Review of Community-Managed Water Supply—Factors Affecting Its Long-Term Sustainability

AVM Machado, PAD Oliveira, PG Matos - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Although water is considered a human right, rural communities in many countries face
challenges related to the lack of a safe water supply. In rural areas, where there is no access …

Community strengthening through citizen monitoring of water quality: A systematic review

E Dominguez-Rendón, M Villada-Canela… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Citizen participation in decision-making is a fundamental democratic pillar of democracy.
However, the degree of citizen involvement and recognition by governmental institutions …

Seasonal and annual rainfall variability and their impact on rural water supply services in the Wami River Basin, Tanzania

S Twisa, MF Buchroithner - Water, 2019 - mdpi.com
In some parts of Africa, rainfall variability has resulted in widespread droughts and floods,
thus posing a substantial challenge to water availability in rural areas, especially drinking …

Critical factors for the success of rural water supply services in Brazil

AVM Machado, JAN dos Santos, NS Quindeler… - Water, 2019 - mdpi.com
The universalization of drinking water in rural communities poses a great challenge to
developing countries, where rural areas often receive poor water service coverage and …

Experimental evaluation of tubular flocculator implemented in the field for drinking water supply: application in the developing world

F García-Ávila, A Méndez-Heredia, A Trelles-Agurto… - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of a large-scale Horizontal Tubular
Flocculator (HTF) as an easy-to-implement technology for potable water provision compared …

[HTML][HTML] Sustaining community-managed rural water supply systems in severe water-scarce areas in Brazil and Tunisia

H Gasmi, M Kuper, ESPR Martins… - Cahiers …, 2022 - cahiersagricultures.fr
In many countries, the challenge of sustaining rural water supplies is entrusted to community
organizations, which have difficulties in performing durably the operation, maintenance and …

Rural water provision at the state-society interface in Latin America

ST Romano, J Nelson-Nuñez, GT LaVanchy - Water International, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Across Latin America, improved water access in rural areas has primarily been
secured by residents themselves, bolstered by myriad state and nonstate, domestic and …

Identification of river ecosystem services through water utilization at Merapi Volcano, Indonesia

IW Nurani, F Lavigne, E Gautier… - … Series: Earth and …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Merapi volcano is renowned as one of the world's most active and densely populated
volcanoes. Despite the constant high risk it presents, local residents continue to inhabit the …

Application of Ostrom's institutional analysis and development framework in river water conservation in southern Ecuador. Case study—the Zamora river

F Oñate-Valdivieso, P Massa-Sánchez, P León… - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
Water is essential for life and human activities. In addition to the constant increase in water
demand, there are problems caused by inefficient governance, such as the discharge of …

Analysis of Potentials and Limitations of Safe Drinking Water in Rural Systems: A Colombian Perspective

RA Colmenares‐Cruz… - Land Degradation & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Considering the meaning of the hydric resource regarding the formation of territories and its
connection to agriculture development, present review paper aims to analyze the actual …