RWSN Library
Resources
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
Malawi: Technical Manual for Water Wells and Groundwater Monitoring Systems and Standard Operating Procedures for Groundwater
Downloads: 2518
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: 2274
Author: DANERT K
Year of Publishing: 2014
Publisher: UNICEF/RWSN
Institution: UNICEF/RWSN
Manual Drilling Compendium 2015
RWSN Publication 2015-2
Downloads: 2143
Author: DANERT K.
Year of Publishing: 2015
Publisher: Skat
Institution: Skat
Stop the rot: handpump functionality, corrosion, component quality and supply chains
Action research in sub-Saharan Africa
Downloads: 1678
Author: DANERT, K.
Year of Publishing: 2022
Publisher: Ask for Water GmbH, Skat Foundation and 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
The 2019 RWSN directory of rural water supply services, tariffs, management models and lifecycle costs
2019 Edition [ENGLISH]
Downloads: 1486
Author: Deal, P. T. and Furey S. G.
Year of Publishing: 2019
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: RWSN
Handpump Data 2009 (ARCHIVE - SEE UPDATE)
Selected Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
Downloads: 1404
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: 1397
Author: Traoré, U
Year of Publishing: 2020
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: RWSN
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
Low Cost Handpumps
RWSN Field Note 2011-3
Downloads: 1243
Author: BAUMANN, E.
Year of Publishing: 2011
Publisher: RWSN
Manually Drilled Boreholes: Providing water in Nigeria’s Megacity of Lagos and beyond
Downloads: 1119
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: 1050
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: 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
RWSN Handpump Survey 2013
Summary of Findings
Downloads: 990
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: 964
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: 953
Author: DANERT, K.
Year of Publishing: 2009
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: UNICEF, WSP, SDC, Aqua For All
Policy influence for ultra-deep reaching hand pumps
Case study for LifePump acceptance in Zambia and Malawi
Downloads: 828
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: 778
Author: ADEKILE, D. & OLABODE, O.
Year of Publishing: 2009
Publisher: RWSN/UNICEF
Well Digging
A Guide to the Construction and Protection of Hand Dug Wells
Downloads: 761
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: 744
Author: MORGAN, P.
Year of Publishing: 2011
Publisher: Aquamor Pvt Ltd
I TRIED TO SAVE THE WORLD AND FAILED
Downloads: 725
Author: Siegel, L.
Year of Publishing: 2022
Publisher: Self-published
RWSN Strategy 2018-2023
La stratégie RWSN 2018-2023
Downloads: 703
Author: RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2020
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: RWSN
What’s Working, Where, and for How Long
A 2016 Water Point Update to the RWSN (2009) statistics
Downloads: 634
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: 625
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: 622
Author: MACDONALD, A., and J. DAVIES
Year of Publishing: 2000
Publisher: British Geological Survey
Institution: DFID, NERC
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
Code of Practice for Water Well Construction
NIGERIAN INDUSTRIAL STANDARD
Downloads: 583
Author: STANDARDS ORGANISATION OF NIGERIA
Year of Publishing: 2010
Publisher: STANDARDS ORGANISATION OF NIGERIA
Institution: STANDARDS ORGANISATION OF NIGERIA
REACH/ RWSN 100M initiative
Downloads: 569
Author: REACH and RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2021
Publisher: REACH and RWSN
Institution: REACH and RWSN
Project Implementation Manual
Community Water Supply and Sanitation Agency, Ghana
Downloads: 529
Author: CWSA
Year of Publishing: 2014
Publisher: Community Water Supply and Sanitation Agency
Institution: Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing
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
Making Rights Real
Downloads: 502
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
Supporting Rural Water Supply
Moving towards a Service Delivery Approach
Downloads: 471
Author: LOCKWOOD, H. and SMITS, S.
Year of Publishing: 2011
Publisher: Practical Action Publishing Ltd.
Institution: IRC/Aguaconsult
Rain water harvesting in the homestead
Downloads: 463
Author: MORGAN, P.
Year of Publishing: 2015
Publisher: Aquamor
Institution: Aquamor
The role of manual drilling for universal access to drinking water: Sharing experiences and ideas in Madrid, April 2019
Downloads: 462
Author: Danert, K; Abuuru, D; Adekile, D; Diene, M; Fussi, F; Gesti, J; Kane, C; Martinez-Santos, P; Museteka, L; O'Dochairtaigh, B; Tindimugaya, C.
Year of Publishing: 2019
SIRWASH Webinar Series
Webinar series of the SIRWASH Programme (Sustainable and Innovative Rural Water, Sanitation and Hygiene)
Downloads: 458
Author: Various
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: RWSN
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
Upgraded Well Manual for Field Workers
Downloads: 404
Author: MORGAN, P.
Year of Publishing: 1995
Publisher: Mvuramanzi Trust
Professionalising Manual Drilling: Malawi
A country summary
Downloads: 371
Author: HOLME, R, DANERT, K, SITOLO, T, MCGILL J & HOLTSLAG H
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: Skat Foundation & UNICEF
Ten-step Guide Towards Cost-effective Boreholes
Case study of drilling costs in Ethiopia
Downloads: 364
Author: CARTER, R. C.
Year of Publishing: 2006
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: WSP
The Blair Pump
An update
Downloads: 329
Author: MORGAN, P.
Year of Publishing: 2014
Institution: Aquamor
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
Professional Management of Water Well Drilling Projects & Programmes
Online Course 2019 Process Report
Downloads: 311
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
Making a strong “head-works” for the Zimbabwe Bush Pump
(for boreholes)
Downloads: 304
Author: MORGAN, P.
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: Aquamor Pvt Ltd
Consultancy Services: Quality Assurance of UNICEF Drilling Programmes for Boreholes in Malawi
Final Report
Downloads: 295
Author: ANSCOMBE, J.R.
Year of Publishing: 2011
Publisher: Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development
Institution: UNICEF
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
Malawi Sector Performance Report 2011
Downloads: 261
Author: Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development
Measuring functionality and performance levels
Technical brief
Downloads: 244
Author: Fallas, H. C., MacDonald, A.M., Casey, V., Kebede, S., Owor, M., Mwathunga, E., Calow, R., Cleaver, F., Cook, P., Fenner, R.A., Dessie, N., Yehualaeshet, T., Wolde, G., Okullo, J., Katusiime, F., Alupo, G., Berochan, G., Chavula, G., Banda, S., Mleta, P.,
Year of Publishing: 2018
Publisher: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Institution: UPGro Hidden Crisis Consortium
The Code of Practice for Cost-Effective Boreholes: Ghana
Country Status Report
Downloads: 233
Author: ADEKILE D. and C. KWEI
Year of Publishing: 2009
Publisher: RWSN
Water Well Drilling Association of Nigeria Report 2008
Downloads: 231
Author: ADEKILE, D.
Year of Publishing: 2008
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: WSP
The Bush Pump - the national Standard Handpump of Zimbabwe
A review by SKAT/HTN to find out what had made this pump so popular in Zimbabwe.
Downloads: 226
Author: ERPF, K.
Year of Publishing: 1998
Publisher: RWSN (incl. HTN)
Institution: Skat
The Zimbabwe Bush Pump: "Open top cylinder" model
Installation Manual with notes on maintenance
Downloads: 221
Author: MORGAN, P.
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: Aquamo Pvt Ltd
Chad’s Growing Manual Drilling Industry
Downloads: 218
Author: DANERT K.
Year of Publishing: 2015
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: Skat Foundation
Social accountability for rural water services
Downloads: 212
Author: Naughton, M; Deshmukh, R; Ahrari, S; and Gosling, L
Year of Publishing: 2018
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: RWSN
Rural Water Supplies and Sanitation
An update and compilation of research activities in support of Zimbabwe’s rural water supply and sanitation program
Downloads: 210
Author: Morgan, P.
Year of Publishing: 2016
Publisher: Aquamor Pvt. Ltd.
Institution: Aquamor Pvt. Ltd.
Proceedings and report from the 7th RWSN Forum (2016, Abidjan)
Contributions et rapport du 7ème Forum RWSN (2016, Abidjan)
Downloads: 204
Author: FUREY, S. G. (editor)
Year of Publishing: 2017
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: RWSN
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
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