QuickSummary: Centralized or Onsite Testing? Examining the Costs of Water Quality Monitoring in Rural Africa

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REAL Water

The REAL-Water Project

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Water is life, and water is a human right. Let's get REAL. Hosts Jeff Albert and Ranjiv Khush of the Aquaya Institute explore solutions to rural water access challenges, with a focus on what the evidence tells us about what has worked, what has failed, and why. Produced by the team at the REAL-Water project, a 5-year centrally-funded research mechanism of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Views expressed in the REAL-Water podcast do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government.

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QuickSummary: Centralized or Onsite Testing? Examining the Costs of Water Quality Monitoring in Rural Africa

REAL Water

4 minutes 48 seconds

1 year ago

QuickSummary: Centralized or Onsite Testing? Examining the Costs of Water Quality Monitoring in Rural Africa

Rural water systems in Africa have room to improve water quality monitoring. However, the most cost-effective approach for microbial water testing remains uncertain. This study, produced by REAL-Water, compared the cost per E. coli test (membrane filtration) of four approaches representing different levels of centralization: (i) one centralized laboratory serving all water systems, (ii) a mobile laboratory serving all systems, (iii) multiple semi-centralized laboratories serving clusters of systems, and (iv) decentralized analysis at each system. Learn more