UNICEF, the Government of Mozambique and the Government of the Netherlands co-financed a USD 48 million rural water supply and sanitation intervention termed the One Million Initiative between 2007 and 2013. This paper presents the methods applied and the results obtained from the annual audits carried out in the programme using a Sustainability Check (SC) tool. The SC was applied by external audit company and was designed to ensure ongoing sustainability of investments beyond the programme lifespan. It grades the status of rural water supplies and ‘open defecation free’ (ODF) communities based on a multivariate composite index comprising institutional, social, technical and financial indicators. The SC uses three data collection instruments: a semi-structured focus group with the district authorities, a facility audit of water points, and an audit of ODF villages with a semi-structured household survey. The paper notes a trend towards increased sustainability of both ODF communities and rural water supplies during the course of the five-year period. The study concluded that an 80% sustainability score provides the greatest statistical probability of achieving >90% of functioning water supplies. The paper notes that when the sustainability score is <80%, the probability of the water supply functioning drastically reduces to 50%.
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May 12 2014
Sustainability check: five-year annual sustainability audits of the water supply and open defecation free status in the ‘One Million Initiative’, Mozambique
S. Godfrey
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1Water and Environmental Sanitation Section, UNICEF Ethiopia, UNICEF House (Opposite ECA/German House), Box 1167, Africa Hall, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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M. van der Velden
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M. van der Velden
1Water and Environmental Sanitation Section, UNICEF Ethiopia, UNICEF House (Opposite ECA/German House), Box 1167, Africa Hall, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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A. Muianga
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A. Muianga
1Water and Environmental Sanitation Section, UNICEF Ethiopia, UNICEF House (Opposite ECA/German House), Box 1167, Africa Hall, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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A. Xavier
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A. Xavier
1Water and Environmental Sanitation Section, UNICEF Ethiopia, UNICEF House (Opposite ECA/German House), Box 1167, Africa Hall, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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K. Downs
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K. Downs
2The Water Institute at UNC, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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C. Morgan
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C. Morgan
2The Water Institute at UNC, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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J. Bartram
J. Bartram
2The Water Institute at UNC, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development (2014) 4 (3): 471–483.
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Received:
September 10 2013
Accepted:
March 12 2014
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S. Godfrey, M. van der Velden, A. Muianga, A. Xavier, K. Downs, C. Morgan, J. Bartram; Sustainability check: five-year annual sustainability audits of the water supply and open defecation free status in the ‘One Million Initiative’, Mozambique. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development 1 September 2014; 4 (3): 471–483. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2014.118
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