SNV: Scaling up water point mapping
The Dutch NGO SNV is engaged in a water point mapping exercise throughout Kenya after a pilot was held in Pokot, Northern Kenya from November 5-30, 2010. The aim is to present a roadmap towards increased transparency, equity, accountability and sustainability in rural and urban water service provision.
SNV and Water Aid identified a ‘data gap’ on water points and their functionality in rural Kenya, and found that no Water Service Board (WSB) could provide information on the rural networks and point sources within their areas of operation. In response to this, the two organisations initiated a dialogue between national sector institutions (Water Services Regulatory Board and Water Services Trust Fund) and decentralized institutions (Water Services Board) concerning the need for a comprehensive ‘Rural water Supply and Sanitation (RWSS) monitoring framework’. To enable sector institutions to understand and internalize the Water Point Mapping concept, as a step to begin addressing the identified ‘data gap’, Water Aid and SNV, with the agreement of the involved water sector institutions, are undertaking a short term action dubbed ‘Piloting and Scaling-up of Water Point Mapping in Kenya’, with partial support from Twaweza.
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