RWSN Library
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“What is the current wisdom on the best way to manage cash reserves and to manage the risk of big CapManEx costs in the future?”
RWSN Discussion Synthesis
Downloads: 463
Author: FUREY S. G.
Year of Publishing: 2014
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: Skat
A Comparative Study on Water Well Drilling Costs in Kenya
Downloads: 4283
Author: DOYEN, J.
Year of Publishing: 2003
Publisher: UNDP-World Bank
A Compendium of Good Practices in Rural Water Supply Schemes
Taking on New Challenges
Downloads: 86
Author: World Bank; India Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
Year of Publishing: 2016
Publisher: World Bank
Institution: WSP India
A Legal and Policy Review of Rural Water Services in Indonesia
Literature Review
Downloads: 6
Author: REAL-Water
Year of Publishing: 2024
Publisher: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
A Turning Point for Manual Drilling in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Étape charnière du secteur du forage manuel en République Démocratique du Congo
Downloads: 523
Author: C H Kane and Dr K Danert
Year of Publishing: 2020
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: Skat Foundation
Acceso a servicios de agua y saneamiento en áreas rurales dispersas: Camino a la universalización
Access to Water and Sanitation Services in Dispersed Rural Settlements: The Path to Universalization
Downloads: 20
Author: Alvarez, L.
Year of Publishing: 2019
Publisher: Inter-American Development Bank
Institution: Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
Accountability for Water Webinar Report
Downloads: 22
Author: Accountability for Water
Year of Publishing: 2022
Achieving universal access to safely managed water services in rural Cambodia: The case for complementarity of water supply solutions
Downloads: 35
Author: 1001 Fontaines; GRET; KWSH and WaterAid
Year of Publishing: 2022
Institution: 1001 Fontaines
An Evaluation of the BluePump in Kenya and Gambia
Downloads: 122
Author: Foster, T. & McSorely, B.
Year of Publishing: 2016
Publisher: University of Technology Sydney & Oxfam
Institution: Institute for Sustainable Futures
An Introduction to Self Supply Putting the User First
Incremental improvements and private investment in rural water supply
Downloads: 379
Author: SUTTON, S.
Year of Publishing: 2009
Publisher: SKAT/RWSN / WSP
As Water Stresses Increase, Rural Water Development Requires More Coordination Across Water Use Sectors:
Lessons from India’s Jal Jeevan Mission
Downloads: 1
Author: REAL-Water
Year of Publishing: 2024
Publisher: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Beyond Utility Reach? How to Close the Urban - Rural Access Gap
Downloads: 113
Author: World Bank
Year of Publishing: 2018
Publisher: World Bank
Institution: World Bank
Blended Finance for Water Infrastructure Maintenance and Fecal Sludge Management
Working Group Output
Downloads: 68
Author: Rossmann R (Editor)
Year of Publishing: 2021
Institution: Convergence / Sida
Borehole Costing Model V2.8 BETA & Quick Start Guide
Downloads: 1586
Author: Tom Heath, Philip Tibenderana, Richard Carter,Kerstin Danert & Etsegenet Berhe
Year of Publishing: 2009
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: Cranfield University, UNICEF, SDC, Skat
Borehole Drilling – Planning, Contracting & Management: A UNICEF Toolkit
Downloads: 6081
Author: Dotun Adekile & Kerstin Danert, Skat Foundation, St Gallen, Switzerland; Jose Gesti Canuto, UNICEF, New York, USA; Djani Zadi, Peter Harvey, and Anne Cabrera-Clerget, UNICEF, Copenhagen, Denmark
Year of Publishing: 2018
Publisher: UNICEF
Institution: UNICEF
Building Partnerships for Sustainable Water and Sanitation Services in Africa
Lessons from collaborative initiatives by the World Bank, African Development Bank and the Water and Sanitation Program
Downloads: 12
Author: Bibby, S.
Year of Publishing: 2009
Publisher: World Bank
Institution: WSP
Can solar water kiosks generate sustainable revenue streams for rural water services?
Les kiosques à eau solaires peuvent-ils générer des flux de revenus durables pour les services d'eau en milieu rural ?
Downloads: 149
Author: Wagner J., S. Merner, S. Innocenti, A. Geling, R. Hope
Year of Publishing: 2025
Publisher: Science Direct
Institution: World Development
Centralized or Onsite Testing? Examining the Costs of Water Quality Monitoring in Rural Africa
Journal article
Downloads: 1
Author: REAL-Water
Year of Publishing: 2024
Publisher: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Comparative evaluation of the cost of water in northern Malawi
From rural water wells to science education
Downloads: 16
Author: Holm, R., Singini, W. and Gwayi, S.
Year of Publishing: 2016
Publisher: Applied Economics, 2016, 48(47), pages 4573-4583. DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2016
Institution: Mzuzu University
Cost effective ways to leave no-one behind in rural water and sanitation
Summary of RWSN E-discussion
Downloads: 292
Author: Hutton G; Gosling L.; Adank, M.; Boulenouar J.; Naughton M.; S. Fürst and Furey S. G.
Year of Publishing: 2019
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: RWSN
Costing and Pricing - A Guide for Water Well Drilling Enterprises
RWSN Publication 2014-12
Downloads: 6229
Author: DANERT, K., LUUTU, A., CARTER, R., & OLSCHEWSKI, A.
Year of Publishing: 2014
Publisher: RWSN
Data Audit | 2022–2023.
Uptime summary report
Downloads: 1
Author: Armstrong, A., Nilsson, K. and Tretheway, F.
Year of Publishing: 2024
Publisher: Uptime
Delivering Universal and Sustainable Water Services
Partnering with the Private Sector
Downloads: 86
Author: Menzies I.
Year of Publishing: 2016
Publisher: WSP
Institution: The World Bank
Developing Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Finance Strategies: A Guide
UNICEF (English/Français/Español)
Downloads: 13
Year of Publishing:
Publisher: UNICEF
Institution: UNICEF, Sanitation and Water for All (SWA), Agence Française de Développement (AFD), IRC Water and Sanitation Centre, The Netherlands
Donors' Guide to Rural Water Service Delivery
Downloads: 63
Author: Harvey, A. and F. Bergeron,
Year of Publishing: 2021
Publisher: Whave Solutions
Effective Joint Sector Reviews for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
A Study and Guidance - 2016
Downloads: 971
Author: DANERT, K, FUREY, S, MECHTA, M and GUPTA, S
Year of Publishing: 2016
Publisher: World Bank
Institution: World Bank
Emerging Trends in Rural Water Management
REAL-Water Synthesis Report
Downloads: 2
Author: REAL-Water
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: Rural Evidence and Learning for Water Project.
Institution: USAID
Étape charnière du secteur du forage manuel en République Démocratique du Congo
Downloads: 117
Author: C H Kane and Dr K Danert
Year of Publishing: 2020
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: Skat Foundation
Evaluating Water Quality Assurance Funds In Ghana
Baseline Assessment
Downloads: 2
Author: REAL-Water
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Rural Evidence and Learning for Water Project
Evaluating Water Quality Assurance Funds in Kenya
Baseline Assessment
Downloads: 1
Author: REAL-Water
Year of Publishing: 2024
Publisher: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Evaluating Water Quality Assurance Funds in Tanzania:
Baseline Assessment
Downloads: 2
Author: REAL-Water
Year of Publishing: 2024
Publisher: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Evaluation of Maintenance Systems in Ghana
Downloads: 20
Author: Fonseka J, & E. Baumann
Year of Publishing: 1994
Publisher: Skat
Evaluation of Water Safety Plans in Rural Ghana
Baseline Assessment
Downloads: 1
Author: REAL-Water
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Rural Evidence and Learning for Water Project
Exploring Rural Water Regulation in Peru
Technical Report
Downloads: 1
Author: REAL-Water
Year of Publishing: 2024
Publisher: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
FIETS Evaluation of the Katosi WaSH Self Supply Program
Downloads: 6
Author: Baas, L. J. S.
Year of Publishing: 2016
Publisher: Aqua for All
Financial Innovations for Rural Water Supply in Low-Resource Settings
REAL-Water Innovation Overview
Downloads: 135
Author: REAL-Water
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Rural Evidence and Learning for Water.
Financial Viability for Rural and Small Systems
Downloads: 17
Year of Publishing: 2019
Publisher: USDA, US EPA
Institution: US Department of Agriculture, US Environmental Protection Agency
Foundation Funding for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene
March 2012 Research Brief
Downloads: 185
Author: FOUNDATION CENTER
Year of Publishing: 2012
Institution: Washfunders
Funding mechanisms to incentivize sustainable and inclusive water provision in Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands
Downloads: 66
Author: Ashni Shah; Rob Mills
Year of Publishing: 2018
Publisher: Oxfam International
Institution: Oxfam International
Global prospects to deliver safe drinking water services for 100 million rural people by 2030
REACH working paper 12
Downloads: 1033
Author: Nilsson, K., Hope, R., McNicholl, D., Nowicki, S., and Charles, K.
Year of Publishing: 2021
Publisher: University of Oxford and RWSN
Institution: REACH programme
Groundwater Pumping Survey 2021 / Enquête sur le pompage des eaux souterraines (2021)
Summary of RWSN Member Responses / Résumé des réponses des membres du RWSN
Downloads: 253
Author: Furey, S. and K. Danert
Year of Publishing: 2021
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: RWSN
Guidance Note on Mainstreaming Water Resilience in Asia and the Pacific
Downloads: 15
Author: Asian Development Bank
Year of Publishing: 2022
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
Guidance on Preparing Water Service Delivery Plans
Downloads: 7
Author: Masinde, K., Rouse, M., Jepkiru, M., Cross, K.
Year of Publishing: 2021
Publisher: IWA - International Water Association
Guideline for WASH SDG project staff to support LGIs in rolling out the Pro-Poor Strategy for Water and Sanitation Sector in Bangladesh
WASH Alliance International (WAI) sub-programme Bangladesh, WASH SDG Consortium
Downloads: 3
Author: Dey, D, Walter, E
Year of Publishing: 2021
Publisher: WASH Alliance
Guidelines for User Fees and Cost Recovery for Rural, Non-Networked, Water and Sanitation Delivery
Downloads: 5
Author: AfDB
Year of Publishing: 2010
Publisher: AFDB - African Development Bank - Water Partnership Program
Handpump Standardisation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Seeking a Champion
RWSN Publication 2015-1
Downloads: 1611
Author: MacArthur, J.
Year of Publishing: 2015
Publisher: RWSN
Handpumps: where now?
A synthesis of online discussions (2012-2014) -##2019 UPDATE##
Downloads: 1063
Author: FUREY S. G.
Year of Publishing: 2019
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: Skat Foundation
Harnessing water point data to improve drinking water services
Downloads: 103
Author: Dickinson, N., Knipschild, F., Magara, P. & G. Kwizera
Year of Publishing: 2017
Publisher: WASHNote/IRC Uganda
Institution: Water and Development Alliance (WADA)
History and status of the rope pump in Nicaragua
- a success story about rural communal water supply and self-supply
Downloads: 128
Author: G.Ferrero, J. D. Briemberg
Year of Publishing: 2022
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: Skat Foundation / SMART Centre Group
How do rural Ugandan communities experience a subscription-based handpump maintenance service?
Subscription Handpump Maintenance Evaluation
Downloads: 32
Author: Setty, K., K. Marshall, C. Delaire and R. Peletz
Year of Publishing: 2022
Publisher: Aquaya Institute
HOW TO ESTABLISH A FULL COST RECOVERY WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM ? WHAT ARE THE KEY FACTORS FOR SUCCESS AND REPLICATION ?
SDC Briefing Note
Downloads: 138
Author: ISW/SDC
Year of Publishing: 2016
Publisher: Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA)
How to Make Water Wise Roads
Downloads: 673
Author: Steenbergen, F. van, K. Woldearegay, H.M. van Beusekom, D. Garcia Landarte, and M. Al-Abyadh
Year of Publishing: 2014
Publisher: IFAD
Institution: Meta Meta, UPGro, RAIN
Human rights to water and Self-Supply – Potential and challenges
RWSN webinar on 24th November 2015 – Key messages and generic findings
Downloads: 97
Author: Olschewski
Year of Publishing: 2015
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: Skat
HWTS & Markets / CTED & Marchés / TANDAS y Mercados
Downloads: 23
Author: HWTS Network
Year of Publishing: 2021
Publisher: CAWST
Institution: HWTS Network
Implementation Manual: Water Quality Assurance Fund
REAL Water Manual
Downloads: 3
Author: REAL-Water
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: Rural Evidence and Learning for Water Project.
Institution: USAID
Introduction to District/ Local/ Area wide Life Cycle Costing
System Strengthening in Practice: Life Cycle Costing
Downloads: 0
Author: WaterAid
Year of Publishing: 2023
Institution: WaterAid
Investment in rural water supply delivers results
Briefing note on key findings from the Joint Monitoring Programme 2015 report1 relating to rural water supply
Downloads: 227
Author: RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2015
Institution: RWSN
Is consolidation the answer to improving rural water services in low-income countries? Lessons from OECD country experience.
REAL-Water Research Brief
Downloads: 127
Author: REAL-Water
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Rural Evidence and Learning for Water
Kenya Institutional Framework For Water Supply
REAL-Water Institutional Framework Report
Downloads: 2
Author: REAL-Water
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: Rural Evidence and Learning for Water Project.
Institution: USAID
Le répertoire RWSN 2019 des services, tarifs, modes de gestion et coûts globaux d'approvisionnement en eau rurale
2019 [FRANÇAIS]
Downloads: 374
Author: Deal, P. T. et Furey S. G.
Year of Publishing: 2019
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: RWSN