Walter Weaver

Long before any popular environmental movement existed, Mahatma Ghandhi said, “The earth, the air, the land, and the water are not an inheritance from our forefathers but on loan from our children.” Today, India faces many challenges, few of them more fundamental to long-term development than fresh water availability. The USAID-funded Water Analysis, Innovations, and Systems Program (WAISP) analyzed pressures in India related to water, climate change, and food security and determined that urban… Show more

Long before any popular environmental movement existed, Mahatma Ghandhi said, “The earth, the air, the land, and the water are not an inheritance from our forefathers but on loan from our children.” Today, India faces many challenges, few of them more fundamental to long-term development than fresh water availability. The USAID-funded Water Analysis, Innovations, and Systems Program (WAISP) analyzed pressures in India related to water, climate change, and food security and determined that urban water-use efficiency should be a top priority. Show less

The consolidation of water utilities as part of water and wastewater service reform is the first step on a path towards the decentralization of institutional, administrative, and fiscal responsibilities and the improvement of service quality. Samuel Coxson and Walter Weaver discuss the case study of Lebanon and how decentralization has progressed since the consolidation of 21 water authorities into four regional water establishments.

Walter Weaver looks back on the achievements of the award-winning Instituting Water Demand Management (IDARA) project in Jordan.

Despite a national focus on Lebanon’s water sector, the country’s public utilities continue to face a severe shortage of human capital.

Walter Weaver and Reed Merrill show how the program is using water as a thread that ties together health, sanitation, hygiene, education, governance, climate change, and ecosystem conservation, all within a context of improving livelihoods. Weaver and Merrill relate how ESP has responded to its diverse funding sources (congressional earmarks for biodiversity, water and sanitation, and child survival and health) by conceiving a holistic program that engages an unusually broad spectrum of… Show more

Walter Weaver and Reed Merrill show how the program is using water as a thread that ties together health, sanitation, hygiene, education, governance, climate change, and ecosystem conservation, all within a context of improving livelihoods. Weaver and Merrill relate how ESP has responded to its diverse funding sources (congressional earmarks for biodiversity, water and sanitation, and child survival and health) by conceiving a holistic program that engages an unusually broad spectrum of partners. Show less