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Abstract:
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The Government of Malawi is committed to providing adequate, reliable and sustainable water and sanitation services to the citizens of Malawi to meet the ever increasing demand for safe/potable water for domestic, institutional, industrial, commercial and agricultural use, with some emphasis on the poor and rural communities. Despite considerable investments in the water sector, there is still limited coverage of water supply and sanitation services in towns, market centres and rural areas due to a number of challenges including increased numbers of broken down systems. The Ministry and its development partners have intensified the water and sanitation activities in towns, market centres and rural areas. There are also efforts to introduce water service regulations and water user associations. It is, therefore, the wish of the Ministry to guide all stakeholders in the implementation of water and sanitation programmes in towns, market centres and rural areas through different manuals. This manual has therefore, been developed to provide guidelines to key stakeholders with all the required arrangements and framework for the implementation of activities under the town and market centre water supply and sanitation. The towns are the existing centres being provided with water supply by the regional water boards while market centres are those centres which have potential for economic growth, but are not yet well developed in their infrastructure capacities. This implementation manual has been developed based on the past experience and the practical lessons learnt from implementation of previous projects in the sector. It outlines the institutional and implementation arrangements for the town, market centre and surrounding villages water supply and sanitation programmes and the rules of engagement for planning, appraisal, contracting, and implementation. |