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			Leveraging decentralized entrepreneurial approach to safe water supply			
			
			A comprehensive study on safe water kiosks and their impact in rural Kenya			
			
			
			Downloads: 17			
				Author: Odhiambo, E., Irungu, J., Waburi, A., Ngaira, C., Meinhardt C., Njuguna, S. Njugu, P.  
			
			Year of Publishing: 2024 
				Publisher: EED Advisory
				Institution: Siemens Stiftung			
			
			Integrity Management in Community-based Water Tenure in Kajiado County, Kenya			
			
			CGIAR Initiative on Climate Resilience			
			
			
			Downloads: 16			
				Author: Keega, M.; Manishimwe, E.; Schreiner, B.; van Koppen, B.; Amarnath, G. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Institution: International Water Management Institute (IWMI)			
			
			Community-Focused, Polycentric Governance of Water Supply Systems for Climate Resilience: Lessons from the Namanga Dam Water Supply Project in Kajiado, Kenya			
			
			Final Report			
			
			
			Downloads: 8			
				Author: Dorcas Njoroge 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Institution: Water Integrity Network, International Water Management Institute			
			
			Rolling-out rural water regulation in Kenya: a review of progress and key processes			
			
			Discussion document - January 2025			
			
			
			Downloads: 11			 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2025 
				Publisher: University of Oxford
				Institution: REACH			
			
			Guidelines for rural drinking water supply projects in Afghanistan			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 10			
				Author: Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA) 
			
			Year of Publishing: 1996 
				Publisher: Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA)			
			
			Public participation and community engagement in domestic water supply management in Kenya: Progress and directions			
			
			Report 			
			
			
			Downloads: 8			
				Author: Korzenevica, M., Njaggah, P., Githu, I., Matiru, V., Matere, C. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2024 
				Institution: Oxford: School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford			
			
			Drinking Water Quality and Effluent Monitoring Guideline			
			
			Water Services Regulatory Board, Kenya			
			
			
			Downloads: 19			
				Author: Water Services Regulatory Board 
			
			Year of Publishing:  
				Institution: Water Services Regulatory Board			
			
			Self-supply: Lessons from WaterAid’s experiences 2005–2023			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 36			
				Author: Bartnik T.  
			
			Year of Publishing: 2024 
				Publisher: WaterAid
				Institution: WaterAid			
			
			Plumbing The Depths			
			
			An Analysis of NQI WASH in Ghana, Uganda, and Zambia			
			
			
			Downloads: 10			
				Author: CWSC/IAPMO 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2024 
				Publisher: USAID
				Institution: The Center for Water Security and Cooperation (CWSC), International Association of Plumbing & Mechanical Officials (IAPMO)			
			
			Opportunities to advance water safety through regulation of rural water services			
			
			Discussion document: December 2023			
			
			
			Downloads: 13			
				Author: REACH 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: University of Oxford
				Institution: REACH			
			
			Preventing Rapid Corrosion of Handpumps Through Regulations			
			
			Water Knowledge Note			
			
			
			Downloads: 188			
				Author: World Bank 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2024 
				Publisher: World Bank Group
				Institution: World Bank Group Water Global Practice			
			
			Evaluating Water Quality Assurance Funds in Kenya			
			
			Baseline Assessment			
			
			
			Downloads: 2			
				Author: REAL-Water 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2024 
				Publisher: United  States Agency for International Development (USAID) 			
			
			Turkana Jet research unlocks new understanding of East African droughts			
			
			Story of change: Key findings & emerging impacts			
			
			
			Downloads: 4			
				Author: REACH 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: REACH
				Institution: University of Oxford			
			
			Protecting groundwater for climate resilience and water security in Turkana			
			
			Story of change: Key findings & emerging impacts			
			
			
			Downloads: 12			
				Author: REACH 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: REACH
				Institution: University of Oxford			
			
			Scaling up results-based funding for rural water services			
			
			Story of change: Key findings & emerging impacts			
			
			
			Downloads: 17			
				Author: REACH 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: REACH
				Institution: University of Oxford			
			
			Enhancing climate resilience of water, sanitation & hygiene services in healthcare facilities in Kenya			
			
			Story of change: Key findings & emerging impacts			
			
			
			Downloads: 8			
				Author: REACH 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: REACH
				Institution: University of Oxford			
			
			Improving water and hand-washing services in rural health care facilities in Kitui County, Kenya			
			
			Policy Brief			
			
			
			Downloads: 6			
				Author: Katuva J, R.Hope, E. McBurney, N. Gladstone, J. Koehler, C. Nyaga, D. Njung’e 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2022 
				Publisher: REACH
				Institution: University of Oxford			
			
			Kenya Institutional Framework For Water Supply			
			
			REAL-Water Institutional Framework Report			
			
			
			Downloads: 12			
				Author: REAL-Water 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: Rural Evidence and Learning for Water Project.
				Institution: USAID			
			
			Emerging Trends in Rural Water Management			
			
			REAL-Water Synthesis Report			
			
			
			Downloads: 28			
				Author: REAL-Water 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: Rural Evidence and Learning for Water Project.
				Institution: USAID			
			
			Solar Water Pump Durability Research Memo			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 147			
				Author: Nathaniel Faith, Kaileigh Vincent-Welling, Tyler Bernard, Arne Jacobson 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2020 
				Publisher: Schatz Energy Research Center
				Institution: Schatz Energy Research Center			
			
			Guidance Note on Mainstreaming Water Resilience in Asia and the Pacific			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 15			
				Author: Asian Development Bank 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2022 
				Publisher: Asian Development Bank			
			
			STOP THE ROT: History of the Rapid Handpump Corrosion Problem in Zambia and Potential Next Steps			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 81			
				Author: Javan Nkhosi & Kerstin Danert 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: RWSN
				Institution: RWSN, Ask for Water, Skat Foundation			
			
			Case Studies in Community Management of Drinking Water Supply Systems in Kenya			
			
			Part 1, September 2009; Part 2, 2010-11			
			
			
			Downloads: 19			
				Author: Kumar Daw, R. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2009 
				Publisher: unpublished
				Institution: UNICEF			
			
			Assessment of the Simple, Market-based, Affordable and Repairable Technologies (SMART) approach for Water and Sanitation			
			
			Final Report			
			
			
			Downloads: 340			
				Author: IRC Consult 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2022 
				Publisher: IRC			
			
			Lead in drinking-water: Health risks, monitoring and corrective actions			
			
			Technical brief			
			
			
			Downloads: 58			
				Author: WHO 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2022 
				Publisher: World Health Organization			
			
			RWSN Member Organisations learning and networking events			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 107			
				Author: RWSN Secretariat 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: RWSN
				Institution: RWSN			
			
			Halte aux dégradations : Recherche-action sur la corrosion et la qualité des composants des pompes à motricité humaine en Afrique subsaharienne			
			
			Recherche en Afrique sub-saharienne			
			
			
			Downloads: 348			
				Author: DANERT, K. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2022 
				Publisher: RWSN
				Institution: Skat Foundation/Ask for Water			
			
			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: -			
			
			Guidelines for community-driven water resource management			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 55			
				Author: SADC/Danida Regional Water Sector Programme 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2009 
				Publisher: Southern African Development Community/Danish
				Institution: Southern African Development Community/Danish			
			
			Stop the rot: handpump functionality, corrosion, component quality and supply chains			
			
			Action research in sub-Saharan Africa			
			
			
			Downloads: 1836			
				Author: DANERT, K. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2022 
				Publisher: Ask for Water GmbH, Skat Foundation and RWSN.			
			
			Achievements and Lessons Learned in the Implementation of Groundwater Regulation in Zambia / Réalisations et enseignements tirés de la mise en œuvre de la réglementation des eaux souterraines en Zambie			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 252			
				Author: DANERT, K., ADELIKE, D., MALIK, M.., MUSETEKA, L. & ABUURU, D. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2022 
				Publisher: Water Resources Management Authority
				Institution: Water Resources Management Authority			
			
			Global prospects to deliver safe drinking water services for 100 million rural people by 2030			
			
			REACH working paper 12			
			
			
			Downloads: 1046			
				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			
			
			Water Security for Climate Resilience Report			
			
			A synthesis of research from the Oxford University REACH programme			
			
			
			Downloads: 65			
				Author: Murgatroyd, A., Charles, K.J., Chautard, A., Dyer, E., Grasham, C., Hope, R., Hoque, S.F., Korzenevica, M., Munday, C., Alvarez-Sala, J., Dadson, S., Hall, J.W., Kebede, S., Nileshwar, A., Olago, D., Salehin, M., Ward, F., Washington, R., Yeo, D. and Zele 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2021 
				Publisher: University of Oxford, UK: REACH.			
			
			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			
			
			An Evaluation of the PlayPump® Water System as an Appropriate Technology for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Programmes			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 45			
				Author: Brocklehurst C. and P. Harvey 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2007 
				Publisher: UNICEF			
			
			Policy influence for ultra-deep reaching hand pumps			
			
			Case study for LifePump acceptance in Zambia and Malawi			
			
			
			Downloads: 844			
				Author: Chisenga, Bixler, Sitolo, Nyirenda, Muheka, Peacock 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2021 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation
				Institution: RWSN			
			
			Report on Capacity Building Proiect in Africa			
			
			The HTN Africa lnitiative			
			
			
			Downloads: 15			
				Author: Mudgal, A. K. and E. Baumann 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2002 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation
				Institution: HTN			
			
			Catalogue on ‘Learn Harvesting Rainwater’			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 23			
				Author: Nissen-Petersen, E. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2021 
				Publisher: ASAL Consultants Ltd.			
			
			REACH/ RWSN 100M initiative			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 586			
				Author: REACH and RWSN 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2021 
				Publisher: REACH and RWSN
				Institution: REACH and RWSN			
			
			Regulating Rural Water Supply Services			
			
			A comparative review of existing and emerging approaches with a focus on GIZ partner countries			
			
			
			Downloads: 127			
				Author: Gerlach, E. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2019 
				Publisher: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH			
			
			Results-Based Contracts for Rural Water Services			
			
			Uptime Working Paper 2			
			
			
			Downloads: 246			
				Author: McNicholl, D., Hope, R., Money, A., Lane, A., Armstrong, A., Dupuis, M., Harvey, A., Nyaga, C., Womble, S., Allen, J., Katuva., J., Barbotte, T., Lambert, L., Staub, M., Thomson, P., and Koehler, J. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2020 
				Publisher: Uptime consortium			
			
			The SOMAP Experience, Zambia			
			
			A study of the how sustainable a national rural water supply programme turned out, in Chongwe District, Zambia			
			
			
			Downloads: 451			
				Author: Nkhosi, J. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2020 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation
				Institution: RWSN			
			
			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: 120			
				Author: SADC-GMI 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2018 
				Publisher: SADC-GMI
				Institution: SADC-GMI			
			
			WASH Capacity Development Resources			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 144			
				Author: RWSN Secretariat 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2019 
				Publisher: RWSN/Skat
				Institution: RWSN/ Skat			
			
			Professional Management of Water Well Drilling Projects & Programmes			
			
			Online Course 2019 Process Report			
			
			
			Downloads: 351			
				Author: Danert, K. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2020 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation
				Institution: RWSN			
			
			Groundwater and Drilling			
			
			Insights from over 50 countries			
			
			
			Downloads: 549			
				Author: Danert, K. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2020 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation
				Institution: RWSN			
			
			Implementation Plan For Self Supply Piloting In Luapula Province			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 28			
				Author: Sutton, S. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2007 
				Publisher: RWSN
				Institution: SWL Consultants / UNICEF			
			
			Noticias del RWSN - en español			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 163			
				Author: RWSN Secretariat 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2024 
				Publisher: RWSN
				Institution: RWSN			
			
			The 2019 RWSN directory of rural water supply services, tariffs, management models and lifecycle costs			
			
			2019 Edition [ENGLISH]			
			
			
			Downloads: 1498			
				Author: Deal, P. T. and Furey S. G. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2019 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation
				Institution: RWSN			
			
			Shaping Sustainable Socio-Ecological Landscapes in Africa: The Role of Transformative Research, Knowledge, and Partnerships			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 24			
				Author: Providoli I, Gete Z, Kiteme B, Amare B, Mwangi J, editors. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2019 
				Publisher: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern, with Bern Open Publishing (BOP)			
			
			Groundwater’s Contribution to Water Security in Africa			
			
			UPGro Working Paper			
			
			
			Downloads: 313			
				Author: Upton K. & Danert, K (editors) 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2019 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation
				Institution: UPGro			
			
			Performance-based Funding for Reliable Rural Water Services in Africa			
			
			Uptime Consortium Working Paper 1			
			
			
			Downloads: 195			
				Author: McNicholl, D., Hope, R., Money, A., Lane, A., Armstrong, A., van der Wilk, N., Dupuis, M., Harvey, A., Nyaga, C., Womble, S., Favre, D., Allen, J., Katuva., J., Barbotte, T., Buhungiro, E., Thomson, P., and Koehler, J. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2019 			
			
			The role of manual drilling for universal access to drinking water: Sharing experiences and ideas in Madrid, April 2019			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 463			
				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 			
			
			Making Rights Real			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 506			
				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 			
			
			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			
			
			Performance evaluation and economic analysis of solar photo-voltaic water pumping systems: Case of Abakore borehole water supply system in Kenya			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 80			
				Author: Otieno, J. O.; Omuto, C. T.; Gitau, A. A. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2018 
				Publisher: International Journal of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering
				Institution: University of Nairobi, Kenya, Department of Environmental and Biosystems Engineering			
			
			SWIFT water ATMs: experience and impact in Turkana and Wajir counties of Kenya			
			
			SWIFT Consortium learning brief			
			
			
			Downloads: 66			
				Author: James Origa (Oxfam) 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2018 
				Publisher: Oxfam GB, Tearfund and Overseas Development Institute
				Institution: Consortium for Sustinable Water, sanitation and hygiene in Fragile Contexts			
			
			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			
			
			Borehole Drilling Supervision Short Course, Zambia (2018)			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 528			
				Author: Dotun Adekile, Max Karen & Kerstin Danert 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2018 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation
				Institution: Skat Foundation			
			
			Borehole Drilling – Planning, Contracting & Management: A UNICEF Toolkit			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 6431			
				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			
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