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Peru: Disaster Risk Management in Water and Sanitation Utilities Volume I: Catastrophic Risk Profile, Mitigation Measures and Financial Protection. The Case of SEDAPAL and EMAPICA

This article assesses risks water supply and sanitation providers in Peru are facing and proposes as solution a risk protection scheme.

WSP (EDITOR) (2012): Peru: Disaster Risk Management in Water and Sanitation Utilities Volume I: Catastrophic Risk Profile, Mitigation Measures and Financial Protection. The Case of SEDAPAL and EMAPICA. Lima: World Bank URL [Accessed: 20.06.2018]
Alaska Rural Water and Sanitation Working Group
https://arctic.gov/water-san/ [Accessed: 20.06.2018]

There are a variety of entities in Alaska working towards improving health outcomes in rural Alaska by providing and improving water services in villages. The US Arctic Research Commission (USARC) is coordinating these groups so that this work is maximally efficient and ideas can be shared across federal, state, Alaska Native, and academic groups. The group we coordinate is called the Alaska Rural Water and Sanitation Working Group and our work is directly applicable to the USARC’s priority goal of Arctic Human Health.

Blue future – Protecting water for the people and the planet forever

In this book, Barlow draws on her extensive experience and insight to lay out a set of key principles that show the way forward to what she calls a “water-secure and water-just world.” Focusing on solutions, she includes stories of struggle and resistance from marginalized communities, as well as government policies that work for both people and the planet.

BARLOW, M. (2013): Blue future – Protecting water for the people and the planet forever. URL [Accessed: 20.06.2018]
Delivering Universal and Sustainable Water Services: Partnering with the Private Sector

This study provides an assessment of the global costs of meeting the WASH-related targets of Goal #6. The targets assessed include achieving universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all (target 6.1), achieving access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all, and ending open defecation (target 6.2).

MENZIES, I. (2016): Delivering Universal and Sustainable Water Services: Partnering with the Private Sector. URL [Accessed: 19.06.2018] PDF
Private Sector Provision of Water Supply and Sanitation Services in Rural Areas and Small Towns : The Role of the Public Sector

This paper provides insights on domestic private sector participation (DPSP) as an effective and proven approach to address challenges in small towns’ water and sanitation services delivery. The report aims at helping national and local governments in developing countries and water professionals to better engage with the domestic private sector in the provision of sustainable water and sanitation services in rural growth areas and small towns.

NDAW, M. (2016): Private Sector Provision of Water Supply and Sanitation Services in Rural Areas and Small Towns : The Role of the Public Sector. Washington, DC: World Bank URL [Accessed: 19.06.2018] PDF
What are Public Private Partnerships?
PUBLIC-PRIVATE-PARTNERSHIP IN INFRASTRUCTURE RESOURCE CENTRE [PPPIRC] (EDITOR) (2015): What are Public Private Partnerships?. Washington: World Bank URL [Accessed: 19.06.2018]
Using QMRA and LCA to assess Management Options in urban Water and Sanitation Infrastructures: Opportunities and unresolved Issues
Using QMRA and LCA

This paper highlights opportunities and unresolved issues related to the concurrent use of QMRA and LCA, such as assumptions in translating chemical and pathogen health impacts to a common metric or other mode structure and parameterisation aspects.

HARDER, R. et al. (2017): Using QMRA and LCA to assess Management Options in urban Water and Sanitation Infrastructures: Opportunities and unresolved Issues. In: Microbial Risk Analysis: Volume 5 , 71-77. URL [Accessed: 19.06.2018]
PPPLab
https://ppplab.org/about/ [Accessed: 19.06.2018]

The PPPLab is an action research and joint learning and support initiative to learn about the relevance and effectiveness of PPPs. Starting point is the Dutch government supported public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the food and water domains in developing countries. Its mission is to extract and co-create knowledge and methodological lessons from and on PPPs that can be used to improve both implementation and policy.

WaterLex
https://www.waterlex.org/ [Accessed: 19.06.2018]

WaterLex is an NGO based in Geneva, Switzerland, contributing to sustainable water governance and management through a catalytical cycle of research, knowledge training and legal products. Working as facilitator among Public Sector, Private Sector and Civil Society stakeholders. WaterLex legal database is a database on water regulations of countries around the globe.