a socio-technical systems approach to water and sanitation in bolivia
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A SOCIO‐TECHNICAL SYSTEMS APPROACH TO WATER AND SANITATION IN BOLIVIA Sebastien Rauch Civil and Environmental Engineering Chalmers Cochabamba • Famous for the Water War (2000) • Little progress in water and sanitation – No investment in poor areas • Water and sanitation have an impact on people’s lives – Infant mortality 1/5 – Life expectancy 54 years (75 years) Collaboration Chalmers Ida, Claudia, Sebastien MFS students GU Global Studies UMSS IRWM programme CASA, Centro Agua NGOs PROCASHA Water for People Local communities Cochabamba region Cochabamba Sipe Sipe El Paso Zona Sur Punata San Pedro Tiraque Valle Alto Zona Sur ‐ Plan 700 Plan 700 Water supply ‐ Trucks Sanitation Plan 700 Open defecation Plan 700 Unimproved sanitation Plan 700 Improved sanitation Our Work Why some family choose to have a bathroom/sanitation? Why some don’t? How do we spread sanitation practices? Why do they select a solution/technology? How do we introduce more sustainable practices? Our Work User interviews Stakeholders Field observations Documents Guidelines for the introduction of sustainable sanitation Drivers, barriers, triggers Socio‐economic background Financing Stakeholder involvement System selection System change framework Framework Socio‐technical landscape Socio‐technical regime Individual cases time Current status • Drivers/barriers safety, privacy, children, social pressure… money, lack of tenure, preconceptions… • Triggers needed for early implementers building renovations, snake… • Need to shift from trigger to mainstream
