CSDA CWIS Tool
CSDA CWIS Tool
CSDA
Index
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Introduction
What is the CSDA tool?
A Faecal Waste Flow Diagram (SFD) illustrates the citywide sanitation situation in a city, but not the
underlying reasons for that situation. The CSDA is a complementary tool to assess why the
situation is as it is. It supports a systematic process for working with stakeholders to assess the
enabling environment for Citywide Inclusive Sanitation (CWIS). It also includes an Action Checklist
to help stakeholders identify and prioritise immediate and follow-up actions to improve the
enabling environment for the delivery and sustained operation of sanitation services.
Scores are entered using the drop down menu in each white cell or typing 0, 0.5 or 1 on the two
'input' worksheets.
By entering the city name and CSDA date at the top of the Input sheets, the information will
automatically copy to the graphic tabs.
The CSDA tool and User Guide are being improved as we receive feedback. If you download the
files again later there may be minor adjustments and improvements.
Colour blind users: The CSDA graphics include a second version with numbers
1: 80%-100%
What proportion of excreta discharged to sanitary sewers 0 0 0 0.5: 50%-80%
is safely managed?
0: 0%-50%
1: 80%-100%
What proportion of excreta captured by onsite sanitation 0 0 0 0.5: 50%-80%
facilities is safely managed? (Ref SFD)
0: 0%-50%
Inclusion Scoring
Yes, local leaders are committed to and starting to make the changes
1:
needed to implement fully inclusive sanitation services
Is the local leadership committed to an inclusive
0 Some local leaders are becoming interested or statements have been
approach aiming to deliver sanitation services to all urban 0.5:
made, but commitment is not yet translated to action and budgets
dwellers? The leaders are not yet really interested or motivated and there is no
0: significant action and budgets.
leadership evident
Regulatory and financial support for sanitation in informal settlements
1:
exists and is actioned
Are there legal or regulatory requirements and budgets 0 Regulatory and financial support for sanitation in informal settlements is
0.5:
for improving sanitation services in informal settlements? limited, due to unclear mandates or lack of action
There is no framework for public management of sanitation in informal
0:
settlements
1: Institutional arrangements are clearly defined, structured and staffed
Are there defined institutional mandates for delivering
0 Institutional arrangements are defined, but not adequately structured and
sanitation services in informal settlements, and are they 0.5:
staffed
adequately structured and staffed?
0: Institutional arrangements are not defined
1: 80%-100%
What proportion of excreta originating from informal 0 0.5: 50%-80%
settlements is safely managed? (ref SFD)
0: 0%-50%
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Version with numbers for colour-blind people
Inclusion Inclusion
Commitment to CWIS 0.0 Commitment to CWIS 0.0
Legislation & regulation 0.0 Legislation & regulation 0.0
Institutions & providers 0.0 Institutions & providers 0.0
Outcomes 0.0 Outcomes 0.0
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Assessment
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nitation
Sewage treat-
ment & reuse
0.0
0.0
0.0
sanitation
Sludge treat-
ment & reuse
0.0
0.0
0.0
on
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
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Sewerage
Evidence / scoring
Pillar Sewerage questions (for each stage of the chain)
S.1.3 Legislation / Regulation: Are there national 1: Legislation and regulatory mechanisms are comprehensive, in place and widely publicised
and/or local legislation and regulatory mechanisms
0.5:Legislation and regulatory mechanisms are comprehensive and in place, but not widely
for sewerage services, backed by any necessary 0 0 0
Enabling: publicised
complementary codes, specifications, schedules
Current policies, etc.? 0: Legislation and regulatory mechanisms are inadequate or do not exist
planning issues and
budgetary 1: Service levels and targets are clearly specified and officially adopted
arrangements S.1.4 Targets: Are service levels and targets for the
accessibility of, and connections to, sewerage 0 0 0 0.5: Service levels are specified, but targets not stated, or not officially adopted
specified in current approved plans?
0: No reference to service levels or targets
Planning and
budgeting
1: Annual and medium term budget lines for sewerage exist
S.1.5 Budget lines: Are there annual and medium
term budget lines for sewerage, including both 0.5: Annual and medium term budget lines are unclear, poorly defined, or lack adequate software
0 0 0
software, and hardware expansion, operation and components
maintenance?
0: No budget lines for sewerage exist
1: Inclusion is explicitly considered in policy, and required in the planning and budgeting process
1.6 Planning and budgeting: Is the policy, planning
and budgeting process for the provision of sanitation 0.5: Inclusion is mentioned in policy, but not explicitly or weakly required in the planning and
Inclusion
services inclusive, according to the definition agreed
0 0 N/A budgeting process
with stakeholders?
0: There are no inclusion criteria in policy, planning and budgeting process
1: There is an investment plan, which includes all the components necessary to meet targets over
S.2.1 Investment plan: Is there an investment plan for the medium term
sewerage hardware and software, which includes all 0:5 There is an investment plan, which includes some (~50%) of the components necessary to
0 0 0
the components necessary to achieve service level meet targets over the medium term
targets (S.1.4) over the medium term? 0: There is no investment plan, or one that is totally inadequate to meet targets over the medium
term
1: There are systematic programmes promoting sewer connections, behaviour change and
community engagement
S.2.6 Outreach: Are there active programmes
promoting sewer connections, behaviour change and 0 0 0 0.5: Some outreach activities are being carried out on an ad-hoc basis
community engagement?
0: No outreach activities are being implemented
1: There are suitable options available to address the needs of most poor and vulnerable people
2.7 Technology: Are there affordable, appropriate,
safe and adaptable technologies available to meet 0.5: There are options that address the needs of some poor and vulnerable people, but they are
the needs of women, poor and vulnerable people,
0 0 N/A not sufficient or complete
according to the agreed definition? 0: Options available to meet the sanitation needs of poor and vulnerable people are grossly
inadequate
Inclusion
1: There are funds, plans and mechanisms to meet the needs of most people, including the poor
2.8 Funding: Are there specific funding mechanisms and vulnerable
to support appropriate, safe and adaptable sanitation 0.5: There are funds, plans and mechanisms to meet the needs of some poor and vulnerable
services to all users, including women, poor and
0 0 N/A people
vulnerable people, according to the agreed definition. 0: There are few or almost no funds, plans and mechanisms to support poor and vulnerable
people
1: O&M costs known and revenue adequate to maintain the system well
S.3.1 Cost recovery: Are sewerage system O&M
costs known and fully covered by cost recovery 0 0 0 0.5: O&M costs known and revenue covers partial O&M, at less than optimum level
through user fees and/or local taxes or transfers?
0: O&M costs not known and/or revenue wholly inadequate
1: There are adequately staffed institutions which monitor performance, health and environmental
standards
S.3.2 Monitoring: Are there adequately staffed
Regulation and cost 0.5: There are institutions which partially monitor performance, health and environmental
institutions which monitor performance, health and 0 0 0
recovery standards
environmental standards for sewerage services?
0: There is no institution which monitors performance, health and environmental standards
1: The entity has sufficient qualified staff for adaptive planning of sewerage rehabilitation and
S.3.4 Staffing: Does the entity responsible for expansion
sewerage have sufficient qualified staff to undertake 0.5: The entity has insufficient staff for adaptive planning of sewerage rehabilitation and
0 0 0
adaptive planning of sewerage rehabilitation and expansion
expansion? 0: The entity has inadequate staff and is unable to undertake adaptive planning for the sewerage
system
1: The entity has a staff development programme and incentives to retain workers
S.3.5 Staff development: Does the entity responsible
for sewerage have an active and gender-aware staff 0.5: The entity has either a staff development programme or incentives to retain workers, but not
0 0 0
development programme and incentives to retain both
workers?
0: There is no staff development programme or incentives to retain workers
Operating and Institutions and
sustaining service providers
Operating and Institutions and
sustaining service providers
1 The health and safety of sewerage workers is adequately protected and monitored
S.3.6 Health and Safety: Is the health and safety of
sewerage workers adequately protected and 0 0 0 0.5: The health and safety of sewerage workers is partly protected and monitored
monitored?
0: The health and safety of sewerage workers is not protected or monitored
1: Sanitation services are expanding significantly faster than population, and the number of
people with unsafe sanitation is decreasing
3.8 Growth: Are sanitation services keeping pace with
population growth?
0 0 N/A 0.5: Sanitation services are more or less keeping pace with population growth
0: Population is growing significantly faster than sanitation services, and the number of people
with unsafe sanitation is increasing
1: Sanitation data is routinely collected citywide and used for planning services
3.9 Planning from evidence: Is sanitation data
routinely collected, including from women, poor and
Inclusion
vulnerable people, according the agreed definition,
0 0 N/A 0.5: Sanitation data is collected on an ad-hoc basis with incomplete spatial coverage
and used for planning services?
0: Sanitation monitoring data is rarely collected
1: Safe sanitation services are affordable and available to all users, including poor and vulnerable
3.10 Outcomes: Do the city's sanitation systems people.
ACTUALLY provide safe sanitation services for all
users, including women, poor and vulnerable people,
0 0 N/A 0.5: Safe sanitation services are available to about half of poor and vulnerable people
according to the agreed definition? 0: Safe sanitation services are not available to many poor and vulnerable people, or this is not
known.
Scores 0 0 0
ment & reuse
Sludge treat-
Non-sewered
Emptying &
septic tank
Evidence / scoring
Toilet, pit,
transport
Pillar
sanitation questions (for each stage of the chain)
N.1.3 Legislation / Regulation: Are there national 1: Legislation and regulatory mechanisms are comprehensive, in place and widely publicised
and/or local legislation and regulatory mechanisms
0.5:Legislation and regulatory mechanisms are comprehensive and in place, but not widely
for non-sewered sanitation, backed by any necessary 0 0 0
Enabling: publicised
complementary codes, specifications, schedules
Current policies, etc.? 0: Legislation and regulatory mechanisms are inadequate or do not exist
planning issues and
budgetary 1: Service levels and targets are clearly specified and officially adopted
arrangements N.1.4 Targets: Are service levels and targets for non-
sewered sanitation specified in current approved 0 0 0 0.5: Service levels are specified, but targets not stated, or not officially adopted
plans?
0: No reference to service levels or targets
Planning and
budgeting 1: Annual and medium term budget lines for non-sewered sanitation exist and include hardware
and software
N.1.5 Budget lines: Are there annual and medium-
0.5: Annual and medium term budget lines are unclear, poorly defined, or lack adequate software
term budget lines for non-sewered sanitation, 0 0 0
components
including both hardware and software?
0: No budget lines for non-sewered sanitation exist
1: Inclusion is explicitly considered in policy, and required in the planning and budgeting process
1.6 Planning and budgeting: Does the policy,
Inclusion
planning and budgeting process address inclusive 0.5: Inclusion is mentioned in policy, but not explicitly or weakly required in the planning and
(Carried over from
sanitation services, according to the definition agreed
0 0 N/A budgeting process
left)
with stakeholders?
0: There are no inclusion criteria in policy, planning and budgeting process
1: There is an investment plan, which includes all the components necessary to meet targets over
N.2.1 Investment plan: Is there an investment plan for the medium term
non-sewered sanitation hardware and software,
0:5 There is an investment plan, which includes some (~50%) of the components necessary to
which includes all the components necessary to 0 0 0
meet targets over the medium term
achieve service level targets (N.1.4) over the medium
term? 0: There is no investment plan, or one that is totally inadequate to meet targets over the medium
term
1: There are systematic programmes promoting safe non-sewered sanitation, behaviour change
and community engagement
N.2.6 Outreach: Are there active promotion
programmes for safe non-sewered sanitation, 0 0 0 0.5: Some outreach activities are being carried out on an ad-hoc basis
behaviour change and community engagement?
0: No outreach activities are being implemented
1: There are suitable options available to address the needs of most poor and vulnerable people
2.7 Technology: Are there affordable, appropriate,
safe and adaptable technologies available to meet 0.5: There are options that address the needs of some poor and vulnerable people, but they are
the needs of women, poor and vulnerable people,
0 0 N/A not sufficient or complete
according to the agreed definition? 0: Options available to meet the sanitation needs of poor and vulnerable people are grossly
Inclusion inadequate
(Carried over from
left) 1: There are funds, plans and mechanisms to meet the needs of most people, including the poor
2.8 Funding: Are there specific funding mechanisms and vulnerable
to support appropriate, safe and adaptable sanitation 0.5: There are funds, plans and mechanisms to meet the needs of some poor and vulnerable
services to all users, including women, poor and
0 0 N/A people
vulnerable people, according to the agreed definition. 0: There are few or almost no funds, plans and mechanisms to support poor and vulnerable
people
1: There are adequately staffed institutions which monitor performance, health and environmental
standards
N.3.2 Monitoring: Are there adequately staffed
Regulation and cost 0.5: There are institutions which partially monitor performance, health and environmental
institutions which monitor performance, health and 0 0 0
recovery standards
environmental standards for non-sewered sanitation?
0: There is no institution which monitors performance, health and environmental standards
1: The entities have sufficient qualified staff for adaptive planning of non-sewered sanitation
N.3.4 Staffing: Do the institutions responsible for non- services expansion
sewered sanitation have sufficient qualified staff to 0.5: The entities have insufficient staff for adaptive planning of non-sewered sanitation services
0 0 0
undertake adaptive planning and implementation for expansion
service expansion? 0: The entities have inadequate staff and are unable to undertake adaptive planning for non-
sewered sanitation services
1: The entities have staff development programmes and incentives to retain workers.
N.3.5 Staff development: Do the institutions
responsible for non-sewered sanitation have active 0.5: The entities have either staff development programmes or incentives to retain workers, but
0 0 0
and gender-aware staff development programmes not both.
and incentives to retain workers?
0: There are no staff development programmes or incentives to retain workers
Operating and Institutions and
sustaining service providers
Operating and Institutions and
sustaining service providers 1 The health and safety of non-sewered sanitation workers is adequately protected and
monitored.
N.3.6 Health and Safety: Is the health and safety of
non-sewered sanitation workers adequately protected 0 0 0 0.5: The health and safety of non-sewered sanitation workers is partly protected and monitored.
and monitored?
0: The health and safety of non-sewered sanitation workers is not protected or monitored.
1: Private service providers are organised and capacity-building is being implemented according
N.3.7 Private sector capacity-building: Are there on- to an agreed plan
going programmes and measures to build the 0.5: Private service providers are not well organised, and limited capacity-building is implemented
0 0 0
capacity of private sector service providers to deliver on an ad-hoc basis
non-sewered sanitation services? 0: Private service providers are organised poorly or not at all, and no capacity-building is carried
out
1: Sanitation services are expanding significantly faster than population, and the number of
people with unsafe sanitation is decreasing
3.8 Growth: Are sanitation services keeping pace with
0 0 N/A 0.5: Sanitation services are more or less keeping pace with population growth
population growth?
0: Population is growing significantly faster than sanitation services, and the number of people
with unsafe sanitation is increasing
1: Sanitation data is routinely collected citywide and used for planning services
3.9 Planning from evidence: Is sanitation data
Inclusion
routinely collected, including from women, poor and 0.5: Sanitation data is collected on an ad-hoc basis with incomplete spatial coverage or not used
(Carried over from 0 0 N/A
vulnerable people, according the definition, and used for planning
left)
for planning services?
0: Sanitation monitoring data is rarely collected
1: Safe sanitation services are affordable and available to all users, including poor and vulnerable
3.10 Outcomes: Do the city's sanitation systems people.
ACTUALLY provide safe sanitation services for all
users, including women, poor and vulnerable people,
0 0 N/A 0.5: Safe sanitation services are available to about half of poor and vulnerable people
according to the agreed definition? 0: Safe sanitation services are not available to many poor and vulnerable people, or this is not
known.
Scores 0 0 0
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Enabling Enabling
Policy, legislation 0.0 0.0 0.0 Policy, legislation 0.0 0.0 0.0
Planning, budgeting 0.0 0.0 0.0 Planning, budgeting 0.0 0.0 0.0
Delivering Delivering
Funding 0.0 0.0 0.0 Funding 0.0 0.0 0.0
Capacity, outreach 0.0 0 0 Capacity, outreach 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sustaining Sustaining
Regulation, cost recovery 0 0 0 Regulation, cost recovery 0.0 0.0 0.0
Institutions, service providers 0 0 0 Institutions, service providers 0 0.0 0.0
Enabling Enabling
Policy, legislation 0.0 0.0 0.0 Policy, legislation 0.0 0.0 0.0
Planning, budgeting 0.0 0.0 0.0 Planning, budgeting 0.0 0.0 0.0
Delivering Delivering
Funding 0.0 0.0 0.0 Funding 0.0 0.0 0.0
Capacity, outreach 0.0 0.0 0.0 Capacity, outreach 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sustaining Sustaining
Regulation, cost recovery 0.0 0.0 0.0 Regulation, cost recovery 0.0 0.0 0.0
Institutions, service providers 0.0 0.0 0.0 Institutions, service providers 0.0 0.0 0.0
Policy, legislation
Sewered sanitation Non-sewered sanitation
Promotion, user
and technology
and regulation
arrangements
Capacity, TA
engagement
Institutional
Financing
Planning
WC, house Sewerage Sewage treat- Toilet, pit or septic Emptying & Sludge treat-
connection ment & reuse tank transport ment & reuse
Enabling Enabling
Policy, legislation 0.0 0.0 0.0 Policy, legislation 0.0 0.0 0.0 l l
Planning, budgeting 0.0 0.0 0.0 Planning, budgeting 0.0 0.0 0.0 l l
Inclusion 0.0 0 Inclusion 0.0 0.0 l l l
Delivering Delivering
Funding 0.0 0.0 0.0 Funding 0.0 0.0 0.0 l
Capacity, outreach 0.0 0 0 Capacity, outreach 0.0 0.0 0.0 l l l
Inclusion 0 0 Inclusion 0.0 0.0 l l
Sustaining Sustaining
Regulation, cost recovery 0 0 0 Regulation, cost recovery 0.0 0.0 0.0 l
Institutions, service providers 0 0 0 Institutions, service providers 0 0.0 0.0 l l l
Inclusion 0.0 0 Inclusion 0.0 0 l l
Thematic Action
Basic actions Level Intermediate actions Level Consolidating actions Level
area focus
Review and update national sanitation policies to ensure all aspects of CWIS
N, L Disseminate and apply CWIS policies N, L Strengthen regulatory powers across whole CWIS service chain N
are addressed
Review regulatory framework for the protection of public health and Set norms / standards for public health and environmental
Overall environment
N, L
protection
L Regulate pollution of receiving waters N, L
Policy, Legislation, Regulation
Design programme to equip, train and motivate environmental health Strengthen enforcement of environmental and public health
N, L L
staff to enforce sanitation rules regulations
Review and establish or strengthen legal basis for regulation of FSM services N Introduce regulation of service providers L
Require and enable service providers to dispose of all faecal sludge Incentivise faecal sludge disposal at recognized sites and
L L
safely introduce sanctions for illegal dumping
Identify all CWIS stakeholders, form a coordinating forum for CWIS, Establish institutional framework. Coordinate NSS and sewerage -
Overall and define and agree institutional roles
N, L
possibly under a single entity
L
Formally agree local institutional framework for FSM, including Review (dis)incentives for improved FSM. Increase incentives for
L N, L Enforce disincentives for unimproved FSM L
mandates, responsibility & accountability households and service providers
Non-sewered
sanitation Strengthen institutional setup for FSM, including treatment
Establish responsibility for faecal sludge treatment and re-use L L
facilities and re-use options
Identify & agree local institutional framework for sewerage. Formally clarify Investigate reasons why users and utilities do or do not invest in Implement incentives and sanctions to encourage users and
L N, L L
mandates, responsibility and accountability sewerage utilities to invest in sewerage
Sewered
sanitation Ensure sewerage authority has sufficient financial and administrative
N, L
autonomy
Conduct diagnostic studies disaggregated by area and gender as basis for Develop plans to enhance treatment capacity and re-use
L Establish systems to monitor and evaluate service quality N N, L
planning technologies
Responding to the SFD, make local plans for FSM services and associated
L Develop plans to enhance public access to FSM services L
finance and institutional arrangements
Non-sewered Allocate a safe faecal sludge disposal site (if not available) while Build / improve faecal sludge treatment facilities, considering
L L
sanitation planning and designing treatment facility reuse options
Advocate for FSM in national planning entities and sector ministries (works, Establish monitoring framework for NSS service standards – focus
N N, L
housing, health, environment, etc.) on FSM and onsite facilities
Sewered Build awareness of sewerage in national planning entities & sector ministries Establish monitoring framework for sewerage – focus on
N N, L
sanitation (works, housing, health, environment, etc.) connection rates and overflows
Identify the financing required to address service improvements to the Introduce specific pro-poor financial arrangements (such as Identify opportunities for financial flows generated from the sale of
L N, L L
poorest, women and vulnerable groups targeted subsidies) treatment end-products
Identify funds needed for inclusive sanitation services and introduce practical
demand-led financing mechanisms
Non-sewered Build awareness and agreement around the budgetary requirements for FSM Develop programs with inclusive FSM funding windows and
N, L N Mobilize finance for faceal sludge processing, re-use and disposal N, L
sanitation services incentives for cities
Build awareness and agreement around the budgetary requirements for Develop and implement programs with sewerage funding windows
N, L N
sewerage services and incentives for cities
Sewered
sanitation Develop and implement improved financing model for sewer
N, L
connections
Consult users to identify sanitation needs and aspirations, taking account of Improve technical options and services, in response to user Expand on the range and quality of technical options and services,
L L L
housing tenure mix, ensuring women and vulnerable groups are heard feedback in response to user feedback
Overall
Engage with landlords and tenants on constraints to FSM and
User engagement
L Develop assistance and enforcement packages for landlords L Focus on enforcement of service quality for landlords L
sewerage services
Promotion,
Do formative research on reasons for open defecation, and develop Enforce use of emptiable facilities where space is in sufficient for
L Review rates of open defecation and adjust strategy as needed. N, L L
and start to implement a strategy to reduce it single-use (fill and cover) pits
Non-sewered Engage with manual emptiers and their clients to develop a strategy for Support transition from informal manual emptying to improved and
L L
sanitation phasing out unhygienic manual emptying regulated services
Sewered
Stimulate customer demand / willingness to pay sewerage tariffs L Formative research and sewer connection campaign L
sanitation
Map the land/housing tenure status (tenure “mix”), resulting sanitation
L
pathways and stakeholder relationships
pacity,Technical assistance,
Based on user needs and aspirations, identify technology gaps and pilot Develop a range of sanitation technology and market supply Strengthen sector capacity for services, including treatment and
Overall appropriate, affordable options
L
chains for all population groups
L
re-use markets
L
Develop sanitation options appropriate to the city's tenure “mix” within Scale up the use of successful sanitation options for tenants Strengthen tenure-status informed sanitation options in planning
L L L
Technology
planning frameworks and approaches (renters) so they can meet demand frameworks and approaches
Capacity,Technical assistance,
Technology
Identify scale of the capacity gap and TA required to address FSM service
N, L Build public and private sector capacity for city-wide FSM services N, L
needs
Non-sewered
sanitation Support service providers with promotion, training, skills development
L
and access to capital
Identify capacity gap and TA required for sewerage service needs, with focus Build public and private sector capacity for city-wide sewerage
N, L N, L
on connections and O&M services
Sewered
sanitation Repair broken pumping stations and leaking sewers, and improve
L
management to avoid recurrence of problems