Beyond participant observation, the main source of data for this study is a series
of seven semi-structured interviews which I conducted in January 2009 with one local
government official, four individuals associated with Pure Home Water, one individual
associated with Community Water Solutions and one associated with both Pure Home
Water and Community Water Solutions. In selecting the participants for the interviews, I
chose to not only include some of the founders of the social enterprises themselves, but
also a sample of the employees and managers of those organizations.