RWSN Library
Resources
Who will foot the bill for sustainable rural water services?
tackling the problem of under-funded water supply in low-income countries
Downloads: 242
Author: Carter R. C.
Year of Publishing: 2024
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: Skat Foundation
What’s Working, Where, and for How Long
A 2016 Water Point Update to the RWSN (2009) statistics
Downloads: 647
Author: Banks, B. & S. G. Furey
Year of Publishing: 2016
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: GWC/Skat
What Makes a Drinking Water Technology Resilient to Climatic Hazards?
REACH Programme Poster
Downloads: 37
Author: Esha A. A., Rahman M. R., Salehin M., Chowdhury A. I. A.
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: Durham University
Institution: REACH Programme
What drives the performance of rural piped water supply facilities in Ghana
A mixed methods observational study
Downloads: 8
Author: REAL-Water
Year of Publishing: 2024
Publisher: USAID
Institution: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Rural Evidence and Learning for Water Project.
Wells Construction
Hand Dug and Hand Drilled
Downloads: 584
Author: BRUSH, R. E.
Year of Publishing: 1979
Publisher: Peace Corps
Institution: Information Collection & Exchange
Well Digging
A Guide to the Construction and Protection of Hand Dug Wells
Downloads: 774
Author: LAVER, S.
Year of Publishing: 1980
Institution: GTZ, Blair Research Laboratory
Well Construction Manual
Downloads: 358
Author: LJSSS
Year of Publishing: 1987
Publisher: Sarvodaya Rural Technical Services
Institution: Lanka Jathika Sarvodaya Shramadana Sangamaya
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
A guidance note for leaving no one behind
Downloads: 51
Author: Danert, K.
Year of Publishing: 2021
Publisher: UNICEF
Water committees in the implementation of decentralization measures in the water sector in Gaza Province, Mozambique: ownership and resistance
Downloads: 126
Author: Alves Francisco Nhaurire, Tanya Wells-Brown, Rehana Capurchande
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: AQUA - Water Infrastructure Ecosystems and Society, IWA Publishing
WASH Funders Infrastructure Checklists: Boreholes and Handpumps
Downloads: 988
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
WASH Exit Interviews
Findings on Professional Attrition in the International Sector
Downloads: 17
Author: Gianotti, R. & Worsham, K.
Year of Publishing: 2024
Publisher: FLUSH
Triggering Reflection and Change
RWSN Story of Change
Downloads: 4
Author: Berstchy, V. & Furey, S. G.
Year of Publishing: 2024
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: Skat Foundation
Toolless Pump Rod Connectors - Final Report
Downloads: 4
Author: Devereux S.
Year of Publishing: 1991
The Tara Handpump: The Birth of a Star
UNDP/World Bank Discussion Paper Series
Downloads: 109
Author: KJELLERUP, B., JOURNEY, W. K. and MINNATULLAH, K. M.
Year of Publishing: 1989
Publisher: The World Bank
Institution: Water and Sanitation Program
The Tara Handpump
Production Manual and Drawings
Downloads: 27
Author: DPHE/UNICEF
Year of Publishing: 1987
Publisher: DPHE
Test Procedures for Testing and Development of Handpumps
Consumers' Association Testing & Research
Downloads: 3
Year of Publishing: 1986
Institution: Consumers' Association Testing & Research
Technological Innovations for Rural Water Supply in Low-Resource Settings
USAID REAL-Water Learning Note and Full Report
Downloads: 463
Author: REAL-Water
Year of Publishing: 2022
Publisher: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Institution: Rural Evidence and Learning for Water Project.
Tara Handpump
Consumer Research Laboratory
Downloads: 1
Author: Reynolds J.
Year of Publishing: 1986
Publisher: The Association for Consumer Research
Stop the rot: handpump functionality, corrosion, component quality and supply chains
Action research in sub-Saharan Africa
Downloads: 1797
Author: DANERT, K.
Year of Publishing: 2022
Publisher: Ask for Water GmbH, Skat Foundation and RWSN.
Stop The Rot - Call to action
2 Page call to action
Downloads: 146
Author: K. Danert, S. Furey
Year of Publishing: 2022
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: Ask for Water, RWSN
Specification for Deep Well Handpump (Second revision - 1984) - historic
Downloads: 18
Author: ISI
Year of Publishing: 1984
Institution: Indian Standards Institution/UNICEF
Solar Water Pump Durability Research Memo
Downloads: 146
Author: Nathaniel Faith, Kaileigh Vincent-Welling, Tyler Bernard, Arne Jacobson
Year of Publishing: 2020
Publisher: Schatz Energy Research Center
Institution: Schatz Energy Research Center
SIRWASH Webinar Series
Webinar series of the SIRWASH Programme (Sustainable and Innovative Rural Water, Sanitation and Hygiene)
Downloads: 470
Author: Various
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: RWSN
RWSN Strategy/Stratégie 2024-2030
Downloads: 466
Author: RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: Skat Foundation
RWSN Member Survey 2023
Downloads: 43
Author: RWSN Secretariat
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: RWSN
RWSN Early Webinar Series 2025
Recordings and Slides
Downloads: 604
Author: RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2025
Publisher: Rural Water Supply Network
RWSN Early Webinar Series 2024
Resources from the webinars
Downloads: 543
Author: RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2024
RWSN Draft Lifelong Learning Strategy (EN/FR/ES/PT)
Projet de stratégie d'apprentissage tout au long de la vie du RWSN
Downloads: 111
Author: RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2022
Publisher: Skat Foundation
RWSN Annual Report 2024
Professional Rural Water Services for All
Downloads: 200
Author: RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2025
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: Skat Foundation
RWSN Annual Report 2023
Downloads: 450
Author: RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2024
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: RWSN
Rural Water Capacity Needs Assessment:
Report on the Rural Water Capacity Needs Assessment and Annexes
Downloads: 1307
Author: Global Water Center, Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology, & Rural Water Supply Network
Year of Publishing: 2024
Rower Pump
Downloads: 28
Author: Klassen, G.
Year of Publishing: 1979
Publisher: Mirpur Agricultural Workshop And Training School
Rising Main and Pump Rod Breakages
Draft Report
Downloads: 11
Author: Evans, C. and J. Roberts
Year of Publishing: 1988
Publisher: Consumer Research Laboratory
Results-based funding for safe drinking water services
How a standard contract design with payment for results can accelerate safe drinking water services at scale
Downloads: 60
Author: Charles, K., Nowicki, S., Armstrong, A., Hope, R., McNicholl, D. and Nilsson, K.
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: University of Oxford and Uptime Global
Institution: REACH Programme
Reducing uncertainty in corporate water impact - The role of Results Based Contracting for drinking water supply
Briefing note | January 2024
Downloads: 21
Author: McNicholl, D., and Hope, R.
Year of Publishing: 2024
Publisher: University of Oxford and Uptime Global.
Pump Rod Centraliser Test - Final Report
Consumer Research Laboratory
Downloads: 1
Author: Roberts J.
Year of Publishing: 1989
Institution: Consumer Research Laboratory
Programa de agua rural : manual de mantenimiento preventivo y propuesta de calendario de acciones para los sistemas en fuctionamiento
Rural water supply programme: preventive maintenance manual and schedule for functioning systems
Downloads: 2
Author: Leal, LA
Year of Publishing: 1983
Publisher: Servico Nacional de Saneamiento Ambiental (SENASA)
Professionalizing Rural Water
Desk Study
Downloads: 15
Author: REAL-Water
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Rural Evidence and Learning for Water Project
Professionalising community management of rural water supply
Navigating the transition in sub-Saharan Africa
Downloads: 359
Author: Carter, R. C.
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: Rural Water Supply Network
Professional Water Well Drilling
A UNICEF Guidance Note
Downloads: 3107
Author: Danert K., Gesti Canuto J.
Year of Publishing: 2016
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: Unicef
Planning for India's Rural Drinking Water in the Jal Jeevan Mission Era
Downloads: 7
Author: REAL-Water
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Rural Evidence and Learning for Water
Performance and prospects of rural drinking water services in francophone West Africa (EN/FR)
Downloads: 223
Author: REACH/RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2023
Myths of the Rural Water Supply Sector
RWSN Perspective No 4
Downloads: 1870
Author: RWSN Executive Steering Committee
Year of Publishing: 2010
Publisher: RWSN
Mapping of Rural Water Supply Publications, using AI assistance
Downloads: 14
Author: DANERT K., O. MILLS, J. ALVAREZ-SALA
Year of Publishing: 2024
Publisher: UNICEF
Institution: Ask for Water GmbH
Manual for Integrated Projects for Rural Groundwater Supplies
Downloads: 172
Author: ODA Groundwater Team
Year of Publishing: 1982
Institution: UNDP
Lead in drinking-water: Health risks, monitoring and corrective actions
Technical brief
Downloads: 44
Author: WHO
Year of Publishing: 2022
Publisher: World Health Organization
Le point d'eau au village : manuel de formation des formateurs villageois : amenagement, utilisation, entretien
Village water points : manual for training of village extension workers : installation, utilisation, maintenance.
Downloads: 1
Author: CIEH - Comite Interafricain d'Etudes Hydrauliques
Year of Publishing: 1983
Publisher: CIEH - Comite Interafricain d'Etudes Hydrauliques
Is consolidation the answer to improving rural water services in low-income countries? Lessons from OECD country experience.
REAL-Water Research Brief
Downloads: 128
Author: REAL-Water
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Rural Evidence and Learning for Water
Introducing RWSN
the global knowledge network for practical professionalism in rural water supply
Downloads: 62
Author: RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2022
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: RWSN
Integrating AI into the asset management of rural water supply schemes in Nepal
Discovery Report
Downloads: 18
Author: Dugar, S. & Irwin C.
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: Frontier Tech Hub
Improving water security through Sustainable Land Management
Story of change: Key findings & emerging impacts
Downloads: 41
Author: REACH
Year of Publishing: 2022
Publisher: University of Oxford
Institution: REACH Programme
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
Handpumps Testing and Development: Progress Report on Field and Laboratory Testing
Work Bank Technical Paper Number 29
Downloads: 66
Author: ARLOSOROFF, S.,TSCHANNERL, G., GREY, D., JOURNEY, J., KARP, A., LANGENEGGER, O., and ROCHE, R.
Year of Publishing: 1984
Publisher: World Bank
Handpumps Testing and Development: Proceedings of a Workshop in China
Rural Water Supply Handpumps Project
Downloads: 12
Author: Tschannerl, G. and K. Bryan
Year of Publishing: 1984
Publisher: World Bank
Institution: UNDP/World Bank
Handpumps for Community Water Supply
Report of the Research and Development Coordination Meeting and an Agenda for Action
Downloads: 14
Author: The Consumer Research Laboratory, UK
Year of Publishing: 1987
Institution: UNDP, World Bank, Rural Water Supply Handpumps Project
Handpump Manufacture
Working Paper
Downloads: 8
Author: Baumann E.
Year of Publishing: 1987
Publisher: Skat
Handpump maintenance
guidelines for organising handpump maintenance systems
Downloads: 11
Author: Hofkes, EH
Year of Publishing: 1983
Publisher: IRC