| Summary: | Nina Miller, project manager at the Alaska Native Health Board, and Joe Sarcone, rural sanitation coordinator at EPA’s Alaska Regional Office, were also invaluable members of the team, providing all the field notes, project documents, and implementation information for this report. We gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of personnel in the demonstration communities, as well as review and consultation by members of the project's coordinating committee. The Alaska Native Health Board (ANHB) has a multi-year project funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Wastewater Management, to administer sanitation facilities operations and maintenance (O&M) demonstration grants in rural Alaska. Nine projects were funded in the first wave, beginning in April 1996. Nineteen projects, including two carry- overs from the first wave, were funded in the second wave, which started in April 1997. The third and last wave, with seven projects, started in April 1998. The Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Alaska Anchorage is monitoring and evaluating the individual sanitation facility O&M projects and the program overall. EPA initially funded this work; it is now funded by ANHB. The research design and the underlying program design differ somewhat across the three phases. The innovation in the Phase III design was the addition of mentor communities to assist project communities. This report comprises the final evaluation for the seven Phase III community projects and four Phase II projects that extended beyond the deadline for the Phase II report. Alaska Native Health Board Office of Wastewater Management (EPA )
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