WASH & the COVID-19 Pandemic Virtual Symposium

Workshop: COVID-19 Impacts on Water and Sanitation Utilities: Moving from emergency response to resilience

As part of the WASH and COVID-19 Pandemic Virtual Symposium, the World Bank Water Global Practice, Asian Development Bank and Isle Utilities convened a workshop on the impact of COVID-19 on water and sanitation utilities.

Globally, water supply and sanitation utilities have been impacted by COVID-19 in many realms: planning, operations, revenue, customer relations and human resources management.

The emergency responses to the pandemic have included deferring investment, accessing contingency funds, uptake of digital technologies, delaying construction and maintenance work and shifting to remote working conditions.

This workshop presented key impacts and responses by utilities and discussed how to build on the emergency response to build resilient utilities capable of managing this and future protracted crises.

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Workshop Recording

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Workshop Resources

Context presentation, Yang Villa of Isle Utilities

Context presentation, Yang Villa of Isle Utilities

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Case Study 1, Roel Espiritu of Maynilad

Case Study 1, Roel Espiritu of Maynilad

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Case Study 2, Tasquem Khan of Dhaka WASA

Case Study 2, Tasquem Khan of Dhaka WASA

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Small Group Session Outputs

Small Group Session Outputs

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Case Study 3, Otavio Frota of Cagece, the Ceara state water and sewer company

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The online symposium WASH & the COVID-19 Pandemic: Responses for recovery and resilience is a knowledge-sharing event of Water and WASH Futures. Water and WASH Futures is a partnership activity of the Australian Aid program and International WaterCentre; this symposium is delivered with the partnership of Water for Women Fund and Grand Challenges CanadaFor more information, visit washfutures.com

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