A Hidden Crisis? Findings from research into borehole failure in Ethiopia, Malawi and Uganda.

Poor functionality of rural water points continues to be a problem which plagues the sector. In this webinar we discuss some of the main results from the second phase of the UPGRO Hidden Crisis Project which has been examining the issue in Ethiopia, Uganda and Malawi. After a brief overview of the project we report the results of 18 months of detailed fieldwork undertaking a forensic analysis of 150 failing waterpoints across the 3 countries sharing lessons from what we found of the physical factors contributing to poor performance and lessons about community management.