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Ongoing sector reforms in the water and sanitation sector have provided opportunities for creating more efficient, customer-focused and autonomous water and sanitation utilities. However, most developing country utilities continue to face enormous challenges in meeting the everincreasing demands of growing populations. They suffer from a number of interrelated institutional weaknesses, including inadequate cost recovery compounded by a low customer base and limited physical coverage, dilapidated physical infrastructure, high levels of unaccounted for water, the low skill levels of the staff and poor customer relations, among others.
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Nairobi, Kenya, 6 Jan 11
The United Nations Office to Support the International Decade for Action “Water for Life” 2005-2015/UN-Water Decade Programme on Advocacy and Communication (UNW-DPAC) and the UN World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) are pleased to invite you to submit your Best Practice for the 1st edition of the “Water for Life” Best Practices Award. |
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Nairobi, 7 Dec 10
UN-HABITAT has launched its successful Global Water Operators' Partnership Alliance in Seoul, South Korea. |
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Mbabane, Swaziland, 27 Oct 10
IWA (International Water Association) /Africa Regional Office organized the Utility Leaders' Forum on 17-20 October in Swaziland, where it was hosted by the Swaziland Water Services Corporation (SWSC).
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Nairobi, 24 Sept 10
24th September, Nairobi: The third Steering Committee of the Global Water Operators’ Partnership Alliance (GWOPA) was held in Stockholm earlier this month during World Water Week. |
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Stockholm, 8 Sept 10
The Global Water Operators Partnership Alliance has launched a new website aimed at improving the collective capacity of water and sanitation service providers around the world. |
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