RWSN Library
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Achieving universal access to safely managed water services in rural Cambodia: The case for complementarity of water supply solutions
Downloads: 34
Author: 1001 Fontaines; GRET; KWSH and WaterAid
Year of Publishing: 2022
Institution: 1001 Fontaines
Solar pumping for rural water supply: life-cycle costs from eight countries
40th WEDC International Conference
Downloads: 181
Author: A. Armstrong, J. Mahan & J. Zapor
Year of Publishing: 2017
Publisher: WEDC Conference 2017
Institution: Water Mission
Guidelines for Planning MUS
Downloads: 42
Author: Adank, M., van Koppen, B. and Smits, S.
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre and International Water Management Institute
Institution: IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre and International Water Management Institute
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
Domestic Rainwater Harvesting: Vietnam
Field Study Report 2009
Downloads: 84
Author: Alexandra Snelgrove, Kimberley Patrick
Year of Publishing: 2009
Publisher: EnterpriseWorks/VITA
Institution: EnterpriseWorks/VITA
Quality Assurance of Unicef Drilling Programes for Boreholes in Malawi
Consultancy Services
Downloads: 43
Author: Anscombe J.R.
Year of Publishing: 2011
Publisher: Ministry of Agriculture Irrigation and Water Development Malawi
Institution: unicef
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
Funding mechanisms to incentivize sustainable and inclusive water provision in Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands
Downloads: 66
Author: Ashni Shah; Rob Mills
Year of Publishing: 2018
Publisher: Oxfam International
Institution: Oxfam International
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
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
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
Operation and Maintenance of Rural Water Supplies in Malawi
Study Findings
Downloads: 147
Author: BAUMANN, E. and K. DANERT
Year of Publishing: 2008
Publisher: Skat
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
Sustainability of Water Supply Systems in Kenya
Ex Post Assessments of 100 water supply systems constructed/rehabilitated by Welthungerhilfe between 2006-2009
Downloads: 179
Author: BEHRENS-SHAH, P.
Year of Publishing: 2011
Publisher: Welthungerhilfe
WASH Media Reports Compendium 2012
Award Winning Media Reports on WASH and Marginalisation
Downloads: 32
Author: BERHANU, M.
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: WaterAid Ethiopia, Simavi
Professionaliser les services d'eau portable en milieu rural / professionalising rural water services
World Water Forum 9: Session 2A4 (22 March 2022)
Downloads: 106
Author: Boulenouar, Furey, Diagne, Ndianor, Akdi, Dahane, Money and Delaire
Year of Publishing: 2022
Publisher: -
Institution: -
Notebook for the diagnosis and maintenance of gravity-flow systems (IA Ethiopia)
Downloads: 45
Author: BOURGOIS, F.
Year of Publishing: 2014
Institution: Diagnosis of gravity-flow systems
SDC Guideline for sustainable groundwater resource management
Swiss Humanitarian Aid Reports and Papers (SHARP Series: GW/2016/1)
Downloads: 308
Author: BUSSARD, T.
Year of Publishing: 2016
Publisher: SDC
Ten key steps in the Community Managed Project (CMP) approach to rural water supply
CMP approach: Effective and sustainable WASH services
Downloads: 403
Author: Butterworth, J.
Year of Publishing: 2012
Institution: COWASH
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
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
Ethiopia Cost Effective Boreholes Vol 2.
Downloads: 81
Author: CARTER, R. C.
Year of Publishing: 2006
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: WSP, Gov of Ethiopia
Le forage d'eau à faibles coûts en dix étapes
Étude des coûts de forage en Éthiopie
Downloads: 124
Author: CARTER, R. C.
Year of Publishing: 2006
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: WSP
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
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
Enhancing Frontline Provider Collaboration to Improve Rural Water Sustainability
Operational Lessons from Indonesia’s Community-Led Water Supply Project—PAMSIMAS
Downloads: 74
Author: D. Thapa, C. Prevost, and H. Widjanarko
Year of Publishing: 2021
Publisher: The World Bank
Institution: GWSP
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
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
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
Hand Drilling Directory
Cost Effective Boreholes
Downloads: 953
Author: DANERT, K.
Year of Publishing: 2009
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: UNICEF, WSP, SDC, Aqua For All
Rural Water for All - The river may be wide, but it can be crossed
Final Report April 2012
Downloads: 147
Author: DANERT, K.
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: Skat
Groundwater and Drilling
Insights from over 50 countries
Downloads: 531
Author: Danert, K.
Year of Publishing: 2020
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: RWSN
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
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.
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
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
A Comparative Study on Water Well Drilling Costs in Kenya
Downloads: 4142
Author: DOYEN, J.
Year of Publishing: 2003
Publisher: UNDP-World Bank
Evaluation of the sustainability of solar powered water supply systems in Kenya
Downloads: 232
Author: EED Advisory Ltd.
Year of Publishing: 2018
Publisher: EED Advisory Ltd.
Institution: EU, IOM, Oxfam, NFC, GSWI
MALDA Handpump Installation and Maintenance Manual
(First Edition)
Downloads: 140
Author: ERPF, K.
Year of Publishing: 2003
Publisher: RWSN (incl. HTN)
Institution: Skat
REPUBLIQUE DE LA COTE D’IVOIRE - ETUDE DE FAISABILITE DES FORAGES MANUELS - IDENTIFICATION DES ZONES POTENTIELLEMENT FAVORABLES
Downloads: 56
Author: Fabio Fussi
Year of Publishing: 2009
Publisher: UNICEF, Practica Foundation and Enterprise Works/VITA
Institution: UNICEF, Practica Foundation and Enterprise Works/VITA
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
Summary of RWSN E-discussion Responding to the Current COVID-19 Crisis: Questions, Resources, and Implications for Rural Water Supply at the Operational Level
Répondre à la crise COVID-19 actuelle: questions, ressources et implications pour l'approvisionnement en eau en milieu rural au niveau opérationnel
Downloads: 115
Author: Fisher, M. (UNC); Behnke, N. (UNC); Kelly E. (UNC); McNaughton A. (UNC); Furey S. (RWSN); Fürst, S. (RWSN)
Year of Publishing: 2020
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: RWSN, UNC
Private Sector Provision of Rural Water Services
A desk study for Water for People
Downloads: 141
Author: Foster
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: Water for People
An Evaluation of the BluePump in Kenya and Gambia
Downloads: 121
Author: Foster, T. & McSorely, B.
Year of Publishing: 2016
Publisher: University of Technology Sydney & Oxfam
Institution: Institute for Sustainable Futures
Self-supply of water in Asia and the Pacific: Country Profiles
Downloads: 105
Author: Foster, T. and Gonzalez, D.
Year of Publishing: 2022
Publisher: Sydney: UTS.
Institution: Sydney: UTS.
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
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
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
Regulating Rural Water Supply Services
A comparative review of existing and emerging approaches with a focus on GIZ partner countries
Downloads: 122
Author: Gerlach, E.
Year of Publishing: 2019
Publisher: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Domestic Rainwater Harvesting: Thailand
Field Study Report 2008
Downloads: 89
Author: Hans Hartung, Mary Morgan, John Naugle
Year of Publishing: 2008
Publisher: EnterpriseWorks/VITA
Institution: EnterpriseWorks/VITA
Where are the rural groundwater quality data for the assessment of health risks in northern Malawi?
A thought leadership piece
Downloads: 15
Author: Holm, R. H., Kunkel, G. and Nyirenda, L.
Year of Publishing: 2018
Publisher: Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 2018, 7, pages 157-163.
Institution: Mzuzu University
The handpump choice is yours: A pilot study in Rumphi District, Malawi.
Downloads: 11
Author: Holm, R., Kamangira, A., Kasulo, V., Kaponda, P., Hara, E., Carney-Filmore, C. and Nhlema, M.
Year of Publishing: 2017
Publisher: Waterlines, 2017, 36 (4), pages 358-366.
Institution: Mzuzu University
Comparative evaluation of the cost of water in northern Malawi
From rural water wells to science education
Downloads: 15
Author: Holm, R., Singini, W. and Gwayi, S.
Year of Publishing: 2016
Publisher: Applied Economics, 2016, 48(47), pages 4573-4583. DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2016
Institution: Mzuzu University
Functionality and water quality of Elephant pumps
Implications for sustainable drinking water supplies in rural Malawi.
Downloads: 33
Author: Holm, R., Stroud, R., Msilimba, G. and Gwayi, S.
Year of Publishing: 2015
Publisher: Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 2015, 1, pages 129-134. DOI: 10.1016/j.gsd.2016.02.001
Institution: Mzuzu University
Achieving the sustainable development goals: A case study of the complexity of water quality health risks in Malawi
Downloads: 1
Author: Holm, R., Wandschneider, P., Felsot, A. and Msilimba, G.
Year of Publishing: 2016
Publisher: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2016, 35:20. DOI: 10.1186/s41043-016-0057-x
Institution: Mzuzu University
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
Setting up viable supply chains for Hand Pumps in Vietnam
Summary of an appraisal and impact assessment of the Government of Vietnam-IDE Hand Pump Promotion Program, funded by ICCO.
Downloads: 63
Author: IKIN, D. and E. BAUMANN
Year of Publishing: 2001
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: Skat, SDC
Security systems for Hand Pumps in rural areas of Malawi
Downloads: 38
Author: InterAide
Year of Publishing: 2014