Capacity-Linked water supply and sanitation improvement for Africa's peri-urban and Rural Areas

Objective

There are a large number of small communities and towns in Africa that suffer from severe problems with water supply and sanitation. Small communities in rural areas and peri-urban areas of small towns have comparable settlement structures in which reuse of water and use of sanitation products can be utilized. However, there is only limited local capacity to adopt, implement and operate integrated water supply and sanitation. CLARA's overall objective is to strengthen the local capacity in the water supply and sanitation sector.
From a technological point of view, existing low cost technologies for decentralized water supply and sanitation systems shall be assessed and adapted for African conditions with the focus on reducing risks in use and reuse of water and sanitation products, and providing demand oriented water quality. Based on these technological improvements and the experiences from the FP6 projects ROSA and NETSSAF, a simplified planning tool for integrated water supply and sanitation systems for small communities and peri-urban areas shall be developed that incorporates the key factors for success, i.e. operation and maintenance issues and reuse potential, form the beginning of the planning process, and that can be tailored to available local capacities.
This simplified integrated CLARA planning tool shall then be tested and evaluated in different geographical African regions to incorporate different economic, cultural and social boundary conditions. For the communities participating in the planning process, application documents will be prepared as a final output that serve as basis to ask for funding of their implementation plans for integrated water supply and sanitation.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › hydrology

Programme(s)

• FP7-ENVIRONMENT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change)

Topic(s)

• ENV.2010.3.1.1-3 - Decentralised water supply and sanitation technologies and systems for small communities and peri-urban areas

Call for proposal

FP7-AFRICA-2010
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Funding Scheme

CP-FP-SICA - Small/medium-scale focused research project for specific cooperation actions dedicated to international cooperation partner countries(SICA)

Coordinator

UNIVERSITAET FUER BODENKULTUR WIEN

Address

Gregor Mendel Strasse 33
1180 Wien
Austria

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Guenter Langergraber (Dr.)

Links

EU contribution

€ 349 797

Participants (14)

VEREIN ZUR FORDERUNG DES TECHNOLOGIETRANSFERS AN DER HOCHSCHULE BREMERHAVEN EV

Germany

EU contribution

€ 175 932

Address

Am Lunedeich 12
27572 Bremerhaven

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

Mirko Hänel (Mr.)

Links

ECOSAN CLUB KG

Austria

EU contribution

€ 213 197

Address

Wiener Strasse 2
3424 Muckendorf An Der Donau

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Norbert Weissenbacher (Dr.)

Links

BIOAZUL, SL

Spain

EU contribution

€ 140 500

Address

Avenida Manuel Agustin Heredia Numero 18, 1-4
29001 Malaga

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Antonia Lorenzo (Ms.)

Links

CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE SFAX - CBS

Tunisia

EU contribution

€ 85 300

Address

Route Sidi Mansour Km 6
3018 Sfax

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

Sami Sayadi (Dr.)

Links

EGERTON UNIVERSITY

Kenya

EU contribution

€ 114 200

Address

Njoro
20115 Njoro Nakuru

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Benedict Mwavu Mutua (Dr.)

Links

WATER RESEARCH COMMISSION

South Africa

EU contribution

€ 241 950

Address

Frederika Street 491 Rietfontein
Pretoria

Activity type

Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Valerie Naidoo (Dr.)

Links

CENTRE REGIONAL POUR L'EAU POTABLE ET L'ASSAINISSEMENT A FAIBLE COUT

Burkina Faso

EU contribution

€ 243 200

Address

Rue Naaba Kiba Boulsa 441
03 Ouagadougou

Activity type

Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Amah Klutse (Dr.)

Links

OFFICE NATIONAL DE L'EAU POTABLE

Morocco

EU contribution

€ 82 800

Address

Avenue Mohamed Belhassan Station De Traitement El Ouazzani
10002 Rabat

Activity type

Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Samir Bensaid (Mr.)

Links

ARBAMINCH UNIVERSITY*AMU

Ethiopia

EU contribution

€ 138 800

Address

Po Box 21
Arba Minch

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Teshale Dalecha (Mr.)

Links

ARBAMINCH WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGE ENTERPRISE

Ethiopia

EU contribution

€ 60 150

Address

Arba Minch Town Water Service
Arbaminch

Activity type

Other

Administrative Contact

Bogale Gelaye Geleta (Mr.)

Links

ARBA MINCH TOWN MUNICIPALITY

Ethiopia

EU contribution

€ 36 000

Address

Gamogofa Zone
Arba Minch

Activity type

Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Oyda Ojge Oche (Mr.)

Links

ARBA MINCH TOWN EGNAN NEW MAYET COMPOST PRODUCTION YOUTH ASSOCIATION

Ethiopia

EU contribution

€ 36 000

Address

Arba Minch

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Tesfaw Amlaku (Mr.)

Links

WUBET LE ARBA MINCH MICRO AND SMALL SCALE TRADE AND INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION

Ethiopia

EU contribution

€ 36 000

Address

Wubet Le Arba Minch
Arba Minch

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Wubitu Gebeyehu (Mr.)

Links

ARBA MINCH HEALTH CENTER

Ethiopia

EU contribution

€ 36 000

Address

Po Box 2185
Arba Minch

Activity type

Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Meaza Moshore (Mr.)

Links