Assessment of the sustainability of community‑managed water supply services in Ghana

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dc.contributor.authorNti, Emmanuel Kwame
dc.contributor.authorWongnaa, C. A.
dc.contributor.authorEdusah, Nana Sampson E.
dc.contributor.authorAndivi Bakang, John‑Eudes
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-05T12:29:26Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-19T02:37:10Z
dc.date.available2021-01-05T12:29:26Z
dc.date.available2023-04-19T02:37:10Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.descriptionThis article is published by Environment, Development and Sustainability and also available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-019-00506-1en_US
dc.description.abstractThe study assessed the sustainability of community-managed water supply services drawing empirical evidence from a small town water supply system in Ghana. The study followed a fully quantitative research approach. Data were collected from 387 respondents who were almost all public standpipe users (98.45%) using a structured survey questionnaire. Descriptive statistics were reported, and MACBETH was the method of analysis. The study revealed that quality drinking water and reliability are the most important criteria in the opinion of survey respondents for small town water supply system. Building on this empirical understanding, the differences in importance that respondents attributed to each of these criteria were measured, and, for example, implementation of policies and public disclosure was their lowest priority. The results revealed that survey respondents believe that all criteria are currently within a range that indicates a sustainable water supply system. The paper recommend among other things that management of communitymanaged water supply system should be well positioned to ensure continuous water quality testing while designing drinking water quality improvement plans.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipKNUSTen_US
dc.identifier.citationEnvironment, Development and Sustainability, (2020) 22:7097–7120en_US
dc.identifier.uri10.1007/s10668-019-00506-1
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.knust.edu.gh/handle/123456789/13296
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEnvironment, Development and Sustainabilityen_US
dc.subjectMulti-criteria decision analysisen_US
dc.subjectCommunity-manageden_US
dc.subjectSustainabilityen_US
dc.subjectWater supply systemen_US
dc.titleAssessment of the sustainability of community‑managed water supply services in Ghanaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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