RWSN Library
Resources
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
Data Audit | 2022–2023.
Uptime summary report
Downloads: 1
Author: Armstrong, A., Nilsson, K. and Tretheway, F.
Year of Publishing: 2024
Publisher: Uptime
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
Gender and social analysis of the Dhundi Solar Cooperative, Gujarat
Findings from the field visits 3-4 March 2018
Downloads: 56
Author: B. van Koppen, G, Rai, and R.Rathod
Year of Publishing: 2018
Publisher: IWMI
Institution: IWMI
Hand Sludging - A Report From North West Bengal
Report of DFID KAR Project R7126 “Private Sector Participation in Low Cost Water Well Drilling”,
Downloads: 112
Author: BALL, P. & DANERT, K.
Year of Publishing: 1999
Publisher: Cranfield University
Institution: Silsoe College
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
Self-supply: Lessons from WaterAid’s experiences 2005–2023
Downloads: 24
Author: Bartnik T.
Year of Publishing: 2024
Publisher: WaterAid
Institution: WaterAid
Low Cost Handpumps
RWSN Field Note 2011-3
Downloads: 1243
Author: BAUMANN, E.
Year of Publishing: 2011
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
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
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: 55
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
Limits to intersectoral articulation, decentralization, and participation in the Chilean rural drinking water policy
Downloads: 1
Author: Claudio Pareja Pineda
Year of Publishing:
Publisher: Centro de Estudios del Desarrollo Regional y las Políticas Públicas (CEDER)
Institution: Universidad de Los Lagos
Guidebook for the implementation of decentralised water supply systems in Moldova
ApaSan, Swiss Water and Sanitation Project in Moldova
Downloads: 380
Author: Compilation: K. Klingel and S. Diener
Year of Publishing: 2014
Publisher: Skat Consulting Ltd
Institution: ApaSan, SDC, ADC
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
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
Learning from UNICEF’s Experiences of Water Well Drilling
Code of Practice for Cost-Effective Boreholes
Downloads: 254
Author: DANERT, K.
Year of Publishing: 2009
Publisher: Rural Water Supply Network
Institution: Skat/UNICEF
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.
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: 342
Author: DANERT, K.
Year of Publishing: 2022
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: Skat Foundation/Ask for Water
RWSN E-discussion on Groundwater Regulation - July 2016
Downloads: 39
Author: Danert, K. Adekile, D., Gesti-Canuto, J.
Year of Publishing: 2016
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: 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
Cylinder Test
Consumer Research Laboratory
Downloads: 1
Author: Devereux S.
Year of Publishing: 1991
Institution: Consumer Research Laboratory
Indian Tara - Final Report
Consumer Research Laboratory
Downloads: 1
Author: Devereux S.
Year of Publishing: 1993
Institution: Consumer Research Laboratory
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
The Tara Handpump
Production Manual and Drawings
Downloads: 24
Author: DPHE/UNICEF
Year of Publishing: 1987
Publisher: DPHE
Integrating AI into the asset management of rural water supply schemes in Nepal
Discovery Report
Downloads: 10
Author: Dugar, S. & Irwin C.
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: Frontier Tech Hub
Tara Handpump Specifications (First Edition)
Downloads: 412
Author: ERPF, K.
Year of Publishing: 2005
Publisher: Rural Water Supply Network
Institution: Skat
What Makes a Drinking Water Technology Resilient to Climatic Hazards?
REACH Programme Poster
Downloads: 31
Author: Esha A. A., Rahman M. R., Salehin M., Chowdhury A. I. A.
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: Durham University
Institution: REACH Programme
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
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
“What is the current wisdom on the best way to manage cash reserves and to manage the risk of big CapManEx costs in the future?”
RWSN Discussion Synthesis
Downloads: 462
Author: FUREY S. G.
Year of Publishing: 2014
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: Skat
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
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
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
The Mirep programme, or how to involve the private sector in drinking water services management
Downloads: 7
Author: GRET
Year of Publishing: 2022
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
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
Solar Water Pumping Miniguide
Downloads: 3182
Author: International Organisation for Migration - Global Solar and Water Initiative
Year of Publishing: 2018
Publisher: IOM
Institution: IOM
Specification for Deep Well Handpump (Second revision - 1984) - historic
Downloads: 17
Author: ISI
Year of Publishing: 1984
Institution: Indian Standards Institution/UNICEF
HOW TO ESTABLISH A FULL COST RECOVERY WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM ? WHAT ARE THE KEY FACTORS FOR SUCCESS AND REPLICATION ?
SDC Briefing Note
Downloads: 136
Author: ISW/SDC
Year of Publishing: 2016
Publisher: Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA)
Manufacturing Process for the 2,000-liter Thai Jar
Illustration of the Process
Downloads: 357
Author: Jon Naugle
Year of Publishing: 2009
Publisher: Jon Naugle
The Tara Handpump: The Birth of a Star
UNDP/World Bank Discussion Paper Series
Downloads: 106
Author: KJELLERUP, B., JOURNEY, W. K. and MINNATULLAH, K. M.
Year of Publishing: 1989
Publisher: The World Bank
Institution: Water and Sanitation Program
Rower Pump
Downloads: 25
Author: Klassen, G.
Year of Publishing: 1979
Publisher: Mirpur Agricultural Workshop And Training School
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
A Recent History of Rural Drinking Water Supply in India
By Tube Wells & Hand Pumps & Some Perspectives
Downloads: 8
Author: Kumar Daw, R
Year of Publishing: 1993
Publisher: unpublished
Performance of PVC riser pipes with India Mark II hand pumps
Results from field trials February 1988 to March 1992
Downloads: 61
Author: KUMAR DAW, R.
Year of Publishing: 1992
Publisher: Danida Project Directorate
India Mark II hand pumps with open top cylinders in low lift application
Maintenance data analysis from 1986 till March, 1992
Downloads: 1
Author: KUMAR DAW, R.
Year of Publishing: 1992
Publisher: Danida Project Directorate
Performance of India Mark II solid link suction pumps in Danida assisted water supply project in coastal Orissa
Project Report
Downloads: 64
Author: KUMAR DAW, R. and REDDY, L. V. R.
Year of Publishing: 1995
Publisher: Danida