Many thanks Tettje, I added this to the bibliograpy.

Dan

Dear Dan,
A very recent IRC WASH thematic overview paper has been published on Utility-managed rural water services. It is on the IRC website since Monday 18 October:  Utility-managed rural water services: Models, pathways, drivers, performance and areas for support. Thematic Overview Paper
Kind regards,
Tettje van Daalen
Editorial Officer
IRC WASH

Dear Colleagues:

We are searching for recent reports and resources that discuss the growth of water utilities in the Global South and below is the start of bibliography on water utilities that we plan to update regularly:

A Bibliography on Water Utilities (draft – October 18, 2021) 

World Bank 

Utility of the Future: Taking Water and Sanitation Utilities Beyond the Next Level, 2021.  
openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/35309  

Joining Forces to Combat Protracted Crises: Humanitarian and Development Support for Water and Sanitation Providers in the Middle East and North Africa, 2021.  
openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/ha...ng-Forces-to-Combat-

Women in Water Utilities: Breaking Barriers, 2019 
openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/32319  

Performance of Water Utilities in Africa, 2017 
openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/26186  

Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Alliance (GWOPA) reports 

Policy Brief - Water and Sanitation Operators Managing and Responding to Natural Disasters in a Changing Climate, 2021 
gwopa.org/wp-json/wbg/downloads/policy-b...n-a-changing-climate  

Policy Brief - Fighting COVID-19 Together – Are Utilities Getting the Support They Need? 2021.  
gwopa.org/wp-json/wbg/downloads/policy-b...he-support-they-need  

Others 

Water Utilities Challenges: A Bibliometric Analysis. Sustainability, 2021. 
www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/14/7726/pdf  

COVID-19 AND WATER IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC GUIDANCE NOTE. ADB 2021.  
www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publicat...ic-guidance-note.pdf  

Who pays for water? Comparing life cycle costs of water services among several low, medium and high-income utilities. World Development, 2020. 
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X20302825  

Guidance on Preparing Water Service Delivery Plans: A manual for small to medium-sized water utilities in Africa and similar settings. IWA, 2021. 
iwaponline.com/ebooks/book/815/Guidance-...rvice-Delivery-Plans  

Taking water efficiency to the next level: digital tools to reduce non-revenue water. Journal of Hydroinformatics (2021) 23 (3): 453–465. 
iwaponline.com/jh/article/23/3/453/78794...e-next-level-digital