Philosophy and Objectives of WASHCost India Project.

Updated - Thursday 27 January 2011

The WASHCost project aims to improve the sustainability, cost efficiency and equity of WASH service delivery in rural and peri-urban areas. The broad objective of the project include:

Specifically support the implementing departments, private sector, NGOs, etc. for effective and efficient WASH service delivery by:

  • Developing appropriate methodologies for estimating life-cycle costs for sustainable service delivery.
  • Identifying the life-cycle costs and factors that affect them
  • Designing a range of decision support tools