Dimensions and indicators selected
| Dimensions . | Indicators . | Indicators’ descriptions . | Weight (%) . |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economic | Self-financing capacity | The self-financing capacity questions the water price policy and whether with the current price, the service can be self-financing. | 17.84 |
| Financial autonomy | Financial autonomy analyzes the financial resources available within the management structure to determine whether they are capable of covering the current costs of the service. | 11.35 | |
| Total coast recovery | This indicator focuses on the system to collect and manage funds. In this study, coast recovery is calculated as the ratio between the total amount of contributions actually collected and the total amount of contributions to be collected. | 4.85 | |
| Environmental | Water quality | Water quality measures the level of compliance of the physical, chemical, and biological parameters defined by the World Health Organization. | 7.18 |
| Water availability | Water availability is defined as the volume of water supplied to each user. | 4.57 | |
| Climate risk | The purpose of climate risk analysis is to determine whether the service is at risk in the face of climate variability and/or change. | 2.89 | |
| Social | Affordability | Affordability analyzes households’ ability to pay for water services. | 6.20 |
| Accessibility | It refers to the degree of ease or difficulty in obtaining drinking water minutes per capita per day. | 3.95 | |
| Non-discrimination and equity | This indicator will be analyzed through the existence of rules favoring access to water services to all social strata. | 2.50 | |
| Technical | Quality of construction | Construction quality is assessed on the basis of the physical condition of the superstructure, given that the other parameters are difficult to assess. | 2.96 |
| Frequency of maintenance operations | This indicator is analyzed through the frequency of maintenance operations (maintenance tours are done monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, and annually, or maintenance tours never do). | 6.16 | |
| Access to spare parts | This indicator is analyzed through the availability of spare parts at the local level. We will thus analyze the availability of spare parts at the village level and at the council level. | 6.54 | |
| Reliability of water system | Reliability is expressed as a percentage of the time the service is (or is not) fully functional. | 4.29 | |
| Institutional | Post-construction support to council | This component analyses the mechanism setup by the central administration to provide technical, financial, and managerial support council. | 1.63 |
| Post-construction support to service managers | This component analyses the mechanism setup by the council to provide technical, financial, and managerial support to service providers. | 1.63 | |
| Regulation | This indicator, therefore, analyzes the existence and implementation of service and service manager's regulatory mechanisms. | 0.85 | |
| Formalization of contract | The formalization of contracts analyses the existence of contractual documents between the council and the management structures. | 0.72 | |
| Organization of the service | The organization of the service analyzes how the service is organized and managed. It identifies the actors involved in the management of the service and looks at whether there is a clear separation of roles between the different actors. | 0.80 | |
| Governance | Skills of water service managers | Skills of the management structure analyze the overall functioning of the management structure, its management capacity, and the effectiveness of its management. | 2.59 |
| Financial flow management | Financial flow management analyzes the process of securing the savings of water sales revenue, and how expenditure commitments and disbursements are made. | 4.09 | |
| Participation | The participation of different stakeholders (including vulnerable groups) ensures better implementation and improves the efficiency and sustainability of services, providing the opportunity for social transformation. | 6.42 |
| Dimensions . | Indicators . | Indicators’ descriptions . | Weight (%) . |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economic | Self-financing capacity | The self-financing capacity questions the water price policy and whether with the current price, the service can be self-financing. | 17.84 |
| Financial autonomy | Financial autonomy analyzes the financial resources available within the management structure to determine whether they are capable of covering the current costs of the service. | 11.35 | |
| Total coast recovery | This indicator focuses on the system to collect and manage funds. In this study, coast recovery is calculated as the ratio between the total amount of contributions actually collected and the total amount of contributions to be collected. | 4.85 | |
| Environmental | Water quality | Water quality measures the level of compliance of the physical, chemical, and biological parameters defined by the World Health Organization. | 7.18 |
| Water availability | Water availability is defined as the volume of water supplied to each user. | 4.57 | |
| Climate risk | The purpose of climate risk analysis is to determine whether the service is at risk in the face of climate variability and/or change. | 2.89 | |
| Social | Affordability | Affordability analyzes households’ ability to pay for water services. | 6.20 |
| Accessibility | It refers to the degree of ease or difficulty in obtaining drinking water minutes per capita per day. | 3.95 | |
| Non-discrimination and equity | This indicator will be analyzed through the existence of rules favoring access to water services to all social strata. | 2.50 | |
| Technical | Quality of construction | Construction quality is assessed on the basis of the physical condition of the superstructure, given that the other parameters are difficult to assess. | 2.96 |
| Frequency of maintenance operations | This indicator is analyzed through the frequency of maintenance operations (maintenance tours are done monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, and annually, or maintenance tours never do). | 6.16 | |
| Access to spare parts | This indicator is analyzed through the availability of spare parts at the local level. We will thus analyze the availability of spare parts at the village level and at the council level. | 6.54 | |
| Reliability of water system | Reliability is expressed as a percentage of the time the service is (or is not) fully functional. | 4.29 | |
| Institutional | Post-construction support to council | This component analyses the mechanism setup by the central administration to provide technical, financial, and managerial support council. | 1.63 |
| Post-construction support to service managers | This component analyses the mechanism setup by the council to provide technical, financial, and managerial support to service providers. | 1.63 | |
| Regulation | This indicator, therefore, analyzes the existence and implementation of service and service manager's regulatory mechanisms. | 0.85 | |
| Formalization of contract | The formalization of contracts analyses the existence of contractual documents between the council and the management structures. | 0.72 | |
| Organization of the service | The organization of the service analyzes how the service is organized and managed. It identifies the actors involved in the management of the service and looks at whether there is a clear separation of roles between the different actors. | 0.80 | |
| Governance | Skills of water service managers | Skills of the management structure analyze the overall functioning of the management structure, its management capacity, and the effectiveness of its management. | 2.59 |
| Financial flow management | Financial flow management analyzes the process of securing the savings of water sales revenue, and how expenditure commitments and disbursements are made. | 4.09 | |
| Participation | The participation of different stakeholders (including vulnerable groups) ensures better implementation and improves the efficiency and sustainability of services, providing the opportunity for social transformation. | 6.42 |
Source: Mvongo et al. (2021b).