Transcript Document 7195107

Second Sudan Consortium
March 2007
Water Supply and Sanitation
Service Delivery and Challenges
in Southern Sudan
Government of Southern Sudan
Ministry of Cooperatives and Rural Development
Introduction – Broad Sector Context
● Three Key GoSS Level Ministries for the Water Sector
Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation (MWRI) => Overall
Leadership of Water Sector + Water Resources Management and
Water for Production
Ministry of Cooperatives and Rural Development (MCRD)
Water Supply and Sanitation (RWSS)
=> Rural
Ministry of Housing, Lands and Public Utilities (MHLPU)
Water Supply and Sewerage
=> Urban
● Directorates for Rural Water Supply and Sanitation exist at state
level in Ministry of Physical Infrastructure => responsible for
coordinating planning and implementation of water and sanitation
service delivery and hygiene promotion.
● Water and Sanitation teams are being established at the county
levels
● Sector development is evolving towards emergence of a
comprehensive and coherent water and sanitation programme
Introduction – Broad Sector Context
● Overall Sub-sector development objective: To increase access to
safe water and basic sanitation and to build capacity for
sustainable management, regulation and expansion of water and
sanitation services in Southern Sudan
● To ensure progress towards achievement of MDG 7:
About 1200 new safe water points to be created and 700 existing/nonfunctioning water points to be rehabilitated annually
About 65,000 household, communal and institutional improved latrine
compartments to be constructed per year
Gross annual investment requirement for water facilities is about USD
20 million and for sanitation facilities is about USD 30 million
Need for the development of a comprehensive and coherent water
supply and sanitation programme
Sector Policy Development
● Policy Development Process initiated in 2005
● Agreement reached on developing a Single Water
Policy for Southern Sudan
● After consultations final draft to be submitted by 30
June 2007 to GoSS for approval
● Sub-sector strategies to be developed for
Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (discussions initiated)
Urban Water Supply and Sewerage
Water Resources Management and Protection and Water for
Production (agric, industry, hydropower, navigation)
Existing and Planned Sector Coordination Structures
● Existing
Water Sector Steering Committee – sector-wide, government led
(MWRI Chairing)
Quarterly water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) Planning and
Coordination Meetings – government led (MCRD Chairing)
Sector lead and coordination under UN and Partners workplan –
UNICEF Led
Coordination among NGOs – NGO led
Budget Sector Working Group – government led
● Planned
Water Council - all government and led by MWRI
State Water Sector Steering Committees – state government led (MPI)
County Water Sector Steering Committees – government led (County
RWSS)
Safe Water Provision
● Access to safe water - preliminary results of Sudan
Household Health Survey (SHHS) puts this as
62%;previous estimate of Joint Assessment Mission
(JAM) was 25%
● A comprehensive inventory of safe water facilities to be
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initiated in 2007
Basic Safe Water Options:
New boreholes equipped with handpumps
Small and medium mechanised water systems (“water yards”)
Rehabilitation of existing water points (dug wells, boreholes,
water yards)
New and rehabilitated dug wells
Protected springs
Safe Water Provision – 2007 Focus
● Construction of new and rehabilitation of broken down
safe water facilities
● Priority areas:
Communities with high numbers of returnees and way stations
Guinea worm endemic communities
Communities experiencing Cholera outbreak
Schools – to support “Go to School” initiative
Health facilities
● Establishment of a strategy for drinking water quality
management (surveillance and monitoring)
● Consolidating the system for operation and
maintenance (supply chain for spare parts)
Sanitation Improvement and Hygiene Promotion
● Access to basic sanitation - preliminary results of
SHHS puts this as 6.9%; previous estimate of JAM was
30%
● Promotion of household latrine construction and
construction of latrines in schools, public places and
health facilities
● Hygiene promotion campaigns
● Strategic Aspects:
Developing a strategy for sanitation improvement including
agreement of roles & responsibilities among GoSS Ministries
Carrying out Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Surveys
Developing a communication plan and strategy for hygiene
promotion
Training and equipping of hygiene promoters in appropriate
communication approaches (e.g. PHAST)
Capacity Building for Management
● Agreements reached on structure for RWSS Departments in MCRD,
State Ministries of Physical Infrastructure and Counties
● Provision office equipment and vehicles to MCRD and States
● Technical support for development of core systems and
institutional capacity assessments
● Establishment and management of database for water and
sanitation facilities – movement of database from Loki to Juba
● Strategic training for senior WASH managers in 2007 through study
tours and water and sanitation management training
● Establishing and rebuilding of technical training institute in Amadi
● Establishment of supply chains to ensure easy access to
handpump spare parts
Challenges
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Effective coordination between 3 different ministries for the water sector
and of NGOs to ensure transparency, equity and better budget planning
Decentralisation - clarifying institutional structures and defining
institutional roles and responsibilities at GoSS and state levels for rural
and urban sub-sectors
Setting up water tariffs and developing subsidising models for creating
and maintenance of water points
Community ownership and participation in service delivery - low level of
community participation in management of water and sanitation services
=> transition from humanitarian to recovery/development
Low local private sector capacity for water point and latrine construction
and for supply chain for handpump spare parts for maintenance to
ensure sustainability of water services
Limitations imposed to water point construction due to poor road
network and poor road conditions during wet season
High cost of borehole drilling by private sector – average about
$12,000/borehole
Priorities for 2007
● Approval of Water Policy and development of sub-sector
strategies
● Establishment of a high level water sector body - Water Council
● Consolidation of institutional structures at three levels of
government
● Safe water provision for returnees, and Guinea worm endemic and
Cholera prone communities, schools and health centres
● Establishment of sound contract procurement and supervision
arrangements
● Human resources development for coordination, planning and
management of implementation
● Building state level capacity to respond to emergencies especially
Cholera
Thank You for
Your Attention