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[email protected] Water Policy 16 (2014) 557–577 Analyzing the potential of community water systems: the case of AguaClara Marcela González Rivasa, Karim Beersb, Mildred E. Warnerc and Monroe Weber-Shirkd aCorresponding author. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA USA. E-mail:
[email protected] bCornell Cooperative Extension Association of Tompkins County, 615 Willow Ave. Ithaca, NY 14850, USA cCity and Regional Planning, W. Sibley Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA dCivil and Environmental Engineering, Hollister Hall 265, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA Abstract Successful maintenance of water provision has as much to do with the ongoing governance of these systems as the technology that goes into building them. This governance generally occurs at the community level. Most water systems are small and located in areas where there is generally not the profitability necessary to entice private investment.