The WSP Quality Assurance Tool, jointly developed by WHO and the International Water Association (IWA), with support from AusAID, DWI (UK), MHLW (Japan) and NSF International. It facilitates an objective assessment of efforts in water safety planning, the approach recommended by the WHO Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality to ensure consistent supplies of safe drinking-water. It systematically highlights the areas in a WSP where progress is made and where opportunities for improvement present themselves.
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This paper explains the idea of Strategic Finance Planning, which is concerned with finding national consensus on future water and sanitation planning, including financial feasibility. The study focuses on water and sanitation services in Africa.
EUWI-FWG (2010): Strategic Financial Planning for water supply and sanitation in Africa. Stockholm: European Water Initiative Finance Working Group (EUWI-FWG) URL [Accessed: 18.06.2019]![](/sites/default/files/reference_icons/UNKNOWN%202007%20Water%20and%20Environmental%20Sanitation%20Strategic%20Plan%20Bihac.jpg)
This document presents the Strategic Development Plan for Water and Environmental Sanitation of the municipality of Bihac, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
UNKNOWN (2007): Water and Environmental Sanitation Strategic Plan – Bihac. URL [Accessed: 18.06.2019]![](/sites/default/files/reference_icons/LUETHI%20et%20al%202008%20Integrate%20at%20the%20Top%20Involve%20at%20the%20Bottom.jpg)
This paper presents initial experience with implementation of the Household-Centred Environmental Sanitation (HCES) approach, jointly developed by the WSSCC and EAWAG-SANDEC. The presentation explores the theoretical foundations, the problems it seeks to address and practical experience with implementing the novel planning approach, presenting two case studies, one each from Tanzania and Laos.
LUETHI, C. MOREL, A. TILLEY, E. (2008): Integrate at the Top, Involve at the Bottom – The Household-Centred Approach to Environmental Sanitation. Paper presented at the IRC Symposium: Sanitation for the Urban Poor Partnerships and Governance. URL [Accessed: 18.06.2019]![](/sites/default/files/reference_icons/DAVISON%20et%20al%202005%20WSP.jpg)
This document describes the Water Safety Plan approach with relevant case studies.
DAVISON, A. HOWARD, G. STEVENS, M. CALLAN, P. FEWTRELL, L. DEERE, D. BARTRAM, J. (2005): Water Safety Plans: Managing Drinking-Water Quality from Catchment to Consumer. Geneva: World Health Organization URL [Accessed: 18.06.2019]![](/sites/default/files/reference_icons/LUETHI%20et%20al%202011%20CLUES.jpg)
CLUES presents a complete set of guidelines for sanitation planning in low-income urban areas. It is the most up-to-date planning framework for facilitating the delivery of environmental sanitation services for urban and peri-urban communities. CLUES features seven easy-to-follow steps, which are intended to be undertaken in sequential order. Step 5 of the planning approach relies on the Compendium, applying the systems approach to select the most appropriate technological option(s) for a given urban context. The document also provides guidance on how to foster an enabling environment for sanitation planning in urban settings. Published in 2011, 100 pages, with a memory key.
LUETHI, C. MOREL, A. TILLEY, E. ULRICH, L. (2011): Community-Led Urban Environmental Sanitation Planning (CLUES). Dubendorf: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) URL [Accessed: 18.06.2019]![](/sites/default/files/reference_icons/CAVILL%20et%20al%202015%20Sustainability%20and%20CLTS.jpg)
Sustainability is without doubt one of the most burning subject matters that subsumes many of the issues that we are seeing in CLTS and wider WASH practice. There have been several useful studies on sustainability that have highlighted some of the different aspects as well as the complexities involved. However, it is unclear how much of the learning from these studies has been built into current and future programming and practice. Based on existing research and our own understanding, this issue of Frontiers of CLTS is an attempt at an up to date synthesis of where we are at the beginning of 2015. In the issue, we identify some priority areas for learning: How to phase in sanitation marketing; Post-ODF engagement of government, NGOS, donors and others; How to ensure equity and inclusion; How to transform social norms; Monitoring, learning, changing
CAVILL, S. CHAMBERS, R. VERNON, N. (2015): Sustainability and CLTS: Taking Stock. (= Frontiers of CLTS: Innovations and Insights , 4 ). Brighton: Institute of Development Studies URL [Accessed: 18.06.2019]![](/sites/default/files/reference_icons/BARTRAM%20et%20al%202009%20WSP%20Manual.jpg)
In 2004, the WHO Guidelines for Drinking Water Quality recommended that water suppliers develop and implement "Water Safety Plans" (WSPs) in order to systematically assess and manage risks. Since this time, governments and regulators, water suppliers and practitioners have increasingly embraced this approach, but they have also requested further guidance. This much-anticipated workbook answers this call by describing how to develop and implement a WSP in clear and practical terms. Stepwise advice is provided through 11 learning modules, each representing a key step in the WSP development and implementation process.
BARTRAM, J. CORRALES, L. DAVISON, A. DEERE, D. DRURY, D. GORDON, B. HOWARD, G. RINEHOLD, A. STEVENS, M. (2009): Water Safety Plan Manual: Step-by-step Risk Management for Drinking-water Suppliers. Geneva/London: World Health Organization (WHO); International Water Association (IWA) URL [Accessed: 18.06.2019]This policy perspective summarises key messages about the economic case for water investment, the barriers to investment and the financing gap. It charts a course for action to better value water and to facilitate water investment at scale. The Roundtable on Water Financing, a joint initiative of the OECD, the World Water Council and the Netherlands, will continue to deepen the evidence base and broaden engagement on these issues.
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This document describes the framework set by the Government of India to meet its overall goal of transforming urban India into community-driven, totally sanitised, healthy and liveable cities and towns.
MOUD (2008): National Urban Sanitation Policy. New Delhi: Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD). URL [Accessed: 18.06.2019]![](/sites/default/files/reference_icons/WSP%202007%20Community%20Led%20Total%20Sanitation%20in%20Rural%20Areas%20An%20Approach%20that%20Works.jpg)
This document describes how the CLTS approach came to live, how it was further developed and how the application of this approach was dispread all over the world.
WSP (2007): Community-Led Total Sanitation in Rural Areas. An Approach that Works. Washington DC: Water and Sanitation Program URL [Accessed: 18.06.2019]This video by IRC’s WASHCost project examines the full costs of building traditional latrines in Mozambique. There, cost data for planning are collected by local authorities. They gather the information around households in the area. Households are visited and their sanitation situation is assessed. This gives a clear picture of what is actually achieved.
This paper reviews five different sustainability assessment tools that are currently in use for programme monitoring of WASH interventions. The selected tools all have a developed framework that has each been pilot tested and produces an objective and quantifiable output (e.g., final score or percentage) that can be used to trigger improvements to programme design or take remedial actions.
BOULENOUAR, J. SCHWEITZER, R. LOCKWOOD, H. (2013): Mapping Sustainability Assessment Tools to Support Sustainable Water and Sanitation Service Delivery. (= Working Paper , 6 ). The Hague: International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC), Water Services that Last URL [Accessed: 18.06.2019]The introduction of adequate sanitation can provide a range of health advantages and other positive benefits to households and communities. This case examines the impacts a for-profit enterprise, providing sanitation services to the Base of the Pyramid, has on children and pregnant women and how these impacts can be enhanced.
ESPER, H. LONDON, T. KANCHWALA, Y. (2013): Improved Sanitation and its Impact on Children. An Exploration of Sanergy. (= Child Impact Case Study , 2 ). Ann Arbor: William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan URL [Accessed: 18.06.2019]![](/sites/default/files/reference_icons/EMPOWERS%202006%20TRAINING%20GUIDE.jpg)
The aim of this training manual is to share insights and experience of participatory water resource management approaches and tools, as developed by EMPOWERS and to train participants in specific tools for planning of water development and management projects at local community levels. The training manual operates as a guideline for training courses held by EMPOWERS.
INWRDAM-EMPOWERS (2006): Training Manual for: Pro-poor participatory planning of community water services. INWRDAM-EMPOWERS URL [Accessed: 18.06.2019]![](/sites/default/files/reference_icons/TAYLER%20et%20al%202000%20Strategic%20Planning%20for%20Municipal%20Sanitation.jpg)
This guide provides practical guidelines for the implementation of strategic sanitation concepts. Part A introduces important strategic concepts and is intended to put the rest of the guide into context. Part B, the heart of the guide, is divided into three sections, each containing information on the processes to be followed to develop a more strategic approach to sanitation service provision at a particular level. Part C contains a set of tools to assist strategic planning, training modules, and a section suggesting further sources of information.
TAYLER, K. COLIN, J. PARKINSON, J. (2000): Strategic Planning for Municipal Sanitation – A Guide. URL [Accessed: 18.06.2019]![](/sites/default/files/reference_icons/WATERAID%202011%20Revitalising%20Community-led%20Total%20Sanitation.jpg)
After observing how CLTS was changing lives in Bangladesh, WaterAid introduced the approach in Nigeria in 2005. Over time it became clear that the practice would need to be adapted to be effective in another country and continent with its own challenges. Drawing on the findings from evaluations and research on CLTS in the country, WaterAid in Nigeria has progressively revitalized the CLTS process. This document is a practical guide to implementing the revitalized CLTS approach and covers the main barriers and triggers to progress likely to be encountered along the way.
WATERAID (2011): Revitalising Community-led Total Sanitation: A Process Guide. London: WaterAid URL [Accessed: 18.06.2019]