Abstract
Abstract The aim of this paper is to present the state of the art on the sustainability indices of rural water services in order to identify gaps in knowledge. The methodological approach used was to conduct online searches using the databases of Google Scholar, Web of Science, Pub Med, the International Water Association, and ResearchGate. Several indices have been identified in the literature including the Canadian Water Sustainability Index, Index of Drinking Water Adequacy, the Sustainable Water Governance Index, equity index in water and sanitation, WASH performance Index, Sustainable Water Management Index, and Index of water service quality. However, these indices do not provide an integrative, contextualized and prospective analysis of the sustainability of water services. In addition, these indices select only a few evaluation criteria deemed relevant. In other words, these indices choose to make visible certain phenomena and therefore make others invisible, according to the logic of action of each and to certain social compromises. These difficulties therefore encourage the development of a new index to provide an integrative, contextualized and prospective analysis of the sustainability of rural water services.
Highlights
Access to safe drinking water is a fundamental and essential human right, essential to health (Bos et al )
The aim of this paper is to present the state of the art on the sustainability indices of rural water services
Selecting the components means choosing to make certain aspects visible and to make others invisible according to the logic of action of the Water Poverty Index (WPI) and certain social compromises
Summary
Access to safe drinking water is a fundamental and essential human right, essential to health (Bos et al ). People without access to water services have less opportunity to realize their potential (Watkins ). Access to an improved water source significantly reduces waterborne. The formulation and implementation of international policies such as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has made significant progress in access to safe drinking water over the past three decades. From 2000 to 2017, the proportion of the population with access to safely managed water service increased from 61% to 71%. The proportion of the rural population with access to safely
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