The document introduces the concept of Self Supply, which encourages the incremental improvement of household and community supply through user investment in water treatment, supply construction and up-grading, including small rainwater harvesting and groundwater systems. Self Supply is a concept which complements conventional rural water supply funded by government, enabling self-help improvement of supplies where no protected supply is available, or where consumers feel they can support higher levels of service than are presently provided by the public sector.
SUTTON, S. (2009): An Introduction to Self Supply. Putting the User First. Imcremental Improvements and Private Investment in Rural Water Supply. The Rural Water Supply Network (RWSA) URL [Accessed: 31.07.2012]