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20 U. Denv. Water L. Rev. 217 (2016-2017)
Regulating the Packaged Water Industry in Africa: Challenges and Recommendations

handle is hein.journals/udenwr20 and id is 245 raw text is: REGUIATING THE PACKAGED WATER INDUSTRY IN AFRICA: CHALLENGES AND RECOMMENDATIONS JESSICA VAPNEK AND ASHLEY R. WILLIAMS' ABBREVIATIO N S......................................................................................219 PR EFA C E ......................................................................................................220 I. INTRO DU CTIO N .........................................................................221 II. CONTEXT FOR REGULATION OF PACKAGED WATER.. 222 2.1. Background. ................................. 222 2.2. Types of packaged water ........................ 224 2.3. Literature review ................................. 226 2.4. Benefits of regulating packaged water ..... .................. 226 III. DESIGNING AN EFFECTIVE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR PACKAGED WATER .......................................................... 228 3.1. Assessing the current legislative and institutional landscape . 228 3.2. Laws or regulations .................................. 229 3.3. Issues arising in the regulation of packaged water................. 231 3.3.1. Legislative definitions ................... .....231 3.3.2. Competent authority .................... ..... 231 3.3.3. Regulatory responsibilities ............ ........ 232 3.3.4. Inspections ................................ 233 3.3.5. Monitoring ................................ 234 3.3.6. Approved laboratories ........................ 235 3.3.7. Certificate of operation ................. ...... 236 1. J.D. Boalt Hall School of Law; B.A. Yale University. Lecturer, UC Hastings College of the Law. 2. M.S.E.E. University of North Carolina (UNC); B.S. University of South Carolina. Senior Associate, ICF; former Research Associate, The Water Institute at UNC. The views expressed in this article do not necessarily represent the views of the UK Department for International Development, Adam Smith International, the Water Institute at UNC, ICF, Tetra Tech, FAO, or UC Hastings. The authors would like to acknowledge the staff of FOCUS 1000 - including Mohammad Jalloh, Mohamed Jalloh, Paul Sengeh, and George Saquee - for their support and assistance. The authors would also like to thank national legal experts George Sarpong in Ghana, Akeem Bello in Nigeria, and Yasmin Jusu-Sheriff in Sierra Leone for their support in preparing the country case studies. We are grateful to DFID for its financial support of the work in Sierra Leone,Jamie Bartrarn and Mike Fisher of The Water Institute at UNC for their guidance and support, and Tetra Tech for enabling participation in this effort. The authors would also like to acknowledge the contributions of earlier co-authors of several FAO legislative studies who helped develop the analysis employed in sections 2 and 3 of this article. 217

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