Sustainable water and sanitation services : the life-cycle approach to planning and management / Livelihoods and Natural Resources Management Institute, IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, Centre for Economic and Social Studies, and Watershed Support Services and Activities Network.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction / V. Ratna Reddy, Catarina Fonseca and Charles Batchelor -- WASH Sector in India : The Policy Context / V. Kurian Baby and V. Ratna Reddy -- Life-Cycle Cost Approach : An Analytical Framework for WASH Sector / V. Ratna Reddy, Catarina Fonseca and Charles Batchelor -- Unit Costs and Service Levels : Region and Technology-wise / V. Ratna Reddy, M. Venkataswamy and M. Snehalatha -- Explaining Inter-Village Variations in Drinking Water Provision : Factors Influencing Costs and Service Levels in Rural Andhra Pradesh / V. Ratna Reddy -- Rural Sanitation and Hygiene : Economic and Institutional Aspects of Sustainable Services / V. Ratna Reddy -- Nirmal Gram Puraskar and Sanitation Service Levels : Curse of Slippage / M. Snehalatha, V. Anitha Raj, P. Bhushan and M. Venkataswamy -- Cost of Provision and Managing WASH Services in Peri-Urban Areas / G. Alivelu, V. Ratna Reddy, P. Bhushan and V. Anitha Raj -- Skewed and Inequitable Access to Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Services / M. Snehalatha and James Batchelor -- How Can Water Security Be Improved in Water Scarce Areas of Rural India? / Charles Batchelor, James Batchelor and M. Snehalatha -- Assessing Progress towards Sustainable Service Delivery in India : Lessons for Rural Water Supply / A.J. James -- Transparency, Accountability and Participation (TAP) : Understanding Governance in Rural WASH Sector / M.V. Rama Chandrudu, Safa Fanaian and R. Subramanyam Naidu -- Decentralized Governance and Sustainable Service Delivery : A Case of Nenmeni Rural Water Supply Scheme, Kerala, India / P.K. Kurian, V. Kurian Baby and Terry Thomas -- Provision of Sustainable WASH Services : Policy Options and Imperatives V. Ratna Reddy, Catarina Fonseca and Charles Batchelor.