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Showing 1 to 20 of 46 for “"Water service"”.
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Water service delivery in Indonesia : the case study of Greater Bandung
… available resources. The exercise has identified water service delivery as a focus sector, thus creating the setting and background for this thesis research. Various problems faced by the two water companies (the PDAMs) in providing water service delivery to Greater Bandung are common in most …
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Characteristics of Stakeholder Networks Supporting Institutional Development in Rural Water Service Delivery
… cases of institutional development in rural water sectors in Ghana, Malawi, India, Tajikistan, and Bolivia. Institutions studied included local governments, a national government institution, and community operator committees managing water treatment facilities. Interviews with 162 …
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Practical Impacts of Galvanic Corrosion in Water Service Lines and Premise Plumbing
… concern about the potential for elevated lead in water after water utilities conduct EPA mandated (or voluntary) partial replacements of existing lead service lines. Connections between dissimilar metals results in the accelerated corrosion of the less noble metal via galvanic attack, increasing …
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Water service policy as a growth management technique : experiences in the Denver metro area
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1980.
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The role of private vending in Developing country water service delivery : the case of Karachi, Pakistan
The private water vending industry in Karachi is an important source of water service delivery in Karachi, Pakistan. Water vending is largely a supplemental service to households with private water connections, due to limited service from the public utility. This research attempts to: i) …
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The perceptions of municipal water service officials on the Blue Drop programme : the case of Nkangala District Municipality
… was introduced in 2008 by the Department of Water Affairs (DWA) with the aim of maintaining and improving drinking water quality in South Africa. The programme is being implemented in order to protect consumers from water services providers who might not act in the interest of the public. For …
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Urban water supply--the complimentarity between public hydrants and truck delivery : water service for the poor in North Jakarta, Indonesia
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1994.
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Spatial planning strategies for sustainable municipal household water service provision: a case study of Thohoyandou Town in Vhembe District Municipality of Limpopo, South Africa
… challenges when it comes to reliable municipal water supply. The root causes often lie in aging or inadequate infrastructure, the pressures of rapid town expansion, and ongoing governance issues that hinder effective service delivery. This study focuses on how spatial planning can play a key …
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Data management and reporting for drinking water quality monitoring in community-managed supplies
Water Service Authorities, which may be district municipalities with hundreds of community-managed supplies under their jurisdiction, are legally responsible for ensuring the quality of water supplied to all consumers. Without the assistance of communities, this requirement, which would involve …
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Assessment and management of health and environmental risks of infrastructures and complex systems of the integrated water service [Valutazione e gestione dei rischi sanitari e ambientali delle infrastrutture e dei sistemi complessi del servizio idrico integrato]
L’impiego della metodologia di valutazione del rischio nei sistemi infrastrutturali di igiene urbana costituisce uno strumento fondamentale per l’anticipazione accurata e la mitigazione dei rischi. L’obiettivo generale di questo lavoro è valutare i rischi e le vulnerabilità dei componenti di tali …
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Willingness to pay for water in South African rural areas: a case of Nsikas Village of Mpumalanga Province
… the study was titled: The willingness to pay for water in South African Rural areas: A case study of Nsikazi Villages of Mpumalanga Province. The principal objectives of the study are as follows: determining the level of the relationship between the households' willingness to pay and the …
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Perceptions of water services and innovations to improve water services in Tanzania
Lack of access to safe drinking water is a crisis of great proportion. An estimated 1.8 billion people rely on unsafe drinking water. This study focuses on the case of Tanzania, in which an estimated 29 million people, or 44% of the population, lack access to safe drinking water. Furthermore, the …
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Sustainable water resource and environmental management in Developing Countries
Water supply service delivery has been recognised as a complex challenge facing communities in developing countries. Its particularly serious in sub-Saharan Africa where a significant proportion of the population still lack basic access to safe drinking water supply. Over the years, many externally …
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The transformative potential of human rights : the human right to water and the courts
The explicit recognition of the human right to water is a relatively recent development, and the delineation of the scope and content of this right, and the attendant obligations, is still in its infancy. This thesis uses the right to water as a lens through which to explore the transformative …
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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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Water by truck in Mexico City
Supply of water to urban households by tanker truck in developing and advanced developing countries is often associated with early stages of urbanization or with the private markets on which water vendors serve households not connected to the piped network. Despite Mexico City's high household …
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Pre-paid water metering: social experiences and lessons learned from Klipheuwel pilot project, South Africa
This thesis examined a pre-paid water metering pilot project which was implemented in Klipheuwel , Cape Town, South Africa in 2001. It was anticipated that the implementation of pre-paid water meters would help improve the management of water service delivery in the Cape Metropolitan Area. However, …
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Advanced computational techniques for pipe burst detection and localisation in water distribution networks
Pipe bursts cause a considerable loss of treated water, increase the risks of environmental contamination and are a health hazard for the end-user as they can create a passage for contaminants to enter water distribution networks (WDN). Identifying pipe burst locations will help water service …
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An Evaluation and Pressure-Driven Design of Potable Water Plumbing Systems
Potable water distribution systems are broken into major and minor distribution networks. Major water distribution networks refer to large-scale municipal pipe systems extending from the treatment plant to the upstream node of the water service line for buildings. Minor water distribution systems, …
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Assessment of water supply in the informal settlement of Lagos Mainland local government area, Lagos, Nigeria
… Lagos residents have access to potable drinking water, and the situation is worse in informal settlements, where more than 60% of the state's population reside. The ambiguity surrounding the legality of the informal settlements of Makoko and Iwaya, shanty communities built on water, made it …
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