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			The Untapped Potential of Decentralized Solutions to Provide Safe, Sustainable Drinking Water at Large Scale			
			
			The State of the Safe Water Enterprises Market			
			
			
			Downloads: 6			
				Author: Bhatnagar, N., Lampert, S., Goyal, V. Mehta, R., Rai, R. and Chandrasekhar A.  
			
			Year of Publishing: 2017 
				Publisher: Dalberg Global Development Advisors			
			
			Scaling for impact			
			
			Lessons learnt from funding water and sanitation enterprises			
			
			
			Downloads: 6			
				Author: SFF 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2020 
				Publisher: The Stone Family Foundation
				Institution: The Stone Family Foundation			
			
			RWSN Annual Report 2024			
			
			Professional Rural Water Services for All			
			
			
			Downloads: 248			
				Author: RWSN 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2025 
				Publisher: RWSN
				Institution: Skat Foundation			
			
			Triggering Reflection and Change			
			
			RWSN Story of Change			
			
			
			Downloads: 6			
				Author: Berstchy, V. & Furey, S. G. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2024 
				Publisher: RWSN
				Institution: Skat Foundation			
			
			Can solar water kiosks generate sustainable revenue streams for rural  water services?			
			
			Les kiosques à eau solaires peuvent-ils générer des flux de revenus durables pour les services d'eau en milieu rural ?			
			
			
			Downloads: 186			
				Author: Wagner J., S. Merner, S. Innocenti, A. Geling, R. Hope 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2025 
				Publisher: Science Direct
				Institution: World Development			
			
			Handpump maintenance			
			
			guidelines for organising handpump maintenance systems			
			
			
			Downloads: 14			
				Author: Hofkes, EH 
			
			Year of Publishing: 1983 
				Publisher: IRC			
			
			Self-supply: Lessons from WaterAid’s experiences 2005–2023			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 36			
				Author: Bartnik T.  
			
			Year of Publishing: 2024 
				Publisher: WaterAid
				Institution: WaterAid			
			
			Third Water Supply and Sanitation for Low-Income Communities / Community Based Water Supply Project (PAMSIMAS III)			
			
			IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION AND RESULTS REPORT			
			
			
			Downloads: 18			
				Author: The World Bank 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: The World Bank 
				Institution: Water Global Practice			
			
			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			
			
			Professionalizing Rural Water 			
			
			Desk Study			
			
			
			Downloads: 50			
				Author: REAL-Water 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: United States Agency for International  Development (USAID) Rural Evidence and Learning for Water Project			
			
			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			
			
			Department of Rural Development Rural Water Supply Monitoring - methodology, key findings and lessons learnt			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 19			
				Author: Nay Oo Keh, Tim Davis, Ellen Greggio, John Knight 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2019 
				Publisher: Water Aid
				Institution: DRD, Water Aid			
			
			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			
			
			SIRWASH Webinar Series 			
			
			Webinar series of the SIRWASH Programme (Sustainable and Innovative Rural Water, Sanitation and Hygiene)			
			
			
			Downloads: 481			
				Author: Various 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: RWSN
				Institution: RWSN			
			
			Performance and prospects of rural drinking water services in francophone West Africa (EN/FR)			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 227			
				Author: REACH/RWSN  
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 			
			
			5 Stories of Change / 5 Historias de Cambio / 5 Histoires de Changement			
			
			WASH Agenda for Change			
			
			
			Downloads: 35			
				Author: Agenda for Change 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: Agenda for Change			
			
			Water, Sanitation and Disability in Rural West Africa			
			
			Enhancing Access and Use of WASH facilities			
			
			
			Downloads: 30			
				Author: W. Ray Norman, Ph.D. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2010 			
			
			Self-supply of water in Asia and the Pacific: Country Profiles			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 110			
				Author: Foster, T. and Gonzalez, D. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2022 
				Publisher: Sydney: UTS.
				Institution: Sydney: UTS.			
			
			Self-supply for safely managed water: To promote or to deter?			
			
			Policy Brief			
			
			
			Downloads: 44			
				Author: Priadi, C.R., G. L. Outri, T. Foster, J. Willets and M. Odagiri 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2022 
				Publisher: UNICEF			
			
			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			
			
			I TRIED TO SAVE THE WORLD AND FAILED			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 727			
				Author: Siegel, L. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2022 
				Publisher: Self-published			
			
			Achieving universal access to safely managed water services in rural Cambodia: The case for complementarity of water supply solutions			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 37			
				Author: 1001 Fontaines; GRET; KWSH and WaterAid 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2022 
				Institution: 1001 Fontaines			
			
			Guidelines for Planning MUS			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 44			
				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			
			
			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.			
			
			Enhancing Frontline Provider Collaboration to Improve Rural Water Sustainability			
			
			Operational Lessons from Indonesia’s Community-Led Water Supply Project—PAMSIMAS			
			
			
			Downloads: 75			
				Author: D. Thapa, C. Prevost, and H. Widjanarko 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2021 
				Publisher: The World Bank
				Institution: GWSP			
			
			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			
			
			2nd HTN Workshop (Malawi, 1997)			
			
			Partnerships, Roles and Responsibilities			
			
			
			Downloads: 22			
				Author: Wishart, G. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 1997 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation
				Institution: HTN (RWSN)			
			
			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			
			
			The Karonga VLOM			
			
			Field Experience with Afridev Deepwell Handpumps April 1991 to March 1994			
			
			
			Downloads: 12			
				Author: Jespersen, C. B. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 1994 
				Publisher: Water Department/Danida
				Institution: Karonga Lakeshore Integrated Rural Groundwater Project			
			
			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			
			
			Performance Evaluation of Handpumps used in UNIGEF Projects			
			
			Mali, Burkina Faso, Benin, Nigeria			
			
			
			Downloads: 14			
				Author: Baumann E. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 1993 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation			
			
			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			
			
			Professionnaliser l'eau et l'assainissement en milieu rural au Mali			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 861			
				Author: GIZ 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2020 
				Publisher: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)			
			
			Professionalising rural water & sanitation in Mali			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 129			
				Author: GIZ 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2020 
				Publisher: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)			
			
			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			
			
			REPUBLIQUE DU MALI - ETUDE DE FAISABILITE DES FORAGES MANUELS - IDENTIFICATION DES ZONES POTENTIELLEMENT FAVORABLES			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 29			
				Author: Fabio Fussi 
			
			Year of Publishing: 0000 
				Publisher: UNICEF, Practica Foundation and Enterprise Works/VITA
				Institution: UNICEF, Practica Foundation and Enterprise Works/VITA			
			
			A qualitative assessment of disability friendly water and sanitation facilities in primary schools, Rumphi, Malawi			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 1			
				Author: Zaunda, H, Holm, R. H., Itimu-Phiri, A., Malota, M. and White, S. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2018 
				Publisher: Development Southern Africa, 2018, 35(6), pages 760-773. DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2018.1461610
				Institution: Mzuzu University			
			
			Reducing the burden of rural water supply through greywater reuse			
			
			A case study from northern Malawi			
			
			
			Downloads: 37			
				Author: Newcomer, E., Boyd, C., Nyirenda, L., Opong, E., Marquez, S. and Holm, R. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2017 
				Publisher: Water Science & Technology: Water Supply, 2017, 17(4), pages 1088-1096. DOI: 10.2166/ws.2017.004
				Institution: Mzuzu University			
			
			Functionality and water quality of Elephant pumps			
			
			Implications for sustainable drinking water supplies in rural Malawi.			
			
			
			Downloads: 37			
				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			
			
			Access to groundwater and link to the impact on quality of life			
			
			A look at the past, present and future public health needs in Mzimba district, Malawi			
			
			
			Downloads: 32			
				Author: Rieger, K., Holm, R. H. and Sheridan H. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2016 
				Publisher: Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 2016, 2-3, pages 117–129. DOI: 10.1016/j.gsd.2016.07.002
				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			
			
			A qualitative study of barriers to accessing water, sanitation and hygiene for disabled people in Malawi			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 31			
				Author: White, S., Kuper, H., Itimu-Phiri, A., Holm, R. and Biran, A. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2016 
				Publisher: PLoS ONE, 2016, 11(5), e0155043. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155043
				Institution: Mzuzu University			
			
			Comparative evaluation of the cost of water in northern Malawi			
			
			From rural water wells to science education			
			
			
			Downloads: 16			
				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			
			
			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			
			
			Where are the rural groundwater quality data for the assessment of health risks in northern Malawi?			
			
			A thought leadership piece			
			
			
			Downloads: 31			
				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			
			
			Using irrigation to kick-start multiple-use water services for small-scale farmers in Malawi:			
			
			a case study of the Nkhata Bay district, Malawi			
			
			
			Downloads: 22			
				Author: Stedman, S. Mnyimbiri, A. M., Kawonga, Z., Malota, M., Njera, D., Hall, R. P. and Holm, R. H. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2018 
				Publisher: Irrigation and Drainage, 2018, 67(5), pages 645–653
				Institution: Mzuzu University			
			
			Drinking water quality and human dimensions of cholera patients to inform evidence-based prevention investment in Karonga District, Malawi			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 18			
				Author: Kaponda, P., Muthukrishnan, S., Barber, R and Holm, R. H. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2019 
				Publisher: Water Supply, 2019,19.7, pages 2079-2087.
				Institution: Mzuzu University			
			
			Do rope and washer pumps provide safe water and satisfied users? A case study piloting new rural water supply technology in Rumphi District, Malawi.			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 20			
				Author: Mkandawire, J. C., Tembo, M., Nhlema, M., Luhanga, J. and Holm, R. H. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2019 
				Publisher: Water SA, 2019, 45(3), pages 456-463.
				Institution: Mzuzu University			
			
			Front-line rural health clinics: Water, sanitation and hygiene access in Ntcheu District (Malawi)			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 19			
				Author: Mmanga, M., Holm, R. H. and Di Bella, V. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2020 
				Publisher: Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C Volume 116, April 2020, 102862
				Institution: Mzuzu University			
			
			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			
			
			Measuring functionality and performance levels			
			
			Technical brief			
			
			
			Downloads: 248			
				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			
			
			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			
			
			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 			
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