RWSN Library
Resources
“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: 462
Author: FUREY S. G.
Year of Publishing: 2014
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: Skat
2018 RWSN Webinar early series (3rd April - 5th June 2018)
Nouvelles série en français de wébinaires en 2018 sur les services d'eau en milieu rural (3 avril - 5 juin 2018) / Nueva serie de webinarios RWSN (3 de abril - 5 de junio 2018)
Downloads: 337
Author: RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2018
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: RWSN
5 Stories of Change / 5 Historias de Cambio / 5 Histoires de Changement
WASH Agenda for Change
Downloads: 31
Author: Agenda for Change
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: Agenda for Change
A Brief Review of Groundwater for Rural Water Supply in sub-Saharan Africa
Technical Report
Downloads: 622
Author: MACDONALD, A., and J. DAVIES
Year of Publishing: 2000
Publisher: British Geological Survey
Institution: DFID, NERC
A Hidden Resource:
Household-led rural water supply in Ethiopia
Downloads: 867
Author: SUTTON, S., BUTTERWORTH, J. and MEKONTA, L.
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre
A preliminary study of training artisans in upgradeable techniques for family owned wells
Downloads: 583
Author: MORGAN, P. and A. KANYEMBA
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: Aquamor Pvt Ltd
A short history of the Zimbabwe Bush Pump
Water and Sanitation in Zimbabwe
Downloads: 104
Author: MORGAN, P.
Year of Publishing: 2010
Publisher: Aquamor Pvt Ltd
Accelerating Self Supply - A Case Study from Ethiopia
RWSN Field Note 2010-2
Downloads: 176
Author: SUTTON, S.
Year of Publishing: 2010
Publisher: RWSN
Accelerating Self Supply - Summary of progress in introducing a new approach
RWSN Field Note 2011-2
Downloads: 146
Author: SUTTON, S.
Year of Publishing: 2011
Publisher: RWSN
Accélérer l’auto-approvisionnement: Résumé des progrès accomplis dans l’introduction d’une nouvelle approche
RWSN Field Note 2011-6
Downloads: 43
Author: SUTTON, S.
Year of Publishing: 2011
Publisher: RWSN
An Action Research for increasing effectiveness and sustainability in water and environmental sanitation
Bafata Region Guinea Bissau
Downloads: 36
Author: ANDERSON, T. and B. MATTHEW
Year of Publishing: 2004
Publisher: Plan, West Africa
An experiment in the use of PVC pipe as a pump rod in Zimbabwe’s B type Bush Pump
Downloads: 11
Author: Morgan, P.
Year of Publishing: 2024
An Introduction to Self Supply - Putting the User First
Incremental improvements and private investment in rural water supply
Downloads: 70
Author: RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2008
Publisher: RWSN
Assessing the Risk to Groundwater from On-Site Sanitation
Guidelines for
Downloads: 137
Author: Lawrence, A., Macdonald, D., Howard, A., Barrett, M., Pedley, S., Ahmed, K., Nalubega, M.
Year of Publishing: 2001
Publisher: British Geological Survey 2001
Beyond Retirement
Still in my garden laboratory
Downloads: 15
Author: Morgan, P.
Year of Publishing: 2015
Beyond Utility Reach? How to Close the Urban - Rural Access Gap
Downloads: 112
Author: World Bank
Year of Publishing: 2018
Publisher: World Bank
Institution: World Bank
Borehole Drilling – Planning, Contracting & Management: A UNICEF Toolkit
Downloads: 5378
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
Bush Pump
Zimbabwe Standard Specification
Downloads: 196
Author: RWSN/DWRD
Year of Publishing: 2004
Publisher: The Zimbabwe Government
Institution: Department of Water Resources and Development
Bush Pump. Zimbabwe Standard Specification 2013
ZWS 881:2013
Downloads: 106
Author: Government of Zimbabwe
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: Government of Zimbabwe
Institution: Government of Zimbabwe
Capacity Development Needs Assessment July - Oct 2012 (Short Version)
Liberia Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
Downloads: 86
Author: NWSHPC
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: Government of the Republic of Liberia
Capacity Development Plan 2012 - 2017
Liberia Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Sector
Downloads: 147
Author: NWSHPC
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: Government of the Republic of Liberia
Capitalisation D'Experiences sur les Forages Manuels a Madagascar
Downloads: 180
Author: PRACTICA
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: UNICEF
Institution: Practica Foundation
Cartographie thématique des zones favorables aux techniques de captage et d?exhaure à faible coût
Downloads: 57
Author: VAHARY SALAMA
Year of Publishing: 2008
Publisher: Practica Foundation
Institution: USAID
Case Studies of Operating Conditions for Local Private Sector
Identifying key factors for private sector success
Downloads: 145
Author: BAUMANN, E.
Year of Publishing: 2006
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: 1397
Author: Traoré, U
Year of Publishing: 2020
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: RWSN
Community management of water points: more problem than solution?
RWSN Dgroups discussion synthesis
Downloads: 117
Author: Naughton, M.
Year of Publishing: 2017
Publisher: Skat
Institution: RWSN
Community Water Supply in Switzerland
what can we learn from a century of successful operation?
Downloads: 157
Author: SALADIN, M.
Year of Publishing: 2004
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Contamination of drinking water between source and point-of-use in rural households of South Africa and Zimbabwe: implications for monitoring the Millennium Development Goal for water
Downloads: 99
Author: GUNDRY, S. W., WRIGHT, J. A., CONROY, R., DU PREEZ, M., GENTHE, B., MOYO, S., MUTISI, C., NDAMBA, J. and POTGIETER, N.
Year of Publishing: 2006
Publisher: IWA - International Water Association
Institution: Water Practice & Technology Vol 1 No. 2
Delivering Universal and Sustainable Water Services
Partnering with the Private Sector
Downloads: 85
Author: Menzies I.
Year of Publishing: 2016
Publisher: WSP
Institution: The World Bank
Designing sustainable water supply systems in Tajikistan
+ Water Governance and Sustainable Service Delivery in Rural Tajikistan
Downloads: 57
Author: Oxfam
Year of Publishing: 2022
Publisher: Oxfam/SDC
Developing low-cost household water supply options: the potential of Self Supply in Ethiopia
34th WEDC International Conference, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2009
Downloads: 48
Author: WORKNEH, P. S., DEVERILL, P. A. and A. G. WOLDESELASSIE
Year of Publishing: 2009
Publisher: WEDC - Water, Engineering and Development Centre
District Monitoring
Water Point Mapping and Monitoring Series
Downloads: 142
Author: Pearce, J, E. Greggio, and E. Stephens
Year of Publishing: 2015
Publisher: RWSN
Drilling Boreholes for Handpumps
Working Paper 2 on Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation
Downloads: 513
Author: WURZEL, P.
Year of Publishing: 2001
Publisher: Skat
Institution: RWSN
Drilling Cost Estimation and Cost-Saving Analysis
Downloads: 346
Author: CARTER, R. C.
Year of Publishing: 2009
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: WaterAid
Drilling for Water in Ethiopia
Volume 1 - Main Report
Downloads: 460
Author: CARTER, R. C.
Year of Publishing: 2006
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: WSP, Gov of Ethiopia
Drilling for Water in Ethiopia
A Country Case-Study Cost-Effective Boreholes Flagship of the Rural Water Supply Network
Downloads: 289
Author: RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2006
Publisher: Rural Water Supply Network
Effective Joint Sector Reviews for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
A Study and Guidance - 2016
Downloads: 964
Author: DANERT, K, FUREY, S, MECHTA, M and GUPTA, S
Year of Publishing: 2016
Publisher: World Bank
Institution: World Bank
Estimating Private Domestic Well Use in the United States: A Pilot Study in Oklahoma
Downloads: 53
Author: WEAVER, J, MURRAY, A, KREMER, F, BLACKWOOD, K and MCELMURRY, A
Year of Publishing: 2015
Publisher: United States Environmental Protection Agency
Institution: United States Environmental Protection Agency
Ethiopia - Rural Household Investment in Water Supply. Proposal for Study of Potential for Self Supply in Ethiopia, Preparatory to Large Scale Implementation.
Consultancy Report Prepared for RWSN/WSP
Downloads: 98
Author: SUTTON, S.
Year of Publishing: 2007
Publisher: SWL Consultants
Institution: WSP, RWSN
Ethiopia Cost Effective Boreholes Vol 2.
Downloads: 81
Author: CARTER, R. C.
Year of Publishing: 2006
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: WSP, Gov of Ethiopia
Final Report: Reducing Childhood Lead Exposure in Madagascar by Remediation of Lead-containing Hand Pump Components
Downloads: 2
Author: Barrett et al.
Year of Publishing: 2021
Gender and rural water services – lessons from RWSN members
Summary of RWSN E-discussion on how women’s engagement in Water User Committees impact on its performance and system functionality (2016) and RWSN Webinars: Making Water Work for Women, Sharing Inspiring Experiences (May 2017)
Downloads: 179
Author: Nicholas, N; Wilbur, J; Nath, P.; Gosling, L. and Naughton, M.
Year of Publishing: 2017
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: RWSN
Global prospects to deliver safe drinking water services for 100 million rural people by 2030
REACH working paper 12
Downloads: 1016
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 and Drilling
Insights from over 50 countries
Downloads: 531
Author: Danert, K.
Year of Publishing: 2020
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: RWSN
Groundwater’s Contribution to Water Security in Africa
UPGro Working Paper
Downloads: 309
Author: Upton K. & Danert, K (editors)
Year of Publishing: 2019
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: UPGro
Guidance Note on Mainstreaming Water Resilience in Asia and the Pacific
Downloads: 13
Author: Asian Development Bank
Year of Publishing: 2022
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
Guidebook for the implementation of decentralised water supply systems in Moldova
ApaSan, Swiss Water and Sanitation Project in Moldova
Downloads: 380
Author: Compilation: K. Klingel and S. Diener
Year of Publishing: 2014
Publisher: Skat Consulting Ltd
Institution: ApaSan, SDC, ADC
Guidelines for Developing a Self Supply Acceleration Plan for your Area
Downloads: 189
Author: Butterworth, J. Adank, M., Bakker-Kruijne E., Mekonta L. and I. Klaassen
Year of Publishing: 2014
Publisher: IRC
Guidelines for Planning for Water for Livelihoods
Downloads: 37
Author: ZIMWASH
Year of Publishing: 2010
Publisher: ZIMWASH
Institution: ZIMWASH
Halte aux Degradations: Aperçu de la corrosion des pompes à motricité humaine et les défis de maintenance pour un approvisionnement durable en eau potable des populations des zones rurales au Cameroun– Étude de cas de vingt pompes
Recherche-action sur la corrosion et la qualité des composants des pompes à motricité humaine en Afrique Subsaharienne
Downloads: 14
Author: L INJOUOM NCHOUTPOUEN Abdou Aziz
Year of Publishing: 2023
Institution: RWSN, Ask for Water GmbH et Skat Foundation
Hand drilling a shallow tube-well and fitting a simple “Bailer-bucket” in Zimbabwe
Downloads: 195
Author: MORGAN, P.
Year of Publishing: 2014
Publisher: Aquamor Zimbabwe
Institution: Aquamor Zimbabwe
Hand drilling a shallow tube-well in Zimbabwe and fitting a simple “Bailer-bucket” for water lifting
Downloads: 315
Author: MORGAN, P.
Year of Publishing: 2015
Publisher: Aquamor
Institution: Aquamor
Hand Drilling Directory
Cost Effective Boreholes
Downloads: 953
Author: DANERT, K.
Year of Publishing: 2009
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: UNICEF, WSP, SDC, Aqua For All
Hand Drilling Newsletter
Volumes 1-5
Downloads: 57
Author: DANERT, K.
Year of Publishing: 2009
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: Skat
Handpump Data 2009 (ARCHIVE - SEE UPDATE)
Selected Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
Downloads: 1404
Author: RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2009
Publisher: RWSN
Handpump Standardisation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Seeking a Champion
RWSN Publication 2015-1
Downloads: 1595
Author: MacArthur, J.
Year of Publishing: 2015
Publisher: RWSN
Handpumps: where now?
A synthesis of online discussions (2012-2014) -##2019 UPDATE##
Downloads: 1050
Author: FUREY S. G.
Year of Publishing: 2019
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: Skat Foundation
Helvetas Cameroon Experiences in Catchment Protection Activities
Assessment
Downloads: 99
Author: VAN DER WAARDE, J. J.
Year of Publishing: 2004
Publisher: Helvetas
How Three Handpumps Revolutionised Rural Water Supplies
A brief history of the India Mark II/III, Afridev and the Zimbabwe Bush Pump
Downloads: 1261
Author: BAUMANN, E. and S. G. FUREY
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: Skat
HOW TO ESTABLISH A FULL COST RECOVERY WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM ? WHAT ARE THE KEY FACTORS FOR SUCCESS AND REPLICATION ?
SDC Briefing Note
Downloads: 136
Author: ISW/SDC
Year of Publishing: 2016
Publisher: Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA)