Rodriguez, Diego J.van den Berg, CarolineMcMahon, Amanda2014-03-112014-03-112012-11https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17252This paper provides background information for development practitioners in the water and other infrastructure sectors. It outlines the major challenges related to financing the gap in global water infrastructure, including those systems that provide urban and rural water supply, and sanitation and irrigation services. Water infrastructure finance includes costs for capital works as well as the operations and maintenance costs that motivate sustainable service delivery. Section one introduces the linkages between water infrastructure and growing global challenges, including food and energy security as well as climate change. Section two describes investment needs in the sector and details various traditional funding sources. Section three proposes a five step reform cycle for making better use of limited funding in the sector. Tools for making these improvements are outlined in section four. The paper concludes with section five, a summary of the challenges and recommendations for the way forward.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABUNDANCE OF WATERACCESS TO WATERADEQUATE SANITATIONAGRICULTURAL WATERAPPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGYAQUIFERAQUIFER RECHARGEAQUIFERSARTIFICIAL RECHARGECASH FLOWCENTRAL GOVERNMENTSCLASSES OF WATER USERSCLIMATE CHANGECONNECTION FEECONSERVATIONCONSTRUCTIONCOST RECOVERYCROSS-SUBSIDIESCUBIC METERCUBIC METER OF WATERCUBIC METERSDAMSDEMAND MANAGEMENTDESALINATIONDRAINAGEDRINKING WATERDRIP IRRIGATIONDROUGHTENGINEERINGFARMERSFARMINGFLOOD CONTROLFLOOD PROTECTIONFLOODSFOOD PRODUCTIONGOOD GOVERNANCEGROUNDWATERGROUNDWATER FOR IRRIGATIONHIGH LEVELSHOUSEHOLD CONNECTIONSHOUSEHOLDSINDUSTRIAL USERSINDUSTRIAL WATERINDUSTRIAL WATER REUSEIRRIGATION SCHEMEIRRIGATION SYSTEMSIRRIGATION WATERLARGE WATER UTILITIESLEAKAGELEAST COSTLITERS PER CAPITA PER DAYMAINTENANCE COSTSMETERINGNATURAL RESOURCESOPERATIONAL CAPACITYOPERATIONAL EXPENDITURESPERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTSPIPEPIPED WATERPOOR WATER QUALITYPOPULATION DENSITIESPOPULATION GROWTHPOPULATION WITHOUT ACCESSPRESSUREPRIVATE FINANCINGPRIVATE PARTICIPATIONPRIVATE PARTICIPATION IN WATERPRIVATE WATER PROVIDERSPROGRAMSPROVISION OF WATERPUMPINGPUMPSQUANTITIES OF WATERRAINRAINWATERRAINWATER HARVESTINGRAW WATERRECYCLINGREVERSE OSMOSISRUNOFFRURAL COMMUNITIESRURAL WATERSANITATION INFRASTRUCTURESANITATION SECTORSANITATION SERVICESSANITATION UTILITIESSEPTIC TANKSSERVICE DELIVERYSERVICE IMPROVEMENTSSERVICE PROVIDERSERVICE PROVIDERSSERVICE PROVISIONSERVICE QUALITYSEWERAGE SYSTEMSSLUMSSTREAMFLOWSUSTAINABLE SERVICE DELIVERYSUSTAINABLE WATERTARIFF RATESTARIFF REFORMTARIFF STRUCTURETOILETSTRANSPARENCYTREATMENT PLANTSURBAN AREASURBAN UTILITIESUSE OF WATERUTILITY MANAGEMENTUTILITY MANAGERSUTILITY REVENUESWASTEWATERWASTEWATER REUSEWASTEWATER TREATMENTWASTEWATER UTILITIESWATER ASSET MANAGEMENTWATER AVAILABILITYWATER COMPANIESWATER CONNECTIONSWATER DEMANDWATER DEVELOPMENTWATER INFRASTRUCTUREWATER LEVELSWATER LOSSESWATER PARTNERSHIPWATER POLICIESWATER PRICINGWATER PROJECTSWATER QUANTITYWATER REQUIREMENTSWATER REUSEWATER RIGHTSWATER SCARCITYWATER SECTORWATER SECTOR INVESTMENTSWATER SERVICEWATER SERVICE DELIVERYWATER SERVICESWATER SOURCEWATER SOURCESWATER SUPPLYWATER TARIFFSWATER USEWATER USERWATER USERSWATER UTILITIESWATER UTILITY10.1596/17252