Water kiosk

Water kiosks exist, among other countries, in Cameroon, Haiti, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia.

In rural areas, water for kiosks can sometimes come directly from a well, spring, stream or lake after treatment.

[2] In 2003, when a new water law was passed, the government threatened to shut down kiosks that were not properly registered.

As a result, kiosk owners formed an association and engaged in a dialogue with the government to defuse the situation by paying arrears and being officially recognized.

However, some committees misappropriated funds, while some community members got free water through illegal piped connections directly to their homes.

Some kiosks charged flat rates per month independently of consumption, but users often failed to pay.

[8] In Douala, Cameroon, and Dar es-Salaam, Tanzania, the tariff for water sold at kiosks is about 3 Euro Cent per 20 liter.

This is still much lower than the prices charged by water vendors which the poor had to pay prior to the construction of the kiosks.