Sustainable
Water & sanitation
Water & sanitation
Supporting poor communities in South Africa to achieve access to a reliable and safe water supply, continues to be at the heart of Mvula’s strategic objectives.
Significant challenges face both water and sanitation from a sustainability perspective. Ensuring the provision of a sustainable service, takes more than infrastructure provision. It also demands that care is taken of the social aspects such as hygiene education and accountability of services provided to the community.
Strategically, the Mvula Trust explores different sanitation technologies in order to provide long term sustainability and easier options for households to maintain their basic infrastructure.
Great attention is paid to end user education in order to operationalise and maintain the sustainability of the assets while also providing good health and hygiene practices. This is central to any technology that is implemented. The user education includes attention to the importance of operations and maintenance of sanitation facilities. This is important for the protection of the environment and to ensure the endurance of the infrastructure.
