Water Archives – Decentralization Net

Governance Drivers of Rural Water Sustainability in Indonesia

October 18, 2021 Khaled Ahsan

Community-led service delivery is an effective method of providing basic public services to populations and, at times, the only option. Yet, despite attempts by development practitioners to improve the sustainability of this method of delivery, […]

Decentralized Delivery of Water and Sanitation Services

March 20, 2018 LPS Alliance

An important aspect of water and sanitation service provision is the fact that access to water and sanitation is, by its nature, provided at the lowest level of the public sector. As such, regardless of […]

A Decentralised Approach to Water Disputes

September 15, 2016 LPS Initiative

The chief minister of Karnataka has requested the Prime Minister to call a meeting of the party States to sort out this year’s Cauvery water-sharing problem. It would be instructive for the parties concerned to […]

India (Kerala): A Model Groundwater Bill

July 12, 2016 LPS Initiative

It seeks to make groundwater a common pool resource, reduce its pollution and degradation, and protect ecosystems and their biological diversity. The Union Ministry of Water Resources has put up a Model Bill for Conservation, […]

Kenya: To Attain Water Security, Draw on the 3 Streams of Finance, Groundwork, Climate

February 9, 2016 LPS Initiative

Access to safe and affordable water is not only a basic human right, it is essential to reduce poverty and to promote social equity. Yet in many parts of East Africa, poor people have found it […]

Decentralization of Water and Sanitation Services in Honduras

November 17, 2015 LPS Initiative

Honduras has one of the highest incidences of poverty and inequality in the western hemisphere. It is the third poorest country in Latin America with a population of roughly 8.3 million inhabitants of which more […]