RWSN Library
Resources
Guidelines for Planning for Water for Livelihoods
Downloads: 37
Author: ZIMWASH
Year of Publishing: 2010
Publisher: ZIMWASH
Institution: ZIMWASH
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
Strengthening the Domestic Drilling Industry
Lessons from the Mozambique
Downloads: 207
Author: World Bank
Year of Publishing: 2015
Institution: WSP
Preventing Rapid Corrosion of Handpumps Through Regulations
Water Knowledge Note
Downloads: 106
Author: World Bank
Year of Publishing: 2024
Publisher: World Bank Group
Institution: World Bank Group Water Global Practice
Providing a basic level of water and sanitation services that last: COST BENCHMARKS
WASHCost Infosheet 1
Downloads: 179
Author: WASHCOST
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: IRC
Institution: WASHCOST
Making Rights Real - Portuguese version
Downloads: 50
Author: WASH United, WaterAid, Institute for Sustainable Futures – University of Technology Sydney, End Water Poverty, UNICEF and RWSN, in partnership with C3
Year of Publishing: 2016
Water, Sanitation and Disability in Rural West Africa
Enhancing Access and Use of WASH facilities
Downloads: 28
Author: W. Ray Norman, Ph.D.
Year of Publishing: 2010
Upgraded Family Wells in Zimbabwe
Collection of reports (2002-2012)
Downloads: 109
Author: various
Year of Publishing: 0000
Publisher: -
Institution: -
Modular Building Project
How data-driven and disruptive technologies can improve the sustainability of water services in rural Africa
Downloads: 54
Author: van Kinderen, I. and W. de Vries
Year of Publishing: 2021
Publisher: Practica Foundation
Institution: Project Maji
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
Case study on the impact of manual drilling for the construction of sustainable water points in Chad
Downloads: 86
Author: UNICEF
Year of Publishing: 2009
Publisher: UNICEF
Institution: Practica Foundation, EnterpriseWorks/VITA
Drilling Procurement and Contract Management
Documents and Templates from UNICEF Mali
Downloads: 440
Author: UNICEF
Year of Publishing: 2015
Publisher: UNICEF
Institution: Unicef Mali
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
Improving household water supply (Self Supply) - The Potential in Mali
Downloads: 25
Author: SUTTON, S., MAIGA, B. and H. MAIGA
Year of Publishing: 2006
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: SWL Consultants, UNICEF, WaterAid
Accelerating Self Supply - A Case Study from Mali
RWSN Field Note 2010-1
Downloads: 107
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
Integrating a new approach - the example of Self Supply
34th WEDC International Conference, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2009
Downloads: 36
Author: SUTTON, S.
Year of Publishing: 2009
Publisher: WEDC - Water, Engineering and Development Centre
Preliminary Desk Study of Potential for Self Supply in Sub-Saharan Africa
Downloads: 132
Author: SUTTON, S.
Year of Publishing: 2004
Publisher: RWSN/WaterAid
Progress Report on Self Supply/Risk Reduction in Mali
Downloads: 12
Author: SUTTON, S.
Year of Publishing: 2009
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: UNICEF, WSP
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
Functionality: The challenge to sustain rural water supply services
SNV Practice Brief, Issue 5, October 2013
Downloads: 199
Author: SNV
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: SNV
RWSN SADC strategic workshop report_June2021
Downloads: 41
Author: Sandra Fürst, Aline Saraiva Okello, Muthi Nhlema, Sean Furey
Year of Publishing: 2021
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: RWSN
Guidelines for community-driven water resource management
Downloads: 50
Author: SADC/Danida Regional Water Sector Programme
Year of Publishing: 2009
Publisher: Southern African Development Community/Danish
Institution: Southern African Development Community/Danish
SADC-GMI Short Course 1: Drilling Supervision (2018)
23 – 27 April 2018, Institute for Groundwater Studies, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Downloads: 107
Author: SADC-GMI
Year of Publishing: 2018
Publisher: SADC-GMI
Institution: SADC-GMI
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
Proceedings of the 5th RWSN Forum 2006 Ghana
Scaling up Local Entrepreneurship in Rural Water Supply to meet the MDGs
Downloads: 53
Author: RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2006
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: Skat Foundation, MWRWH
National Workshop on Cost-Effective Boreholes in Sudan
18-19 November 2009 Grand Holiday Villa Hotel, Khartoum, SUDAN
Downloads: 108
Author: RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2009
Publisher: UNICEF
Institution: Public Water Corporation, MWRI
Handpump Data 2009 (ARCHIVE - SEE UPDATE)
Selected Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
Downloads: 1404
Author: RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2009
Publisher: RWSN
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
MSWG Meeting - Stockholm WWW 2013
Management and Support Working Group Meeting
Downloads: 123
Author: RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: RWSN
Who is going to drill the African Boreholes?
Downloads: 160
Author: ROBINSON, A.,
Year of Publishing: 2006
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: WSP, Skat
Financial Innovations for Rural Water Supply in Low-Resource Settings
REAL-Water Innovation Overview
Downloads: 129
Author: REAL-Water
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Rural Evidence and Learning for Water.
Emerging Trends in Rural Water Management
REAL-Water Synthesis Report
Downloads: 0
Author: REAL-Water
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: Rural Evidence and Learning for Water Project.
Institution: USAID
Implementation Manual: Water Quality Assurance Fund
REAL Water Manual
Downloads: 0
Author: REAL-Water
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: Rural Evidence and Learning for Water Project.
Institution: USAID
Evaluation of Water Safety Plans in Rural Ghana
Baseline Assessment
Downloads: 0
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 Ghana
Baseline Assessment
Downloads: 0
Author: REAL-Water
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Rural Evidence and Learning for Water Project
Centralized or Onsite Testing? Examining the Costs of Water Quality Monitoring in Rural Africa
Journal article
Downloads: 0
Author: REAL-Water
Year of Publishing: 2024
Publisher: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Performance and prospects of rural drinking water services in francophone West Africa (EN/FR)
Downloads: 190
Author: REACH/RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2023
Scaling up results-based funding for rural water services
Story of change: Key findings & emerging impacts
Downloads: 12
Author: REACH
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: REACH
Institution: University of Oxford
Turkana Jet research unlocks new understanding of East African droughts
Story of change: Key findings & emerging impacts
Downloads: 3
Author: REACH
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: REACH
Institution: University of Oxford
L’impact des forage manuels sur la réalisation de points d’eau durables au Tchad
Downloads: 45
Author: Practica Foundation
Year of Publishing: 2009
Publisher: UNICEF, Practica Foundation and Enterprise Works/VITA
Institution: UNICEF, Practica Foundation and Enterprise Works/VITA
Normes et Standards de Forage Manuels au Tchad
Downloads: 417
Author: PRACTICA
Year of Publishing: 2009
Publisher: UNICEF
Institution: Ministre de la pêche, de l’hydraulique villageoise et pastorale
Technical Standards for Manually Drilled Boreholes in Chad
Downloads: 194
Author: PRACTICA
Year of Publishing: 2009
Publisher: UNICEF
Institution: Ministry of Fisheries, Pastoral and Rural Hydraulics
The Zimbabwe Bush Pump (“B”type)
Useful templates and tools for examining the pump head
Downloads: 39
Author: Peter Morgan
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: Aquamore
Institution: Aquamore
Failure and the Future
Water Point Mapping and Monitoring Series
Downloads: 100
Author: Pearce, J, E. Greggio, and E. Stephens
Year of Publishing: 2015
Publisher: RWSN
District Monitoring
Water Point Mapping and Monitoring Series
Downloads: 142
Author: Pearce, J, E. Greggio, and E. Stephens
Year of Publishing: 2015
Publisher: RWSN
Synthesis report on stakeholder baseline studies on technology selection process and the stakeholders’ attitudes
WASHTech - Deliverable 7.1
Downloads: 47
Author: PARKER, A.
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: WASHTech
Institution: EU FP7
Spare Part Supplies for Handpumps in Africa: Success Factors for Sustainability
Rural Water Supply Series
Downloads: 169
Author: Oyo, A.
Year of Publishing: 2006
Publisher: RWSN/WSP
Self Supply in Mali
Early Steps towards an Innovatory Approach
Downloads: 22
Author: OSBERT, N. and S. SUTTON
Year of Publishing: 2009
Publisher: WEDC - Water, Engineering and Development Centre
Review of Upgraded Family Well Programme in Makoni & Buhera districts, Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe
Country Report: UNICEF East and South Africa Regional Office (ESARO)
Downloads: 39
Author: Olschewski, A., Matimati R. and A. Waterkeyn
Year of Publishing: 2016
Publisher: UNICEF
The Technology Applicability Framework. A Participatory Tool to Validate Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Technologies for Low-Income Urban Areas
in S. Hostettler et al. (eds.), Technologies for Development,
Downloads: 144
Author: Olschewski, A. and V. Casey
Year of Publishing: 2015
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Short report on Self-supply Seminar at the “My Water-my business” event
20th March 2015 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Downloads: 286
Author: OLSCHEWSKI, A.
Year of Publishing: 2015
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Review of Self-supply and its support services in African countries
Synthesis Report
Downloads: 269
Author: Olschewski, A.
Year of Publishing: 2016
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: UNICEF
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
Report on The Performance of Afridev and Nira Handpumps on the Upper Regions Community Water Project (COWAP) Ghana
Report for the GWSC/CIDA Community Water Project Upper Regions, Ghana
Downloads: 147
Author: NAMPUSUOR, R. and S. MATHISEN
Year of Publishing: 2000
Publisher: COWATER
Institution: CIDA
Innovations in Borehole Rehabilitation, Ghana
Report for the CWSA / CIDA Community Water Project Upper Regions, Ghana
Downloads: 139
Author: NAMPUSUOR, R.
Year of Publishing: 2001
Publisher: Cowater International Inc.
Ghana WASH Sector Development Programme (GWASHSDP) 2021-2030
Downloads: 29
Author: MoSWR
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources
Institution: Government of Ghana
The Zimbabwe Bushpump
Experiments in the use of PVC rising mains with “bottom support” using a 75mm PVC rising main
Downloads: 46
Author: Morgan, Peter
Year of Publishing: 2019
Institution: Aquamor
The Zimbabwe Bush Pump: 54 mm open top cylinder model
Recent research into technical methods of reducing down time, using standard downthe- hole equipment
Downloads: 74
Author: Morgan, Peter
Year of Publishing: 2017
Institution: Aquamor Pvt Ltd
The Zimbabwe Bush Pump
Downloads: 107
Author: Morgan, Peter
Year of Publishing: 2019
Publisher: Aquamor Pvt Ltd