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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"Water provision"”.
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The study to investigate water provision by Okakarara town council
… as it relates to service delivery using the provision of water as a case study. Okakarara Town Council is one of the local authorities that are characterised by a huge debt owed to the national water utility (Namwater) for the past five to ten years. The most central question that seeks to be …
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Water provision within Sub-Saharan Africa: A case study of Namibia
… addresses the global imperative of sustainable water provision, focusing on Sub-Saharan Africa, where nearly two-thirds of the population faces severe water scarcity, and insufficient water supplies affect over two billion people. It recognises the elusive nature of achieving sustainable water …
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Impacts of water provision on Alfred Duma Local Municipality, KZN, South Africa
The study aimed to explore water provision's impacts on rural areas of Alfred Duma Local Municipality. Rural areas under the jurisdiction of Alfred Duma Local Municipality are provided by the uThukela District Municipality with water via taps installed in their yards. The study was conducted in …
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Disordering Capital: The Politics of Business in the Business of Water Provision
… sector” participation in the delivery of urban water and sanitation services. The studies interrogate how variation in forms of business ownership and politics not only shape public-private collaboration for service delivery over time but also contribute to re-configuring the institutions that …
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Trust in Water: An Institutional Analysis of China's Urban Tap Water Provision System
… institutional analysis of China’s urban tap water provision system from a ‘source to sip’ holistic research perspective. With the examination of each agent’s function in the system, this thesis coins the concepts of semi-potable tap water and Hybrid Institutional Architecture to illustrate …
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Political institutions in rural drinking water provision : the case of Baybay, the Philippines
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1998.
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Efficiency and equity : implementation of the free basic water provision in the Drakenstein and Stellenbosch municipalities
Includes bibliographical references.
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A Model for sustainable potable water provision in local government : A case study of Norton Town Council in Zimbabwe
… in developing states and the demand for water is increasing surpassing the capacity of urban councils to supply. Access to water is a fundamental human right and as such should be available to all. The local government has initiated a number of strategies aimed at balancing water demand …
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Investigating the habitat selection and dietary preferences of a largely sedentary population of blue wildebeest in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park – impacts of permanent surface water provision in a semi-arid environment
The continued provision of waterholes since the early 1930s has facilitated the formation of a largely sedentary population of blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. However, other environmental variables may influence the distribution of this resident herd …
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'Free Basic Water' and cost recovery : impact on low-income households in Grabouw
… those disadvantaged by apartheid. In the area of water provision, the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry implemented a policy of cost recovery to enable local government to become financially sustainable. However, as this policy allowed municipalities to cut off the water supply of consumers …
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Municipal water financing models and partnerships in South Africa
Water is necessary for both survival and development. Despite this, many individuals in South Africa lack access to safe and clean drinking water. In most developing countries, water provision is primarily the responsibility of the government. Given the current constrained environment and the …
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An urban planning perspective on the readiness of Thohoyandou CBD public spaces in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic: a case study of Thohoyandou CBD
… which included waste management attributes, water provision attributes, ecological/environmental attributes, demographic attributes, and public space management and behaviours. Data was analysed using Hierarchical Cluster Analysis (HCA), Multiple regression Analysis (MRA) and analysis of …
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Strategic indicators for characterization of water system infrastructure and management
Shifts in the US water industry are characteristic of the flux found across all infrastructure sectors. Economic, environmental, market, regulatory and systemic forces are pushing the industry toward a different future where challenges of significant capital formation, competitiveness, efficiency …
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A System Modelling Approach to Assessment of Hybrid Water Supply Solutions in eThekwini Municipality
Water security in South Africa is a major concern, particularly in the context of urbanisation, the concomitant increases in water demand, and the potential for climate change to aggravate water shortages. Provision of basic services remains a significant challenge. Improving economic and social …
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Institutional dimensions of water resource management in South Africa : socio-cultural perspectives
Water is an essential resource in everyday life and if managed properly can help alleviate the day to day struggles that most South Africans face. The transition to democracy in South Africa required a process of law reform that saw old acts abolished to make way for new legislation that …
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Institutional dimensions of water resource management in South Africa: socio-cultural perspectives
Water is an essential resource in everyday life and if managed properly can help alleviate the day to day struggles that most South Africans face. The transition to democracy in South Africa required a process of law reform that saw old acts abolished to make way for new legislation that …
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Household-level point-of-use water filtration system in Haiti : strategies for program management and sustainability
… traditional approach of providing safe drinking water supplies through centralized large-scale systems has proven ineffective, costly, and elusive, particularly in serving the needs of rural populations in developing countries. The focus of safe water provision in developing countries is steadily …
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The effectiveness of Vhembe District Municipality in the provision of potable water services at Thohoyandou
… of Vhembe District Municipality in the provision of potable water services at Thohoyandou. Access to potable water is a fundamental human right and an essential public service, central to health and socio-economic development, as highlighted in recent studies on water justice and …
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Justification of village scale photovoltaic powered electrodialysis desalination systems for rural India
… and cost-effective means of desalinating groundwater in rural India and presents the design requirements for a village-level system. Saline groundwater, which underlies 60% of India, can negatively impact health as well as cause a water source to be discarded because of its taste. A quarter of …
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A study of the impact of decentralization on access to service delivery
… key services: health care and improved drinking water sources. The regression results provide evidence supporting positive and significant effects of fiscal, administrative, and political decentralization, individually, on the variables used to measure access to health care, and improved water …
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