings and Challenges in Building Economic Reliance of WS Services (p. 171)
9.4.1 Community resilience (p. 171)
9.4.2 Institutional resilience (p. 172)
9.4.3 Economic resilience (p. 172)
9.5 Decentralized Water Governance as Means to Build Strong Resilience to Risks (p. 173)
9.6 Major Challenges in Establishing Resilience of WS System (p. 175)
9.7 Major Opportunities in Establishing Resilience of WS System (p. 177)
9.8 Conclusion (p. 181)
References (p. 183)
Chapter 10 Conclusions (p. 185)
Index (p. 189)

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