Communal Water Supply Systems: Stakeholder engagement

Role of Community

• Key consumers of the supplied water 
• Can have a role in the operation and maintenance of the system, either as individuals or for instance within a committee, a social enterprise or a local business. 

Role of Ward Officer & committee members

• Facilitating engagement between the community and the project facilitators
• Supporting the relationship between the community, project facilitators and YCDC  

Role of YCDC

• Possibly support with materials & implementation 
• Engage in a conversation/ discussion with our project team on water supply related to Climate Resilience – what can we do to provide residents with enough and good quality water? 
  • engage the community in water supply (local enterprise) 
  • work on a ‘road map’ on water supply; not only piped water but also other ways of water supply 
• Active role depends on the type of water supply system;
  • on YCDC compound; then use for example a combination of piped water, rainwater and groundwater 
  • possible role in the business model

Role of consortium (Resilience, Waternet)

• Technical inputs 
• support in monitoring use and optimizing the system 

Role of local technicians (plumbers)