Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>The world has met the target of halving the number of people without access to improved-drinking water . However, the focus in rural areas (where 83% of the people without access to improved-drinking water live) has been on the construction of infrastructure, rather than on the strengthening of existing local institutions to create a long-term sustainable solution. This research aims to… more Full Text: THE SUSTAINABILITY OF COMMUNITY-BASED WATER SUPPLY ORGANIZATIONS (CWOs): A CASE STUDY ANALYSIS OF RURAL COLOMBIA A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the …