Cover -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgment -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Objective of the Tool Kit -- Where the Tool Kit Can be Used -- How to Use the Tool Kit -- Overview of Small Piped Water Networks -- Problem Identification -- What is a Small Piped Water Network? -- Who Can Benefit from Small Piped Water Networks? -- Role of Small-Scale Water Providers -- Lessons from Case Studies -- Philippines -- Viet Nam -- India -- Indonesia -- Why Small Piped Water Networks Deliver -- Module 1: Project Study and Preliminary Agreements -- Project Identification -- Project Study -- Main Project Proponent and Stakeholders Identification -- Policy Environment -- Wastewater Considerations -- Module 2: Business Models and Instruments -- Local Government Units -- Main Utilities -- Small-Scale Water Providers -- Small-Scale Water Providers with Limited Functions -- Community-Based Organizations -- Module 3: Financing -- Sector Financing Constraints -- Business Planning -- Access to Capital -- Prospective Financing Schemes -- Module 4: Ensuring Acceptability and Sustainability -- Ensuring Success -- Strengths and Weaknesses of Small-Scale Water Providers -- Capacity Development of Small-Scale Water Providers -- Community Participation -- Roles and Functions of Community-Based Organizations -- Creation of a Water Committee -- Government Policy and Small-Scale Water Provider Initiatives -- Module 5: Legal and Regulatory Aspects -- Regulatory Framework Requirements -- Business Registration Requirements -- Economic Regulatory Requirements -- Resource Utilization Requirements -- Water Quality Regulation -- Accountability Mechanisms -- Endnotes -- Annexes -- 1A: Sample Project Study -- 1B: Selection Criteria and Terms of Reference for a Small-Scale Water Provider -- 2A: Sample Agreement for Business Model 1 -- 2B: Sample Agreement for Business Model 2.

2C: Sample Agreement for Business Model 3 -- 3 Business Plan Framework for Piped Water Providers -- 4 Roles and Functions of a Water Committee -- 5A: Technical Services Guidelines -- 5B: Guidelines for Regulation of Piped and Nonpiped Small-Scale Water Providers in the Philippines.