In the Accra metropolitan area of Ghana, fewer than 30 percent of households in low-income urban and peri-urban settlements have access to piped water services, well below the government’s stated aim for 70 percent of urban/peri-urban households t
Across low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), the public institutions mandated to provide water and sanitation services in cities have limited financial capacity and/or capabilities to provide citywide coverage.
Globally, 2.2 billion people lack access to safe drinking water, and half of the world’s population is projected to live in water-stressed areas by 2050.
USAID commissioned the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Partnerships and Learning for Sustainability (WASHPaLS) #2 Activity to conduct a rapid assessment of power needs of water a