Evaluating Water Quality Assurance Funds in Kenya
Baseline Assessment

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This report, produced by USAID/REAL-Water, summarizes baseline data collected in Kenya prior to the launch of a two-year impact evaluation of the Assurance Fund implementation model. This evaluation consists of a randomized stepped-wedge trial, which allows for measuring impacts rigorously while rolling out the intervention gradually. The evaluation in Kenya includes 32 piped water systems randomly assigned to one of three groups successively entering the Assurance Fund program at six-month intervals. At baseline, REAL-WATER measured the same indicators that it will measure subsequently over the course of the stepped-wedge trial: chlorine residual and E. coli concentrations in water samples (the primary outcome indicators for the trial); water treatment practices; water quality knowledge of water system operators and local government officials; consumer awareness of and perceptions of water safety; and consumer willingness-to-pay for increased water treatment and testing. REAL-WATER is also evaluating the effects of the Assurance Fund program in Ghana using a similar stepped-wedge randomized trial with 21 randomly assigned water systems.

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Bibliographical Information:

REAL-Water (2024) Evaluating Water Quality Assurance Funds in Kenya. Baseline Assessment , United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

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