Report – Water Supply and Sanitation Programmes Shinyanga Region, Tanzania 1990-2006

From 1971 to the end of 2006 the Netherlands has provided support to rural water supply and sanitation development in Tanzania, Shinyanga Region. Over the years, these programmes made the transition from construction and rehabilitation of improved water sources (mostly shallow wells) to support to water user communities to establish Water User Groups or Associations and manage their water and sanitation facilities for a long period of time. In addition, the programmes increasingly focussed on capacity building of stakeholders in the public and private sector to support communities to achieve this objective.