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Box 30030-00100 Nairobi GPO Kenya Tel: 254 20 7623120 (Central Kenya)  \nWebsite: [http://www.unhabitat.org](http://www.unhabitat.org)  \n[Email: habitat.publications.org](Email: habitat.publications.org)  \nHS/123/12E  \nISBN (Series) 978-92-1-133404-3  \nISBN (Volume) 978-92-1-132536-2  \nDisclaimer  \nThe designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, or ofits authorities, or concerning delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries, or regarding its economic system or degree of development. The analysis, conclusions and recommendations of this publication do not necessarily reflect the view of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, the Governing Council of the United Human Settlements Programme, or its Member States.  \nAcknowledgements  \nPrincipal Authors: UN-Habitat Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation  \nInitiative team and National Water and Sewerage Corporation team  \nContributors: Robert Goodwin, Rose Kaggwa and Anne Malebo  \nEditor: Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation Initiative team  \nDesign and Layout: Anne Musotsi  \nUtility Management Series for Small Towns  \nCustomer Services User Manual  \nFOREWORD  \nMunicipal authorities and urban service providers are being increasingly  \nchallenged to deliver sustainable services ina rapidly urbanizing world with complex problems resulting from the interplay of climate change, resource constraints and the adverse effects of a sluggish world economy. The need to improve the coverage and efficiency of urban basic services, such as water supply, sanitation, energy, drainage and transportation, has never been greater.  \nIt is now well recognized that the essential pre-condition for improvements in  \nthe delivery of urban services, is to establish effective and well run institutions within the framework of a policy environment that promotes investment, a commercial approach to service delivery, managerial autonomy and accountability to key stakeholders, including customers and the Government.  \nWith its mandate to promote sustainable urbanization, UN-Habitat has been in the forefront of international efforts to build the capacity of urban water utilities to face the challenges of expanding access to water and sanitation while improving the efficiency of service delivery. Through its regional and national programmes and the Global Water Operators Partnership Alliance, UN-Habitat provides capacity building for urban water utilities with a focus on business planning, water demand management, improving billing and revenue efficiency, energy audits and planning for climate change adaptation.  \nThe Lake Victoria Region Water and Sanitation Initiative is one of the regional programmes in Africa that has demonstrated the effectiveness of integrating capacity building for urban water utilities with modest investments to improve infrastructure. The first phase of the Initiative has now been completed with impressive improvements in extending access to water and sanitation while enhancing the managerial capacity and operational efficiency of the utilities in the ten pilot towns in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. The utilities which have benefited from the capacity building programme have experienced significant improvements in performance in key areas such as revenue enhancement, an expanded customer base and reductions in non-revenue water.  \nThe six training manuals which are included in this Compendium of Training Materials are based on the practical experience of delivering the capacity building progra","cbCaifP6su10bUY0","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifP6su10bUY0","pdf",1429526,61,"English","# Foreword\n## Institutional and capacity building focus\n# Preface\n## Challenges of small utilities\n## Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation Initiative context","[{\"question\":\"What problem does the manual’s foreword emphasize for urban service providers?\",\"answer\":\"It emphasizes the difficulty of delivering sustainable services in rapidly urbanizing settings, shaped by climate change, resource constraints, and economic slowdown effects.\"},{\"question\":\"Why are small water utilities described as facing unique challenges?\",\"answer\":\"They have limited revenue, few economies of scale opportunities, severe skill shortages, and a legacy of underinvestment in infrastructure and capacity.\"},{\"question\":\"How does LVWATSAN support small utilities according to the preface?\",\"answer\":\"It provides capacity development in utility management and operations to address water and sanitation needs in Lake Victoria Basin towns, improving operating efficiency and financial viability.\"}]","Customer Services User Manual - Volume 2 | PDF",154]