RWSN Library
Resources
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: 1679
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: 1596
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
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
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: 1017
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
Professionnaliser l'eau et l'assainissement en milieu rural au Mali
Downloads: 855
Author: GIZ
Year of Publishing: 2020
Publisher: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
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
Utilisation de la télédétection et de la modélisation du terrain pour l'identification des zones favorables aux forages manuels
Remote sensing and terrain modelling to identify suitable zones for manual drilling in Africa
Downloads: 643
Author: FUSSI, F. et al.
Year of Publishing: 2015
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
RWSN Webinar early series, May- Jun 2023
RWSN Webinar early series, May- Jun 2023
Downloads: 582
Author: Various
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: 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
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
Drilling Procurement and Contract Management
Documents and Templates from UNICEF Mali
Downloads: 440
Author: UNICEF
Year of Publishing: 2015
Publisher: UNICEF
Institution: Unicef Mali
Madagascar Rope Pump Specification
First Edition 0 - 2004
Downloads: 429
Author: RANDRIANASOLO, A. and ERPF, K.
Year of Publishing: 2004
Publisher: Rural Water Supply Network
Institution: Skat
Upgraded Well Manual for Field Workers
Downloads: 404
Author: MORGAN, P.
Year of Publishing: 1995
Publisher: Mvuramanzi Trust
The Blair Pump
An update
Downloads: 329
Author: MORGAN, P.
Year of Publishing: 2014
Institution: Aquamor
A Brief History of Hand Drilled Wells in Niger
Only the beginning
Downloads: 318
Author: DANERT, K.
Year of Publishing: 2006
Publisher: Rural Water Supply Network
Institution: RWSN
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
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
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
Technical Notes on Borehole Drilling in Madagascar
Downloads: 253
Author: UNICEF
Year of Publishing: 2019
Publisher: UNICEF
Institution: UNICEF
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
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
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.
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
The Zimbabwe Bush Pump Inspection of the “B” type Bush Pump Part 2. “Down the hole” components
Inspection Manual
Downloads: 191
Author: MORGAN, P.
Year of Publishing: 2010
Publisher: Aquamor Pvt Ltd
Performance and prospects of rural drinking water services in francophone West Africa (EN/FR)
Downloads: 190
Author: REACH/RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2023
Regulating and Monitoring the Technical & Financial Performance of Small Systems/Suivi technique & financier et régulation
Understanding, implementing and applying monitoring mechanisms to improve the quality and support the regulation of water services
Downloads: 186
Author: FAGGIANELLI, D & DESILLE, D
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: Acqua-OING, programme Solidarité Eau
Institution: Acqua-OING, programme Solidarité Eau
Capitalisation D'Experiences sur les Forages Manuels a Madagascar
Downloads: 180
Author: PRACTICA
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: UNICEF
Institution: Practica Foundation
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
Professionalising Manual Drilling: Guinea
A country summary
Downloads: 179
Author: LABAS, J & DANERT, K
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: RWSN
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
Manually operated Pumps for Drinking Water Supply in Madagascar
An overview July 2004
Downloads: 168
Author: Kumar Daw, R.
Year of Publishing: 2004
Publisher: Rural Water Supply Network
Institution: Skat/UNICEF
Inclusive Rural Water Supply Management Innovations
Summary of the Rural Water Supply Network’s Leave No-one Behind Group E-Discussion 12th November – 4th December 2018
Downloads: 165
Author: Kohlitz, J., Kome, A., Nath, P., Ahrari S., Gosling L.
Year of Publishing: 2018
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: SNV/UTS/WaterAid/Simavi
The Zimbabwe Bucket Pump
An update
Downloads: 163
Author: MORGAN, P.
Year of Publishing: 2014
Institution: Aquamor
Une brève histoire des puits forés à la main au Niger
Downloads: 162
Author: DANERT, K.
Year of Publishing: 2006
Publisher: Rural Water Supply Network
Institution: RWSN/WSP
Who is going to drill the African Boreholes?
Downloads: 160
Author: ROBINSON, A.,
Year of Publishing: 2006
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: WSP, Skat
Practical Guidelines for the inspection of the Zimbabwe "B" type Bush Pump
Geometry and preliminary inspection
Downloads: 160
Author: MORGAN, P.
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: Aquamor Pvt Ltd
Mission Report on the Evaluation of Rapid Well Jetting and the Canzee Handpump
Programme of MEDAIR in the Regions of Maroantsetra and Manantenina
Downloads: 156
Author: ERPF, K. and GOMME, J.
Year of Publishing: 2005
Publisher: Rural Water Supply Network
Institution: Skat
The Zimbabwe Bush Pump Inspection of the “B” type Bush Pump Part 1. The pump head
Inspection Manual
Downloads: 156
Author: MORGAN, P.
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: Aquamor Pvt Ltd
Rainwater Harvesting: harnessing the storm
Briefing Note on the RAIN-RWSN webinar series 2014
Downloads: 154
Author: FUREY S. G.
Year of Publishing: 2014
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: RAIN
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
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
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