by Polly Markandya | Jul 3, 2017
This report, part of WSUP’s Urban Sanitation Research Initiative, explores the background to the urban sanitation sector in Kenya. Summary of findings: Kenya is one of Africa’s top 10 economies, experiencing strong urban growth amid deep institutional and governance...
by Polly Markandya | May 18, 2017
This guide has been developed as a resource for water utilities to support implementation of Non-Revenue Water (NRW) reduction programmes. It covers what NRW is and why it matters, before providing systemic guidelines that can be adopted by utility managers, engineers...
by Polly Markandya | Feb 18, 2017
WSUP works on the front line of a challenging sector: not everything goes to plan when trying to innovate. This note details the development and testing of two sanitation business models in Kisumu (Kenya) that were found to be unviable. It is part of a series of...
by Polly Markandya | Aug 18, 2016
Urban utilities are often unwilling to extend or improve services to unserved areas for fear that not enough water is available. This Practice Note introduces an Excel-based modelling tool that projects the water demand implications of slum water improvements in a...
by Polly Markandya | Mar 18, 2016
This Discussion Paper presents the findings of a modelling study, commissioned as part of WSUP’s 2012-2015 DFID-funded research programme and carried out by the University of Leeds.
