Affordable Water and Sanitation Solutions

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Affordable Water and Sanitation Solutions

Explore entrepreneurial solutions and technologies to provide water and sanitation services and products at an affordable cost for:

Affordable solutions for viable sanitation and water management 

How can you improve or extend water and sanitation services affordably, and so reach a larger market, including people at the so-called base of the pyramid (BoP)? 

You can use this toolbox to identify opportunities, help your customers to obtain water and sanitation, and build your business. In addition, it:

  • Tells you how you can strengthen your business by involving customers and the public in decisions and operations
  • Helps you tailor your business model to the specific needs of different customers
  • Offers information on high- and low-tech solutions as well as other options for delivering water and sanitation inexpensively

Identifying sound solutions and strategies

You can use this toolbox to identify opportunities, help your customers to obtain water and sanitation, and build your business.

Explore the resources below: 

 

For more information

You might want to look at two complementary sources: 

 

Explore entrepreneurial solutions and technologies to provide water and sanitation services and products at an affordable cost for:

Affordable solutions for viable sanitation and water management 

How can you improve or extend water and sanitation services affordably, and so reach a larger market, including people at the so-called base of the pyramid (BoP)? 

You can use this toolbox to identify opportunities, help your customers to obtain water and sanitation, and build your business. In addition, it:

  • Tells you how you can strengthen your business by involving customers and the public in decisions and operations
  • Helps you tailor your business model to the specific needs of different customers
  • Offers information on high- and low-tech solutions as well as other options for delivering water and sanitation inexpensively

Identifying sound solutions and strategies

You can use this toolbox to identify opportunities, help your customers to obtain water and sanitation, and build your business.

Explore the resources below: 

 

For more information

You might want to look at two complementary sources: 

 

Integrity Management for Water Sector Organizations

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Integrity Management Toolbox for Small and Medium Enterprises (SME)

The Integrity Management Toolbox for Water Sector SME proposes a systematic bottom-up approach to tackling integrity issues of small and medium-sized…

Human centred design

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Social marketing for safe water

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After-sales

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Distribution process: retailers or mobile sales force

Safe water enterprises have a multitude of options to deliver products and services. Important is to thoroughly reflect how the delivery shall look…

Monitoring and evaluation (safe water business)

“What gets measured gets done” (Drucker, 1954)Monitoring is the routine to collect data and information on activities and operations (e.g. from…

Microfinance for safe water businesses

Microfinance also known as microcredits allows businesses, individuals or communities to purchase goods, services, or equipment without paying for it…

Smart partnering

Creating sustainable smart partnerships is essential to establish viable safe water initiatives for the BoP. Partnerships help match knowledge and…

Frugal Innovation

Frugal innovation is a strategy that focuses on the design and creation of simple but effective solutions to deliver affordable products, services or…

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The Swiss Bluetec Bridge 

The Swiss Bluetec Bridge was launched in November 2012. It strives to accelerate sustainable access to water and sanitation for local residents – especially the poorest in society – in rural areas and in small towns in developing and emerging economies, by providing them with advanced Swiss technology and innovation.

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Created by

Seecon GmbH

 

 

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