Jeremiah Atengdem

RESULTS OF BASELINE STUDY ON

WATER SERVICE DELIVERY IN EAST

GONJA DISTRICT , NORTHERN

REGION OF GHANA

Regional

Learning Faci l i tator

Presentation to the

Executive Committee of

the East Gonja District

Assembly February 2012

BACKGROUND OF BASELINE STUDY

Sustainable Services at Scale project is a multi country learning and research project initiated by the International Water and Sanitation Centre in the Netherlands and would among other things:

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�Facilitate a shift away from one-off, stand alone, projects delivering new infrastructure towards integrated lasting water services�Support processes to increase learning and adaptive capacity of the water sector�Support processes towards greater harmonization and coordination of the water sector

BACKGROUND OF BASELINE STUDY

In order to address the functionality of rural water systems in the country, Triple-S has commissioned a baseline study to support the building of a participatory monitoring and evaluation system that adequately measures and reports on parameters/indicators for assessing water services in terms of

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parameters/indicators for assessing water services in terms of sustainability and functionality.

It is expected that this data would inform investment decisions and remedial actions at all levels of government including the District Assembly

BASELINE STUDY PROCESS

Constitution of data collection team:

1. The data collection was anchored on DWST/DWD for

sustainability

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2. The team was drawn from EHSU,DCD,DWD

3. Other considerations in the constitution of the teams

were: availability of means of transport (motorbike),

good knowledge of the district, and ICT knowledge and

dexterity

4. In all, 3 teams consisting 2 enumerators each were

commissioned for the exercise

BASELINE STUDY PROCESS CONT…

Training on Functionality and Sustainability indicators:•Enumerators deepened their understanding of

the indicators to effectively carry out the baseline

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the indicators to effectively carry out the baseline

survey

•Field testing was also undertaken to perfect the

tools and give enumerators hands-on practical

experience

BASELINE STUDY PROCESS CONT…

Service Delivery Indicators: in line with CWSA standards

�Capacity: 20 lpcd for people using point sources / standpipes; 60

lpcd for people with household connections

�Crowding, based on the number of people per water point:

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�Crowding, based on the number of people per water point:

Borehole or standpipe spout ≤ 300; hand dug well ≤ 150

�Distance to water point: maximum distance ≤ 500 m

�Quality: GSB water quality standards

�Reliability: virtually uninterrupted water supply (at least 95% of the

time), year round.

BASELINE STUDY PROCESS

Service

Management and Governance - WATSANWS-G&M1: A well qualified, trained and experienced gender balanced WATSAN is in

place

WS-G&M2: Technical, Administrative and financial Reports are kept and read out to the

Community at least once every six months

WS-G&M3: There is no political and chieftaincy influences in the composition of the

WATSAN or WSDB

Financial Management - WATSAN

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Service

Provider

Indicators-

WATSAN

Financial Management - WATSANWS-FM1: Annual income from water sales exceeds total annual expenditure

WS-FM2: There is sound financial management, accounting and auditing

WS-FM3: Tariff setting is taking into account the lifecycle costs

Operational Indicators - WATSANWS-Op1: Spare parts are available to enable maintenance within 24 hours

WS-Op2: Area mechanics are available to enable maintenance within 24 hours

WS-Op3a: Corrective is executed in an effective way

WS-Op3b: Periodic maintenance is executed in an effective way

WS-Op5: Water Quality Sampling and Analysis services are performed on half yearly