Location is everything: optimal placement of community water and sanitation services

Publication language
English
Pages
2pp.
Date published
01 Sep 2011
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Urban, Water, sanitation and hygiene
Countries
Madagascar
Organisations
Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor

 

When constructing shared facilities like water kiosks and communal toilets, it is critical to identify locations that maximise usage and thus ensure financial viability. This note describes a procedure, developed in Antananarivo, for identifying viable infrastructure locations.