Drinking water supply
Closing the service gap in rural and peri-urban areas and ensure a sustainable access to drinking water
With the establishment of SDG 6 in 2015, the required increase in access to safe drinking water gets considerable attention in the WASH sector. Nevertheless, despite the many water infrastructure projects that took place in Africa during the last decade, within 5 years about 25 to 30% of the hardware is no longer operational (Source: What’s working where and for how long, 2016, RWSN).
We believe that the most vulnerable populations are truly supported if technical capacity and financial sustainability is guaranteed in the long term. Practica therefore aims to close the water service gap in rural and peri-urban low-income areas by building capacity of governments and WASH actors to establish technically flexible, financially viable and affordable water services.
We provide tools, advice and training to support this.
Practica is committed to tackling the challenges of sustainable access to safe drinking water by working on three fronts:
Flexible, modular design to lower costs and maintenance of water systems – Modular Piped Water Systems
Financial SMART life cycle planning & monitoring of drinking water supply infrastructures – Asset Management Tools
Affordable cost recovery mechanisms to ensure the financial sustainability of drinking water supply water systems – TokenTap mechanical pre-paid systems
Innovations
TokenTap
The TokenTap is a simple and mechanical prepaid technology to facilitate drinking water supply in rural and (peri-)urban areas.
Asset management tools
We developed a toolbox to support the management of water systems by setting up a financially viable plan, easily monitored and adjustable.
Modular piped system
Flexible, modular designs to lower costs and maintenance of drinking water systems on the short and long term.
What we offer
We offer these services throughout our themes and we always work in collaboration with a local partner.
Examples of projects
Research, consultancy & advice - Modular building in Ghana and Uganda
Technical design & innovation - TokenTap testing in Mozambique, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Mali and Ghana
Technical training - Water Systems’ Asset Management tools in Nepal, Bangladesh and Uganda
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