To read more on Triple-S, visit the official [http://www.waterservicesthatlast.org/resources/building_blocks website].
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A number of organisations are developing or financing tools that are focused on sustainability as part of broader efforts to monitor and evaluate the lasting impacts of programme investments. The Triple-S initiative identified five tools that have been pilot tested and produce an objective and quantifiable output that can be used to trigger improvements to programme design or take remedial actions. <ref>Boulenouar, J., Schweitzer, R. and Lockwood, H., 2013. [http://www.waterservicesthatlast.org/media/publications/mapping_sustainability_assessment_tools Mapping sustainability assessment tools to support sustainable water and sanitation service delivery. (Triple-S – Working Paper; 6)]. The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre.</ref>
AGUASAN - '''Sustainability Assessment Tool (SAT)''': Reviews existing interventions of on-going and completed programmes to support future WASH programme planning. The tool was pilot tested in Kosovo in 2010 and similarly in Haiti, Nepal, and Mali. Time duration: approximately two person-months for the detailed assessment, and one to two person-weeks for the “rough” assessment. Total costs have ranged between US$ 2,000-20,000 and have not exceeded the cost of conventional project evaluations for the organisations involved. [http://www.waterservicesthatlast.org/content/download/25163196/2577930320/version/2/file/2013_WP6_SustainabilityAssessmentToolsSUSTAINABILITY+ASSESSMENT+TOOL.pdf More information, page 10].
DWA - '''Sustainability Monitoring Framework (SMF)''': Measures the extent to which each NGO contributes to sustainable WASH service delivery in their projects. Highlights the absence of issues which have been proven to result in low sustainability, and the presence of factors that promote sustainability. Pilot tested in Uganda and Ghana by a total of nine organisations, in collaboration with local authorities. The SMF was meant to be integrated in on-going programme monitoring initiatives. [http://www.washalliance.nl/2013/06/24/update-on-the-design-of-sustainability-monitoring-framework-progress/ Latest blog on the tool here].
USAID/Rotary International - '''Sustainability Index Tool (SIT)''': Developed in 2012, during the first evaluation of the projects conducted under the USAID-Rotary International partnership in three countries: Ghana, the Philippines, and the Dominican Republic, and further refined in 2013. It is unique among the tools reviewed in this paper in that it includes a publicly available “product” which guides users through the assessment steps. The cost of applying the SIT is approximately US$ 50,000 per country. [http://www.washplus.org/rotary-usaid More information].
Water and Sanitation Africa - '''Tool for Planning, Predicting, and Evaluating Sustainability (ToPPES)''': A decision support system to analyse and predict service delivery sustainability for WSA project managers; although results would also be relevant for local government officials. Developed in Ghana from a data set created with the help of the national water ministry and the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA). Although ToPPES has been field tested and modified, it has not been fully applied. [http://www.wsafricaircwash.org/sitesresources/staging.wsafrica.org/files/js/No%204%20The%20Model.pdf tool-planning-predicting-and-evaluating-sustainability-toppes More information].
====WASH Sustainability Charter====
