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			Borehole Drilling – Planning, Contracting & Management: A UNICEF Toolkit			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 6438			
				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			
			
			Solar Water Pumping Miniguide			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 3417			
				Author: International Organisation for Migration - Global Solar and Water Initiative 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2018 
				Publisher: IOM
				Institution: IOM			
			
			Forage d’eau – Planification, passation de marchés et gestion de projets			
			
			Boîte à outils de l’UNICEF			
			
			
			Downloads: 3242			
				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: 2021 
				Publisher: UNICEF			
			
			Malawi: Technical Manual for Water Wells and Groundwater Monitoring Systems and Standard Operating Procedures for Groundwater			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 3152			
				Author: Malawi Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2016 
				Publisher: Malawi Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development
				Institution: Malawi Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development			
			
			Webinar Series 2014 (UNICEF- RWSN) on Manual Drilling/Webinaires sur le sujet de Forage Manuel			
			
			Five Interactive webinars, which aim to promote South-South sharing. Une séries de cinq (5) Webinaires sur le sujet de Forage Manuel.			
			
			
			Downloads: 2297			
				Author: DANERT K 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2014 
				Publisher: UNICEF/RWSN
				Institution: UNICEF/RWSN			
			
			Manual Drilling Compendium 2015			
			
			RWSN Publication 2015-2			
			
			
			Downloads: 2196			
				Author: DANERT K. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2015 
				Publisher: Skat
				Institution: Skat			
			
			Remote Monitoring of Handpumps			
			
			Topical collection of papers and reports			
			
			
			Downloads: 1849			
				Author: Various 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2020 			
			
			Stop the rot: handpump functionality, corrosion, component quality and supply chains			
			
			Action research in sub-Saharan Africa			
			
			
			Downloads: 1836			
				Author: DANERT, K. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2022 
				Publisher: Ask for Water GmbH, Skat Foundation and RWSN.			
			
			Short Course: Drilling Supervision			
			
			Cost-Effective Boreholes			
			
			
			Downloads: 1645			
				Author: ADEKILE, D & DANERT, K 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2014 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation
				Institution: Skat Foundation			
			
			Handpump Standardisation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Seeking a Champion			
			
			RWSN Publication 2015-1			
			
			
			Downloads: 1625			
				Author: MacArthur, J. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2015 
				Publisher: RWSN			
			
			Cálculo de Custos e Preço: Guião para Empresas de Furos de Água			
			
			RWSN Publication No 2012-3			
			
			
			Downloads: 1512			
				Author: DANERT K., LUUTU, A., CARTER, R.  and A. OLSCHEWSKI 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2012 
				Publisher: RWSN			
			
			The 2019 RWSN directory of rural water supply services, tariffs, management models and lifecycle costs			
			
			2019 Edition [ENGLISH]			
			
			
			Downloads: 1498			
				Author: Deal, P. T. and Furey S. G. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2019 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation
				Institution: RWSN			
			
			Short Course: Basic Hydrogeology and Borehole Siting			
			
			Cost-Effective Boreholes			
			
			
			Downloads: 1435			
				Author: ADEKILE, D and THOMAS, M 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2013 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation
				Institution: Skat Foundation			
			
			Handpump Data 2009 (ARCHIVE - SEE UPDATE)			
			
			Selected Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa			
			
			
			Downloads: 1425			
				Author: RWSN 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2009 
				Publisher: RWSN			
			
			Challenges of Water Well Drillers & Water Well Drillers Associations			
			
			Case Studies of Six Countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Mozambique, Nigeria, Uganda and the USA			
			
			
			Downloads: 1419			
				Author: Traoré, U 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2020 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation
				Institution: RWSN			
			
			Low Cost Handpumps			
			
			RWSN Field Note 2011-3			
			
			
			Downloads: 1319			
				Author: BAUMANN, E. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2011 
				Publisher: RWSN			
			
			How Three Handpumps Revolutionised Rural Water Supplies			
			
			A brief history of the India Mark II/III, Afridev and the Zimbabwe Bush Pump			
			
			
			Downloads: 1314			
				Author: BAUMANN, E. and S. G. FUREY 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2013 
				Publisher: RWSN
				Institution: Skat			
			
			WASH Funders Infrastructure Checklists: Boreholes and Handpumps			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 1199			
				Author: Danert, K., Sloots, R., Ndiaye, T., Bogle, S and Questad, A. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2024 
				Publisher: Rural Water Supply Network
				Institution:  Ask for Water GmbH, Skat Foundation			
			
			Rural Water 2021 + Blue Pages / Pages Bleues			
			
			Bienvenue à la première édition des Pages Bleues du RWSN.			
			
			
			Downloads: 1167			
				Author: RWSN 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2021 
				Publisher: RWSN			
			
			Manually Drilled Boreholes: Providing water in Nigeria’s Megacity of Lagos and beyond			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 1130			
				Author: DANERT, K, ADEKILE, D and GESTI CANUTO, J 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2014 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation
				Institution: Skat Foundation			
			
			Handpumps: where now?			
			
			A synthesis of online discussions  (2012-2014) -##2019 UPDATE##			
			
			
			Downloads: 1068			
				Author: FUREY S. G. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2019 
				Publisher: RWSN
				Institution: Skat Foundation			
			
			Global prospects to deliver safe drinking water services for 100 million rural people by 2030			
			
			REACH working paper 12			
			
			
			Downloads: 1046			
				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			
			
			RWSN Handpump Survey 2013			
			
			Summary of Findings			
			
			
			Downloads: 1014			
				Author: FUREY S. G. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2013 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation
				Institution: Rural Water Supply Network			
			
			Effective Joint Sector Reviews for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)			
			
			A Study and Guidance - 2016			
			
			
			Downloads: 992			
				Author: DANERT, K, FUREY, S, MECHTA, M and GUPTA, S 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2016 
				Publisher: World Bank
				Institution: World Bank			
			
			Hand Drilling Directory			
			
			Cost Effective Boreholes			
			
			
			Downloads: 968			
				Author: DANERT, K. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2009 
				Publisher: RWSN
				Institution: UNICEF, WSP, SDC, Aqua For All			
			
			RWSN Webinar early series, April - Jun 2020 - Presentations and recordings			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 939			
				Author: Various 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2020 
				Publisher: RWSN
				Institution: RWSN			
			
			Procurement, Costing & Pricing and Contract Management of Borehole Construction - Zambia Short Course Report			
			
			Striving for Professionalism in Cost Effective Boreholes in Zambia			
			
			
			Downloads: 906			
				Author: ADEKILE, D and DANERT, K 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2016 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation
				Institution: Skat Foundation			
			
			Local Council Water Security Training Course			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 877			
				Author: KAMARA I., DAY S., DUMBLE P. and CARTER R. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2013 
				Publisher: Richard Carter and Associates Ltd			
			
			A Hidden Resource:			
			
			Household-led rural water supply in Ethiopia			
			
			
			Downloads: 874			
				Author: SUTTON, S., BUTTERWORTH, J. and MEKONTA, L. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2012 
				Publisher: IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre			
			
			Professionnaliser l'eau et l'assainissement en milieu rural au Mali			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 861			
				Author: GIZ 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2020 
				Publisher: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)			
			
			Policy influence for ultra-deep reaching hand pumps			
			
			Case study for LifePump acceptance in Zambia and Malawi			
			
			
			Downloads: 844			
				Author: Chisenga, Bixler, Sitolo, Nyirenda, Muheka, Peacock 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2021 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation
				Institution: RWSN			
			
			Hand Drilling in Nigeria: Why kill an ant with a sledgehammer?			
			
			RWSN Field Note 2009-1			
			
			
			Downloads: 817			
				Author: ADEKILE, D. & OLABODE, O. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2009 
				Publisher: RWSN/UNICEF			
			
			Steps in Implementation of Water and Sanitation Software Activities (Final 2004)			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 804			
				Author: DWD 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2004 
				Publisher: Ministry of Water, Lands and Environment
				Institution: Directorate of Water Development			
			
			Well Digging			
			
			A Guide to the Construction and Protection of Hand Dug Wells			
			
			
			Downloads: 778			
				Author: LAVER, S. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 1980 
				Institution: GTZ, Blair Research Laboratory			
			
			The Zimbabwe Bush Pump (B Type)			
			
			Installation Manual with notes on maintenance			
			
			
			Downloads: 763			
				Author: MORGAN, P. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2011 
				Publisher: Aquamor Pvt Ltd			
			
			RWSN Strategy 2018-2023			
			
			La stratégie RWSN 2018-2023			
			
			
			Downloads: 732			
				Author: RWSN 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2020 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation
				Institution: RWSN			
			
			I TRIED TO SAVE THE WORLD AND FAILED			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 727			
				Author: Siegel, L. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2022 
				Publisher: Self-published			
			
			Water Services in Small Towns in Africa			
			
			The Role of Small and Medium-Sized Organisations			
			
			
			Downloads: 706			 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2000 
				Publisher: WSP
				Institution: Water and Sanitation Program (WSP)			
			
			RWSN Webinar Series 2015			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 682			
				Author: Kerstin Danert 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2015 
				Publisher: RWSN
				Institution: RWSN			
			
			How to Make Water Wise Roads			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 674			
				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			
			
			Uganda U3 Modified Deepwell Handpump Specification			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 670			
				Author: ERPF, K. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2001 
				Publisher: Rural Water Supply Network
				Institution: Skat			
			
			Principles for Borehole Construction and Rehabilitation in Sierra Leone			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 664			
				Author: Ministry of Water Resources of Sierra Leone 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2014 
				Publisher: Ministry of Water Resources of Sierra Leone
				Institution: Ministry of Water Resources of Sierra Leone			
			
			Utilisation de la télédétection et de la modélisation du terrain pour l'identification des zones favorables aux forages manuels			
			
			Remote sensing and terrain modelling to identify suitable zones for manual drilling in Africa			
			
			
			Downloads: 664			
				Author: FUSSI, F. et al. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2015 			
			
			A Community Resource Book for the Water and Sanitation Sector			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 660			
				Author: DWD 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2007 
				Publisher: Ministry of Water and Environment, Republic of Uganda
				Institution: Directorate of Water Development			
			
			Technical Guidelines for Construction and Maintenance of Hand Dug Wells			
			
			Sierra Leone			
			
			
			Downloads: 657			
				Author: Ministry of Water Resources 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2014 
				Publisher: Ministry of Water Resources, Republic of Sierra Leone
				Institution: Ministry of Water Resources			
			
			Rainwater Harvesting Handbook			
			
			Assessment of Best Practises and Experience in Water Harvesting			
			
			
			Downloads: 652			
				Author: AFDB 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2008 
				Publisher: African Development Bank			
			
			What’s Working, Where, and for How Long			
			
			A 2016 Water Point Update to the RWSN (2009) statistics			
			
			
			Downloads: 652			
				Author: Banks, B. & S. G. Furey 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2016 
				Publisher: RWSN
				Institution: GWC/Skat			
			
			Study of Public and Private Borehole Drilling in Nigeria			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 631			
				Author: ADEKILE, D. and O. OLABODE 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2009 
				Publisher: RWSN
				Institution: UNICEF Nigeria			
			
			A Brief Review of Groundwater for Rural Water Supply in sub-Saharan Africa			
			
			Technical Report			
			
			
			Downloads: 629			
				Author: MACDONALD, A., and J. DAVIES 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2000 
				Publisher: British Geological Survey
				Institution: DFID, NERC			
			
			NGOs in the Ugandan Water and Sanitation Sector			
			
			Performance Report for FY 2011/12			
			
			
			Downloads: 612			
				Author: UWASNET 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2012 
				Publisher: Uganda Water and Sanitation NGO Network (UWASNET)			
			
			Code of Practice for Water Well Construction			
			
			NIGERIAN INDUSTRIAL STANDARD			
			
			
			Downloads: 612			
				Author: STANDARDS ORGANISATION OF NIGERIA 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2010 
				Publisher: STANDARDS ORGANISATION OF NIGERIA
				Institution: STANDARDS ORGANISATION OF NIGERIA			
			
			RWSN Webinar early series, May- Jun 2023			
			
			RWSN Webinar early series, May- Jun 2023			
			
			
			Downloads: 608			
				Author: Various 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: RWSN
				Institution: RWSN			
			
			Assessment of Groundwater Investigations and Borehole Drilling Capacity in Uganda			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 606			
				Author: SLOOTS, R. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2010 
				Publisher: UNICEF
				Institution: Ministry of Water and Environment, Republic of Uganda			
			
			Water Source Protection			
			
			Exploring ways to incentivise citizens and organisations to manage shared water resources in a fair, equitable way.			
			
			
			Downloads: 604			
				Author: FUREY S. G. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2015 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation
				Institution: RWSN			
			
			Manuels techniques pour le forage manuel			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 600			
				Author: Practica Foundation 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2010 
				Publisher: UNICEF, Practica Foundation and Enterprise Works/VITA
				Institution: UNICEF, Practica Foundation and Enterprise Works/VITA			
			
			REACH/ RWSN 100M initiative			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 586			
				Author: REACH and RWSN 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2021 
				Publisher: REACH and RWSN
				Institution: REACH and RWSN			
			
			A preliminary study of training artisans in upgradeable techniques for family owned wells			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 585			
				Author: MORGAN, P. and A. KANYEMBA 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2012 
				Publisher: Aquamor Pvt Ltd			
			
			Implementation Guidelines for Rural Water Supply and Sanitation			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 554			
				Author: MIWD 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2010 
				Publisher: Government of the Republic of Malawi
				Institution: Ministry of Irrigation and Water Development			
			
			Groundwater and Drilling			
			
			Insights from over 50 countries			
			
			
			Downloads: 552			
				Author: Danert, K. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2020 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation
				Institution: RWSN			
			
			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: 545			
				Author: C H Kane and Dr K Danert 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2020 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation
				Institution: Skat Foundation			
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