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Continuous 24*7 Water Supply System: A Review of Literature

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Modern improvements in water analysis methods have highlighted the many advantages of a continuous water distribution system over an intermittent water supply system. Early studies in this discipline mostly focused on case studies that described the difficulties and benefits of putting continuous water delivery systems in place. These studies gave important information about the process of implementation, budgetary considerations, and how people responded to the altered water supply system. In order to identify leaks and enhance water quality, the leakages were analysed using a representative sample of water from the end user’s water tap that was tested for chlorine and turbidity monitoring.

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Assessing sustainability in rural water supply systems in developing countries using a novel tool based on multi-criteria analysis.

1. Introduction

2. materials and methods, 2.1. indicators to assess sustainability in rural water supply systems, 2.2. development of a tool to assess rwss sustainability, 2.3. application of the tool in the sustainability assessment of a rural water supply system in a case of study, 2.3.1. selection of the study area, 2.3.2. data collection, 2.3.3. data analysis, 3. results and discussion, 3.1. tool for assessing the sustainability of rural water supply systems, 3.1.1. selection of indicators, population characteristics, users acceptability, accountability and transparency, collective action, policies, rules, and norms, administration, operation, and maintenance (ao&m), post-construction support, access to water, appropriate technology, infrastructure, reliability, water quality, financial knowledge, risks to service provision, environmental impact of technology, 3.1.2. weighting of attributes and indicators, 3.2. sustainability assessment of a rural water supply system in a páramo community, 3.2.1. population characteristics, 3.2.2. users acceptability, 3.2.3. accountability and transparency, 3.2.4. collective action, 3.2.5. conflicts, 3.2.6. policies, rules, and norms, 3.2.7. administration, operation, and maintenance (ao&m), 3.2.8. post-construction support, 3.2.9. access to water, 3.2.10. appropriate technology, 3.2.11. infrastructure, 3.2.12. reliability, 3.2.13. water quality, 3.2.14. financial knowledge, 3.2.15. funding, 3.2.16. risks to service provision, 3.2.17. environmental impact of technology, 3.3. insights from applying the tool, 4. conclusions, supplementary materials, author contributions, acknowledgments, conflicts of interest.

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Domínguez I, Oviedo-Ocaña ER, Hurtado K, Barón A, Hall RP. Assessing Sustainability in Rural Water Supply Systems in Developing Countries Using a Novel Tool Based on Multi-Criteria Analysis. Sustainability . 2019; 11(19):5363. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11195363

Domínguez, Isabel, Edgar Ricardo Oviedo-Ocaña, Karen Hurtado, Andrés Barón, and Ralph P. Hall. 2019. "Assessing Sustainability in Rural Water Supply Systems in Developing Countries Using a Novel Tool Based on Multi-Criteria Analysis" Sustainability 11, no. 19: 5363. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11195363

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