challenges in expanding water access via watercredit_nayakam _2013
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Avudai Nayakam S
Senior Watsan Officer, Water.org
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783M people have lack of access to safe and clean water
2.5B people have lack of improved sanitation and 1.1 billion still practice open defecation
3.4M people die thru WASH related causes
200M hours spent for collection of water everyday
152M hours of women and girls' time consumed for basic human needs
443M school days lost each year due to water-related illness
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Access to Improved Drinking Water coverage in urban and rural scenario (2010)
Source: WHO-UNICEF (2010)
GW – largest consumer in the world, 90% of rural water supply from GW sources
By 2030, the urban areas will be home to 40 percent of the country’s people – doubling the urban population within a span of thirty years.
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Source: UNICEF/UN/FAO
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Technical issues
Social issues
Political issues
Financial issues
Environmental Issues
Watercredit related Issues
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Decline in water resource availability Water supply ≠ water demand Water use inefficiency (conflicts in
agriculture, Industrial and Domestic sector) Decreasing water quality due to unprecedented
Urbanization and Industrialization Lack of Infrastructure facilities for piped water
network Leakages in piped water supply network and
Pilferages etc. Decline in water security
Drinking water source does not always follow the source sustainability plans
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Income level variation and Social classification based on the accessibility to water resources
Wide differentiation in Society setup and disparity in water allocations (Heterogeneous group and Cultural Habits)
Lack of cooperation among the communities with officials/NGOs
Need for Gender sensitivity in water sector
Severe water shortages have led to a growing number of conflicts between users in the domestic, agricultural and industrial sectors
Lack of awareness on various aspects of Programmes and policies among line functionaries and people
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Cooperation of Ruling governments in state and centre
Lack of appropriate policy framework and inadequate institutional reforms result in conflicts and rights issues
Political and policy issues bring forth: Problems in sharing water (Inter-state & between the countries)
Conflicts between domestic, agri and industrial users
Privatization of water - supplied at high cost
Political will and support
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Availability of local funds and its allocation for various water use sectors
Availability of external aided funds for mega projects (Japan..)
Lack of ownership from community Institutions (meager contributions from community)
Need for more Public contribution and CSR involvement…
Insufficient funds for water infrastructures –Operation & Maintenance (‘build-neglect-rebuild’ syndrome)
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The amount of rainfall is getting significantly less and erratic to recharge the aquifer than its withdrawal.
Erratic distribution of rainfall – leads to floods and droughts across the country;
Unregulated groundwater extraction;
Water pollution
Decreasing water quality due to poor solid and liquid waste management laws
Decline in natural resource--Climate Change
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Recent RBI norms --75% for PSL
Bank lending to MFIs
Passing MFI Bill in the parliament
Each client can have 2 MFI loans and should not exceed an amount of INR 50,000
Customer retention
Water loans are not income generating but income saving
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WaterCredit◦ 593,367 people served with safe water and sanitation with
WaterCredit loans◦ 102,148 WaterCredit loans◦ $6.4M in partner smart subsidies has leveraged an additional
$22M in commercial capital◦ Amount of WaterCredit loans disbursed to date: $17 million◦ 99% global repayment rate◦ Average loan size: $165◦ Demographics: 89% of borrowers are women◦ WaterCredit product types, at category level: Water loans: 40% Sanitation loans: 53% Water & Sanitation loans: 5% Other 2%
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Total Population – 1220 Million (271.2M Household (HH) @4.5 person / HH)
Need of Piped water connections -65% (176.3M HH)
Assume 50% coverage = 88.2M HHAvg. loan size = INR 5000Total Demand = INR 4,400 Billion
(1 Billion = 100 Crores)
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19-02-2013Courtesy- Heather Arney, water.org 18
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