The engineers role Designing water supply and sanitation projects to meet demand Want to get involved? If you are involved in a rural or peri-urban water supply or sanitation project and would like to contribute to this research project, why dont you contact us? We are very interested in establishing links with water and sanitation projects where demand responsive approaches are being employed by engineers to promote impact and sustainability. Collaborating organisations UK Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC) South Africa Mvula Trust Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF) India UNICEF Nepal NEWAH Tanzania Oxfam GB How to find out more ... For more information, visit the project website or contact: Paul Deverill Water, Engineering and Development Centre Institute of Development Engineering Loughborough University Leicestershire LE11 3TU UK Telephone: +44 (0) 1509 228309 Fax: +44 (0) 1509 211079 Email: [email protected]Website: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/wedc/ projects/d4d/ Why design for demand? Programmes have more chance of succeeding if their costs and service levels are tailored to local conditions and the users demands. As a result, community choice of service level has become a central feature of demand responsive approaches. Source: Addressing the Water Crisis, DFID, March 2000 How are engineers going to achieve this in practice? http://www.lboro.ac.uk/wedc/ A Knowledge and Research (KAR) project funded by the Department for International Development (DFID) Infrastructure and Urban Development Department and DFID South Africa. Cover photograph: WEDC/John Pickford WEDC/John Pickford
