A method to improve population access to drinking water networks in cities of developing countries (opens in a new tab)

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University of Yaoundé I

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Université Laval

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Research Article| February 01 2001 A method to improve population access to drinking water networks in cities of developing countries Thomas Tamo Tatiétsé; Thomas Tamo Tatiétsé 1Laboratoire Aménagement Urbain, École Polytechnique, University of Yaoundé, I, P.O. box 8390 Yaoundé, Cameroon Fax: +(237) 23 18 41; Phone: +(237) 23 12 26; E-mail: ttamo@polytech.uninet.cm Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Manuel Rodriguez Manuel Rodriguez 2CRAD, Université Laval, Québec, Canada Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology-Aqua (2001) 50 (1): 47–60. https://doi.org/10.2166/aqua.2001.0005 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Cite Icon Cite Permissions Search Site Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentAll JournalsThis Journal Search Advanced Search Citation Thomas Tamo Tatiétsé, Manuel Rodriguez; A method to improve population access to drinking water networks in cities of developing countries. Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology-Aqua 1 February 2001; 50 (1): 47–60. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/aqua.2001.0005 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex This paper presents an approach to improve the access of urban households to drinking water and to assure continuous distribution without reducing network management performance. It is suggested that households participate in proposing technical solutions for network expansions. The approach is structured on network designs based on relevant variables such as household intake and capacity to pay. Considering costs, this approach will mean better distribution performance at lower rates. Technical responses mainly involve the concept of flexible and appropriate standards, called reference levels. With simultaneous consideration of household effort rate and reference levels, it is possible to define, for each category of area, the appropriate service level, the appropriate type and the optimal dimensions of the distribution network. Three service levels are thus proposed, according to the available resources of households: systematic household connection; connection with a public tap; and combined connection. This approach has been tested in Cameroonian towns. The suggested method allows an improvement in performance using the classic method, by a major increase in served households: network length ratio and a global investment gain in towns under study. availability, developing towns, drinking water, distribution network, effort rate, households This content is only available as a PDF. © IWA Publishing 2001 You do not currently have access to this content.

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