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Climbing the water ladder : multiple-use water services for poverty reduction

This book shows how livelihoods act as the main driver for water services and how access to water is determined by sustainable water resources, appropriate technologies and equitable ways of managing communal systems.

Monique Mikhail / Published on 19 January 2010
Citation

Koppen, B.; van Smits, S.; Moriarty, P.; Penning de Vries, F.; Mikhail, M.; Boelee, E. (2009). Climbing the water ladder : multiple-use water services for poverty reduction. Koppen, B. van, S. Smits, P. Moriarty, F. Penning de Vries, M. Mikhail and E. Boelee (2009). Climbing the water ladder : multiple-use water services for poverty reduction. The Hague: IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre. Technical paper series / IRC: 52. ISBN 9789066870697.

Climbing the water ladder requires a small fraction of total water resources, yet has the potential to help people climb out of poverty. Local government can be the pivot to make this happen.

But, it needs support to implement its mandate to meet multiple-use demand and to become more accountable to people in communities.

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