One of the most important aspects of suitability of water supply is the ability of the community to manage its own scheme. Unlike in urban settlement institutional arrangements for rural water supply are rudimentary. Over the past decade, the accent of most development experts was on community participation and less so on community management of the scheme.
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Mogane-Ramahotswa, B and Still, D. 1992. Community-based management of water supply services. CSIR Division of Water Technology, Scientia Publishers. Pretoria, pp 13
Mogane-Ramahotswa, B., & Still, D. (1992). Community-based management of water supply services Scientia Publishers. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4143
Mogane-Ramahotswa, B, and D Still Community-based management of water supply services. Scientia Publishers, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4143
Mogane-Ramahotswa B, Still D. Community-based management of water supply services. 1992 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4143
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