WHAT THE STANDARD IS: Before any infrastructure work begins at a partner site, Splash sends a team to analyze the existing infrastructure, site conditions, population numbers, and water quality.  The information collected informs and shapes Splash’s infrastructure decisions and design for the particular site.

By using Splash’s Pre-Implementation Survey, our offices and implementing partners are able to quickly assess the site conditions, existing infrastructure, unique needs, and particular difficulties of each site.  This analysis form covers planning and design questions regarding future drinking water, handwashing, and sanitation implementations.  The analysis has been created and collected in concert with Splash’s Program Quality team to reduce duplicative effort.  Through the continued widespread use of the standard Pre-Implementation Survey, Splash is able to build up city-wide data that can be analyzed and used to inform overall infrastructure strategies and standards.

The core areas for the analysis include: a survey (quantity and quality) of existing water (treatment, storage, and distribution), handwashing, and sanitation infrastructure, photographs, and a water quality test.  Through this analysis, the design of the implementation begins  we define what is needed and where it should be installed based on physical space as well as conversations with the partner site leadership.  The exact list of questions used during the Pre-Implementation Survey can be found in Annex D.1.1.

A Pre-Implementation Survey should be performed at every site prior to the installation of any infrastructure.  Depending on schedules, work load, and budget, this analysis can take place either before or after a signed MOU.  This data gathering and recording will be performed by the local Program Quality team with support from the local WASH Infrastructure team.  The report and its data points will be recorded in a digital format and saved to Splash’s database.