Our Approach
Empower water service providers with data for improved efficiency, maintenance, and financial performance.
Provide a comprehensive digital management platform to professionalize operations.
Invest directly via an entrepreneurial model of staged capital injections, tied to accurate data and improved performance.
Democratize results-based finance with upfront seed funding and technical assistance.
Increase utility efficiency and bankability, unlocking access to repayable finance through revolving funds and commercial loans.
How it works
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Accurate Data
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Technical Assistance
Using Performance Management to achieve virtuous cycles of improvement and expansion.
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Staged Investment
Up-front capital investment with future rounds based on documented performance.
The Pipe by Pipe Investment Model
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Accurate Data
mWater training and on-the-job mentoring and support from field staff.
Objectives:
- Bank account and legal registration
- Customer database
- Asset registry
$1K investment for full-time staff member, logistics, supplies
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Performance Management
Training and mentoring on the data-driven management process, monthly management meetings, and capital improvement planning and budgeting.
Objectives:
- Accurate and timely key performance indicator reporting
- Monthly meetings with actions and follow-up tracking
$5 - 10K investment for activities to increase performance (e.g. meter installation, minor repairs, customer connections)
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Expansion
Targeted assistance linked to objectives: non-revenue water reduction, contracting and construction management, operations and maintenance, etc.
Objectives:
- Positive operating ratio
- Non-revenue water reduction
- Increase in household connections
- Pro-poor services
$50 - 100K investment for major capital projects (e.g. solarization, piped network expansion, source augmentation)
