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This report presents a wastewater treatment plant assessment for the City of Waterford.

RMC (2006): City of Waterford Wastewater Treatment Plant Assessment Report - Final Report. URL [Accessed: 18.06.2019]

This Practice Note from WSUP (Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor) describes an Excel-based financial analysis tool which generates reliable costings of different options for achieving 100% sanitation access across low-income and non-low-income areas.

WSUP (2013): 100 percent Access by Design . A Financial Tool for Urban Sanitation. (= Practice Note, PN#009, MAY 2013 ). London: Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP) URL [Accessed: 18.06.2019]

This is the Brief note on a multi-country study launched in 2007 as a response by the World Bank’s Water and Sanitation Program to address major gaps in evidence among developing countries on the economic aspects of sanitation. Its objective is to provide economic evidence to increase the volumes and efficiency of public and private spending on sanitation. The Brief note summarises key findings of Study Phase II—cost-benefit analysis of alternative sanitation options—from Yunnan Province.

WSP (2011): The Economic Returns of Sanitation Interventions in Yunnan Province, People’s Republic of China. Washington DC: Water and Sanitation Programme, Worldbank URL [Accessed: 18.06.2019]

This report describes the process of implementation of Water Safety Plans in Bangladesh since 2004. It also consolidates the experience of the development of ‘model’ WSPs for key rural water supply technologies and of implementing WSPs in communities by NGOs and the Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE).

ARSENIC POLICY SUPPORT UNIT (2006): Experiences from pilot projects to implement water safety plans in Bangladesh. Dhaka: Policy Support Unit (APSU) URL [Accessed: 18.06.2019]

This report presents the results of a study to develop a master plan for storm drains in the proposed areas of annexation to the City of Waterford.

RMC (2006): City of Waterford Storm Drain Master Plan - Final Report. URL [Accessed: 18.06.2019]

This brochure gives a brief and clear overview of the theory and usage of the life-cycle cost approach for financial planning, concerning water and sanitation services.

WASHCOST (2011): Life-cycle cost approach. The Hague: IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre URL [Accessed: 18.06.2019]

MORIARTY, P. (2012): We can no more expect unmaintained pumps to provide services than we can a car with no fuel to take us on our journey. The Hague: International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC) URL [Accessed: 18.06.2019]

This Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) addresses the anticipated future urban demands that will be met by the newly formed City of Waterford Water Department from 2005-2030. The UWMP discuss the demands generated by anticipated urban development within the City of Waterford service area, and the supplies the City will use to meet these demands.

RMC (2005): City of Waterford Draft 2005 Urban Water Management Plan. URL [Accessed: 18.06.2019]

https://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/publications/water-safety-quality-assurance/en/ [Accessed: 18.06.2019]

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.

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]

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]

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]

IRC (2012): Costing sustainable services. Module 1. The Hague: International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC) URL [Accessed: 18.06.2019]

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]

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]

IRC (2010): WASHCost’s theory of change: reforms in the water sector and what they mean for the use of unit costs. Working Paper 1. The Hague: International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC) URL [Accessed: 18.06.2019]

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 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]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTK_5xV6wuA [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]