Recurrent expenditures consist of the following categories of expenditures: <br>
[[Operational and Minor Maintenance Expenditure (OpEx)|Operations and minor maintenance expenditure (OpEx)]] covers the costs for operating and maintaining water and sanitation systems such as labour, fuel, electricity, chemicals, cleaning products for latrines etc.
[[Capital Maintenance Expenditure (CapManEx)|Capital maintenance expenditure (CapManEx)]] is the cost of replacement or rehabilitation of water and sanitation infrastructure in order to keep service delivery on-going.
[[Cost of Capital (CoC)|Cost of capital (CoC)]] is the expense of financing a programme or project and includes interest on loans and the cost of tying up scarce capital. In the case of private sector investment, the cost of capital includes what should be a ‘fair profit’, to be distributed as dividends.
[[Expenditure Direct Support (ExpDS)|Expenditure on direct support (ExpDS)]] includes expenditure on post-construction activities directed at local stakeholders, users or user groups. It is the costs of ensuring local government staff have the capacity and resources to repair broken systems and monitor service delivery.
[[Expenditure Indirect Support (ExpIDS)|Expenditure on indirect support (ExpIDS)]] includes government national level planning and policy making, plus developing and maintaining frameworks and institutional arrangements and capacity building for professionals and technicians. Expenditures on indirect support are not tied to a particular programme or project.
