ingest cdrApp 2018-12-11T00:32:06.915Z 3a455b8d-f6a9-40d0-b82a-c709eac5f25c modifyDatastreamByValue MD_DESCRIPTIVE cdrApp 2018-12-20T21:02:06.439Z modifyDatastreamByValue RELS-EXT cdrApp 2019-01-03T15:57:35.405Z Setting exclusive relation Creator Meghan Miller Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering Gillings School of Global Public Health MSPH Sustainable Water Resources 2018 2018-05 Water committees are often responsible for the technical and financial management of rural water systems. Data from 65 rural community-managed systems in eight countries were analyzed to assess the finances of water committees. Financial and regression analyses were conducted to model the effect of management, temporal, and system characteristics on income generation, savings, and expense payments. Water committees had sufficient income to pay system expenses in 95% of reporting periods but faced more difficulties in the rainy season. Income generation was positively associated with water reselling, number of users, and operator compensation and negatively associated with the rainy season. These findings identify characteristics that could be promoted by water committees and implementation organizations to improve the ability of water committees to pay for expenses. Water committees could then work with implementation organizations to develop management and financing strategies that promote long-term functionality of a water system. Masters Paper text eng University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Degree granting institution Thesis advisor Jamie Bartram Reviewer Michael Fisher Reviewer Jill Stewart Creator Meghan Miller Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering Gillings School of Global Public Health MSPH Sustainable Water Resources 2018 2018-05 Water committees are often responsible for the technical and financial management of rural water systems. Data from 65 rural community-managed systems in eight countries were analyzed to assess the finances of water committees. Financial and regression analyses were conducted to model the effect of management, temporal, and system characteristics on income generation, savings, and expense payments. Water committees had sufficient income to pay system expenses in 95% of reporting periods but faced more difficulties in the rainy season. Income generation was positively associated with water reselling, number of users, and operator compensation and negatively associated with the rainy season. These findings identify characteristics that could be promoted by water committees and implementation organizations to improve the ability of water committees to pay for expenses. Water committees could then work with implementation organizations to develop management and financing strategies that promote long-term functionality of a water system. Masters Paper text eng University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Degree granting institution Thesis advisor Jamie Bartram Reviewer Michael Fisher Reviewer Jill Stewart Aggregate Work uuid:7cb3f556-28da-42bc-a4e5-329cb6e491d5 unc:app:lib:cdr:sph_ese_reviewers 2020-12-31T00:00:00 yes