Water vendors may operate water kiosks, where they sell water from a shallow well, a borehole, a commercial water connection, or a household connection to the piped network. Consumers may carry the water to their homes themselves. Distributing vendors may also collect water from kiosks. They typically carry water in containers loaded on bicycles, hand- pushed carts, or even animal-drawn or motorized carts, and bring it to households and small businesses. On a larger scale, and often serving higher-income customers, there are water tanker trucks that carry greater quantities to premises with larger storage capacities.
==Suitable conditions==
Good to site in areas where water trucking and vending already exists.
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| valign="top" | - Allows water to be delivered to water-stressed areas where water supply cannot meet demand.<br>
| valign="top" | - High cost of water which varies according to the setting (e.g. $17 per m3 in Somaliland).<br>
- This is a consumable and includes no investment for the user as with other water options.
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==Construction, operations and maintenance==
Support the capacity of the government or private sector to be able to provide (for payment) a water trucking scheme during the driest parts of the year. It has been argued that where the market is functioning well, interventions that address market-related issues during drought are more effective at protecting livelihoods than those that address food supply problems. Therefore, supporting the private sector to be able to provide a water service could be more effective than concentrating too much on establishing new water technologies.
==Costs==
==Acknowledgements==
* KJELLÉN, MARIANNE AND MCGRANAHAN, GORDON. [http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CHkQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpubs.iied.org%2Fpdfs%2F10529IIED.pdf&ei=VTfAT_HYM4ioiQKg6KCKCA&usg=AFQjCNFlpUPZZxjoBYudKmTZCWd87SLGMw&sig2=4KUU9fQulNVxHenOcMNmpA INFORMAL WATER VENDORS AND THE URBAN POOR.] International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), 2006.
* CARE Nederland, ''Desk Study Resilient WASH systems in drought prone areas.'' October 2010.