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[[Image:water trucking icon.png|right|80px|]][[Image:water trucking 2.jpg|thumb|right|300px200px|Photo: [httphttps://www.worldvision.com.au/global-issues/world-emergencies/current_emergencieshorn-of-africa-food-crisis World Vision.]]][[Image:water trucking 3.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Photo: [https:/hornofafricadrought2011/WaterTruckingKenyawww.worldvision.com.aspx au/global-issues/world-emergencies/horn-of-africa-food-crisis World Vision.]]]__NOTOC__<small-title />Water trucking is an alternative water source when other, more sustainable sources cannot be found. Trucking is specially especially useful in emergency situations or as a response to severe drought.
====Africa====
Water truckers supply mostly high-volume water consumers with cisterns (private villas, government and business office buildings). The market for water trucking services is most developed in cities where the concessionaire’s level of service is poor—long cutoff periods and many unserved areas, as in Nairobi, Nouakchott, Dar es Salaam, and Kampala—and less so in cities where the primary water mains reach most of the settled area, as in Dakar and Abidjan.
Purchase of a water tanker truck, even a second-hand one, is a major investment, but may be recouped within a year’s time, especially in the East African cities where demand for alternatives to piped water is strong.
===Field experiences===
The following countries below show an example of some conditions where water trucking has been essential. This was during the African drought of July 2011, which affected seven million people.
====Djibouti====
Water shortages in Djibouti City are expected to persist as the peak demand for water approaches with the lean season, increasing the risk of disease. Water access of 60,000 rural people has been supported through water trucking and repair of shallow wells and boreholes.
In June 2011, the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) has trucked water to 9.000 internally displaced persons (IDPS).
===Costs===[[Image:water truck costs.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Click image to zoom. Source: [http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/fileadmin/world_water_council/documents_old/Library/WWVision/Chapter2.pdf The Use of Water Today]. World Water Council.]] '''Examples of investments made by independent water and sanitation providers in African cities.'''<br>Source: © International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank.{|border="1" cellpadding="5"|-! scope="col"|! scope="col"|Usual source of finance! scope="col"|Cities! scope="col"|Unit cost (US$)! scope="col"|Asset life (years)! scope="col"|Cost/annual earnings ratio|-|rowspan="3"|Water truck|rowspan="3"|Formal or informal loan and <br>earnings from other activities|Nouakchott|15,000|10|48%|-|Nairobi|13,000|5|19%|-|Kampala |7,500|10|13%|} '''Annual operating accounts for three water truckers in Nouakchott, Nairobi, and Kampala.'''<br>Source: © International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank.{|border="1" cellpadding="5"|-! scope="col" |! scope="col" |Nouakchott! scope="col" |Nairobi! scope="col" |Kampala|-|'''Initial investment (US)'''|$15,000|$13,000|$ 7,500|-|'''Number of daily clients'''|2|n.a.|n.a.|-|'''Volume of water sold (cubic meters/day)'''|16.0 m<sup>3</sup>|21.3 m<sup>3</sup>|54.8 m<sup>3</sup>|-|'''Unit sales price (US$/m3)'''<br>'''Unit cost (US$/m3)'''|$3.80<br>$1.00|$8.30<br>$2.10|$4.30<br>$1.10|-|'''Annual gross revenue (US$)'''|$22,192|$64,889|$86,800|-|'''Annual expenses (US$)'''<br>Purchase of water<br>Taxes and insurance<br>Payroll<br>Fuel and maintenance<br>Depreciation allowance|$13,435<br>$5,840<br>$485<br>$2,100<br>$3,510<br>$1,500|$20,240<br>–<br>$804<br>$2,796<br>$14,040<br>$2,600|$35,942<br>$21,600<br>$800<br>$2,592<br>$ 10,200<br>$750|-|'''Annual profit'''|$8,757|$44,649|$50,858|-|'''Daily profit'''|$23.99|$122.33|$139.34|} ===Field experiences===The following project(s) utilize water trucking methods.<br>{|style="border: 2px solid #e0e0e0; width: 20%; text-align: justify; background-color: #e9f5fd;" cellpadding="2"|- style="vertical-align: top"|[[Image:akvorsr logo_lite.png|center|60px|link=http://akvo.org/products/rsr/]]|- style="vertical-align: bottom"|[[Image:project 786.jpg |thumb|center|140px|<font size="2"><center>[http://rsr.akvo.org/project/786/ RSR Project 786]<br>MWA-LAP: <br>Honduras</center></font>|link=http://rsr.akvo.org/project/786/ ]] |} <br> ===Manuals, videos, and links===* [http://washafricawww.wordpressircwash.comorg/2011/07/18news/eastern-africa-drought-7seven-million-inpeople-need-of-wash-services/ Eastern Africa drought: seven million people in need of WASH services]. WASH news Africa. July 2011.* [https://www.worldvision.com.au/global-issues/world-emergencies/horn-of-africa-food-crisis Horn of Africa Food Crisis]. World Vision. May 2012.* [http://www.irinnews.org/Report/88047/SOMALIA-Community-leaders-pool-together-to-deliver-water-to-IDPs SOMALIA: Community leaders pool together to deliver water to IDPs]. IRIN News. February 2010, Nairobi.* [http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/ethiopia_59887.html In Ethiopia, water trucks provide essential life-line amidst drought]. UNICEF. September 2011.* [http://www.irinnews.org/Report/88796/MYANMAR-Coping-with-water-scarcity-in-the-Ayeyarwady-Delta MYANMAR: Coping with water scarcity in the Ayeyarwady Delta] IRIN. April 2010. "People in our village are always busy getting water. They are either waiting for water trucking or looking for places where we can fetch water. We can't do any other work in the dry season." * Pike, Jill. [http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/33043 Water by Truck in Mexico City]. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, June 2005.
===Acknowledgements===* [httphttps://washafrica.wordpress.com/2011WASH news Africa].* Collignon, Bernard and Vézina, Marc. [http://www.wsp.org/sites/wsp.org/07files/18publications/eastern-africa-drought-7-million-af_providers.pdf Independent Water and Sanitation Providers in-need-African Cities: Full Report ofa Ten-wash-servicesCountry Study.] © International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/ WASH news Africa]The World Bank. Hydroconseil. IRC. April 2000.