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Evaluation of an Urban Water Kiosk Pilot Program in Freetown, Sierra Leone on the Bases of Functionality, Effectiveness, and Replicability.

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Title/Author:	Evaluation of an Urban Water Kiosk Pilot Program in Freetown, Sierra Leone on the Bases of Functionality, Effectiveness, and Replicability./
Author:	Falcone, Matthew S.
Description:	1 online resource (158 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-03, Section: A.
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Subject:	Environmental engineering. -
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ISBN:	9798380166348

Evaluation of an Urban Water Kiosk Pilot Program in Freetown, Sierra Leone on the Bases of Functionality, Effectiveness, and Replicability.
Falcone, Matthew S.

Evaluation of an Urban Water Kiosk Pilot Program in Freetown, Sierra Leone on the Bases of Functionality, Effectiveness, and Replicability. - 1 online resource (158 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-03, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Colorado at Boulder, 2023.

Includes bibliographical references

Access to "safe and clean drinking water" has been recognized as a basic human right for over a decade, yet 26% of the world still lacks access to safely managed drinking water, with no clear and attainable path towards universal access. Water service provision for the urban poor in low-and middle-income countries, especially for those living in informal settlements, is characterized by financial concerns, technical issues, and institutionalized inequity. These challenges are common in Freetown, Sierra Leone, where nearly one-quarter of the 1.5M residents are considered impoverished and almost one-third live in informal settlements. The water service delivery context in Freetown is plagued by widespread water shortages and a water rationing system, a leaky piped water system with inadequate water pressure and limited extent, low water quality, and limited access to safely managed water services, especially amongst poor households.The Millennium Challenge Corporation, a United States bilateral foreign aid agency, implemented a pilot water kiosk network in Freetown as part of the $44M Sierra Leone Threshold Program. The water kiosks were intended to operate on the piped water system within a public-private partnership, wherein the private kiosk operators would buy bulk water from the Guma Valley Water Company and sell water to customers at cost-recovery or for a small profit. Ten water kiosks were constructed in two low-income communities of Freetown and began operations in 2021. These sites included water storage tanks to buffer against shortages in the piped water system and a kiosk structure where water is treated and sold to customers. The goal of my research portfolio was to evaluate the pilot water kiosk project on the bases of functionality, effectiveness, and replicability.First, I used stored water level data collected from water kiosk storage tanks with remotely-reporting, in-situ sensors to evaluate kiosk functionality: the capacity to serve as a reliable source of water. In this work, I defined a metric for water kiosk functionality and identified a kiosks operational rate of 34%. I also used this metric to assess several statistically significant determinants of functionality.Next, I conducted an impact evaluation on the water kiosk network to assess effectiveness: the ability of the water kiosk network to provide benefits to target households. I found no statistically significant, directly attributable impacts of the water kiosk network on household water quality or household water security. I also identified a low adoption rate of water kiosks, which aligns with the finding of low kiosk functionality.Finally, I utilized system dynamics modeling to assess water kiosk replicability: the potential of water kiosks to be expanded, scaled, or implemented in other contexts. I incorporated the earlier two components of this work, along with a broader literature review on water kiosk interventions, to form a user-friendly tool for water kiosk implementation and design. This work attempts to address the research-practice gap in the water kiosk sector to improve the accessibility of generated knowledge to support evidence-based decision-making.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2024

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9798380166348Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Environmental engineering.
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