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- 10/05/2011: Presentation by Christian Holmes, USAID Global Water Coordinator, at The Water Institute, University of North Carolina - Turning Impossible Challenges into Solvable Problems
- 09/23/2011: Presentation by Christian Holmes, USAID Global Water Coordinator, at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars - Water Security for Women and Girls
- 09/23/2011: Better Irrigation Brings Better Life: USAID rebuilds karezes in Daman to improve agricultural output
- 09/22/2011: Podcast interview at CSIS with Chris Holmes on USAID's current work on Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene Programming
- 09/22/2011: Presentation by Christian Holmes, USAID Global Water Coordinator, at the Center for Strategic and International Studies - Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene Programming
- 09/19/2011: Remarks by Christian Holmes, USAID Global Water Coordinator, at the Center for Environment and National Security - Water Security, Climate Change and Finance
- 09/16/2011: Remarks by Christian Holmes, USAID Global Water Coordinator, Meeting Global Water Needs: Challenges and Solutions
- 09/08/2011 Hand Washing Hygiene Saves Lives
- 09/07/2011: Health and Wealth Filter Through
- 07/19/2011: WASH for Life
- 07/05/2011: Photo Essay: Establishing the Lake Niassa Reserve in Mozambique
- 07/2011: Your Voice: Peru’s Melting Glaciers Teach Community “to Be Strong in the Face of the Changes”
- 06/13/2011: Remarks by Christian Holmes, USAID Global Water Coordinator, Water for People Founders Award Address
- 03/22/2011: Secretary Clinton on World Water Day (Department of State website)
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Success Story:
Water & Sanitation Services Reform in Yerevan, Armenia
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USAID assisted with water sector reforms that have increased water supply in Yerevan, the Armenian capital, from 7 to 18 hours per day. These efforts have allowed the city to rehabilitate and recommission wastewater treatment plants such as the one above.
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February 2007
After the fall of the Soviet Union, Armenia’s water and sanitation services went into major decline. Services dropped to an unpredictable 2 to 5 hours a day outside Yerevan, and to 7 hours a day in the capitol. All of the country’s 22 wastewater treatment plants stopped mechanical and chemical operation. USAID, working with World Bank and KfW, supported a set of management contracts, rehabilitation investments and corporate reforms to all 5 utilities in the country.
As a result, 3 of 5 have reached full O&M cost recovery, and citizens have received dramatic improvements in water supply. Although the sector is not financially sustainable yet, in just 6 years, it is clear that the reforms are working, and citizens are receiving improved services.
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