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Urban Water Supply

One hundred percent water supply and sanitation coverage is a sure sign of an urban community. Yet urban areas are still below this standard, as Asia's urban population tripled in the last 50 years. Read about ADB's and developing countries' efforts in providing water supply and sanitation services to people in ever-expanding cities, especially to the urban poor.
Title Date
36 Roofs for 24/7 Water: Harvesting Rainfall in Badlapur 2007/12
3rd Water Supply and Sanitation Project—Participatory, Consultative and Empowering 2006/09
A Second Chance for an Ailing Utility—The Maynilad Experience 2008/06
Are Countries in Asia on Track to Meet Target 10 of the Millennium Development Goals? 2005/11
Bangalore Slums Get Bargain Connections 2007/05
Beijing Beefs Up Sewage Treatment 2008/06
Binh Duong Water Gets Strength from Phnom Penh Twin 2008/08
Building a Partnership Slowly and Steadily 2008/06
Changes Introduce Indonesia to New Remedies to Old Maladies 2006/03
Charting Change: Water Reforms for Full Cost Recovery in the PRC 2005/10
Development Communication Improves Water Project in Vietnamese Towns [ PDF ] 2004
Dousing Melbourne’s Dry Spells with Recycled Water 2009/07
Drainage Improvement to Protect Food and Livelihood Security of the Poor and Vulnerable Households 2002
DWASA Initiative on Piped Water Provision for the Urban Slum Dwellers 2002
Fighting Against the Odds—The Quest for Clean Water in Sri Lanka 2005/01
Infrastructures and Institutions for Urban Water Supply and Sanitation 2006/05
Islamabad Citizens Demand Better Pipe Maintenance 2006/11
Low-Cost Toilets Change the Face of Bhopal’s Slums 2006/06
Macau Water - Aiming Higher 2008/06
Manila Water Successfully Reduces Water Losses Using Multipronged Strategy 2006/10
National Regulator Takes Drastic Measures Against Big-Time Commercial Water Abusers 2006/07
NEWater: From Sewage to Safe 2008/12
NGO Intermediation: A Model for Securing Access to Water for the Urban Poor [ PDF ] 2004
NGO, Slum Dwellers Surmount Water and Sanitation Problems in Dhaka 2006/01
Northern Mine Switching to Water 2005/10
NRW Projects: Hide and Seek Game Can Quickly Turn Around Revenues 2006/10
Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority — Internal Reforms Fuel Performance Upgrade 2008/08
Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority: An Exemplary Water Utility in Asia 2007/08
Project Brings Hope for Clean-up of Rawalpindi's "Shame" 2006/07
Reaching out to Peri-urban Villages 2008/12
Recovering the Full Cost of Delivering Clean and Safe Water 2006/04
Riding Water Taxis to Clean Rivers 2007/08
Science Makes Sludge Useful 2009/07
Simple Science Solves Slum Water Problem 2007/08
Simple Solution for Drinking Water Makes Big Difference 2006/03
Small Innovation, Permanent Solution 2008/12
Smart Sanitation Cleans Lilo-an’s Coast 2007/02
Socializing Water Tariffs for Cost Recovery 2008/05
Sustainable Water Integrated Management and Governance for Baguio City 2006/02
Suzhou Creek’s Ecological Comeback 2005/10
Technology Turns Water Weakness into Strength 2005/11
The Difference Regulations Makes—A Lesson Learned the Hard Way 2006/07
The Role of Small Scale Private Water Providers in Serving the Urban Poor [ PDF ] 2004
Toilet Technology for Human Dignity 2008/04
Two Public-Private Operators Go to Market as a Financing Option 2005/08
Water and Energy Commission Secretariat (WECS): Steering Nepal's Water Sector 2005/05
Water and Sanitation Initiative for Urban Poor 2002
Water and Small Pipes: What a Slum Wants, What a Slum Needs 2007/05
Water for Slums: Private Sector Participation in Manila [ PDF ] 2004
Water Sector First in Line for Flexi-Financing Option 2006/04

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