Small Piped Water Networks

This book is about small-scale private water providers in Asian cities and the entrepreneurial potential of small piped network operators. It proposes that city officials, city water utilities, and local banks work closely with small network entrepreneurs to bring water supllies to the poor and disadvantaged.

Contents:

INTRODUCTION
Research objectives
Methodology

SMALL-SCALE PRIVATE WATER PROVIDERS
SSPWPs and their niche markets
How SSPWPs supply water
SSPWP users

SCOPE AND SCALE OF SSPWPs IN ASIAN CITIES
SSPWP and their niche markets
Non-SSPWP alternative sources
SSPWP activities differ
User charges by SSPWP type

A CLOSER LOOK AT SMALL PIPED WATER NETWORKS
How networks get started
The water network entrepreneur
Network investments
Network technologies
Networks and utilities: Similarities and differences
Small piped water networks: The realities
Difficulties resulting from informal status

POLICIES AND ACTIONS TO SUPPORT SMALL PIPED WATER NETWORKS
Why support small piped water networks
Helping local entrepreneurs to invest