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SHOFCO’s aerial pipelines supply clean, affordable water to residents of Kibera at a fraction of the cost and of a higher quality than water purchased from private vendors. Aerial pipelines enable access to safe and affordable water in informal urban settlements where formal water connections and traditional underground piping are either not feasible or are part of a major logistical hurdle of getting water to residents.

A blended financing model for infrastructure upgrades in Quang Tri enabled the implementation of pressure-reducing water infrastructure that resulted in water, energy and cost savings for the water utility and had a cost recovery period of 5 years.

Rwanda and its capital, Kigali, have prioritized the transition to an integrated water resource management (IWRM) strategy to ensure the growing city and its surroundings not only have access to adequate water resources but can sustain and enhance their current sources. One aspect of this transition is the development of catchment plans.

After recognizing a need for enhanced borehole management in Temeke, a low-income district of Dar es Salaam, Tanzanian water-advocacy organization, Shahidi wa Maji with its partner organization Water Witness International, began a campaign to engage citizens by helping them learn about proper borehole management and to assert their rights by holding the local water utility accountable for registering and monitoring the district’s boreholes.