RWSN Library
Resources
Conceptual Framework and Instruments
Guide for Reduction of Vulnerability in WASH systems
Downloads: 40
Year of Publishing: 2011
Institution: SDC
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
Servicios sostenibles e innovadores de Agua, Saneamiento e Higiene en zonas rurales - SIRWASH
Cerrando brechas en la cobertura y calidad de los servicios de agua, saneamiento e higiene para asegurar servicios asequibles, sostenbibles y de calidad
Downloads: 9
Author: Agencia Suiza para el Desarrollo y la Cooperación (COSUDE)
Year of Publishing: 2021
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
Educación de Agua
Manual del Estudiante / Manual de Maestro
Downloads: 134
Author: AGUAYUDA
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: Aguayuda, Inc.
Acceso a servicios de agua y saneamiento en áreas rurales dispersas: Camino a la universalización
Access to Water and Sanitation Services in Dispersed Rural Settlements: The Path to Universalization
Downloads: 19
Author: Alvarez, L.
Year of Publishing: 2019
Publisher: Inter-American Development Bank
Institution: Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
An Action Research for increasing effectiveness and sustainability in water and environmental sanitation
Bafata Region Guinea Bissau
Downloads: 36
Author: ANDERSON, T. and B. MATTHEW
Year of Publishing: 2004
Publisher: Plan, West Africa
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
Post-Construction Support and Sustainability in Community-Managed Rural Water Supply
Water P-Notes Issue 39
Downloads: 106
Author: Bakalian, A., Wakeman, W.
Year of Publishing: 2009
Publisher: World 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
Self-supply: Lessons from WaterAid’s experiences 2005–2023
Downloads: 24
Author: Bartnik T.
Year of Publishing: 2024
Publisher: WaterAid
Institution: WaterAid
Lineamientos para la gestión social en proyectos de agua potable y saneamiento en comunidades rurales
Downloads: 3
Author: Basani, M.
Year of Publishing: 2018
Publisher: Inter-American Development Bank
Institution: Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
Low Cost Handpumps
RWSN Field Note 2011-3
Downloads: 1243
Author: BAUMANN, E.
Year of Publishing: 2011
Publisher: RWSN
Bomba de Accion Directa (Maya - Yaku)
Especificaciones Rev. 0-1993
Downloads: 83
Author: BAUMANN, E.
Year of Publishing: 1993
Publisher: Rural Water Supply Network
Institution: 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
Reaching the Last Mile
Providing water and sanitation services to dispersed rural communities
Downloads: 42
Author: Bedoya del Olmo, Celia
Year of Publishing: 2019
Publisher: Inter-American Development Bank
Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction in WASH
Experience in DRR mainstreaming in Nicaragua
Downloads: 99
Author: BLACKWELL, A.
Year of Publishing: 2015
Publisher: SDC
Institution: SDC
Technologies applied for drinking water treatment in rural communities
The application of drip chlorination, tablet chlorinators, solar disinfection technology and ceramic filter in Honduras
Downloads: 987
Author: BRAND, A. P.
Year of Publishing: 2004
Publisher: Water and Sanitation Program (WSP)
Low-cost pump alternatives for rural communities in Honduras
Meeting demand for access to safe drinking water
Downloads: 620
Author: BRAND, A. P.
Year of Publishing: 2004
Publisher: Water and Sanitation Program (WSP)
Compendio de Innovaciones Tecnológicas en Agua y Saneamiento Rural
Experiencias del Proyecto SABA Plus
Downloads: 1
Author: Cárdenas, Z., Giancarlos Niccolay, S. R., Pacheco, H., Díaz, N. and W. Cabrera
Year of Publishing: 2018
Publisher: CARE/COSUDE
Institution: SABA+
Efectos del Programa de Agua Potable y Saneamiento para Pequeñas Localidades y Comunidades Rurales en Bolivia
Resultados de la evaluación de impacto intermedia
Downloads: 10
Author: Celhay, P.; Márquez, J. L.; Martinez, S.; Mecerreyes, .; Muñoz, M.; Sturzenegger, G.; Vidal, C.
Year of Publishing: 2021
Publisher: Inter-American Development Bank
Institution: Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
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
Experiencia de la Gestión Municipal en Agua y Saneamiento A Partir de las Áreas Técnicas Municipales - ATM
Aportes del proyecto Saba-COSUDE a la política pública del sector de saneamiento en el Perú - 2017
Downloads: 4
Author: COSUDE, Proyecto SABA Plus
Year of Publishing: 2018
Publisher: COSUDE, Proyecto SABA Plus
Institution: COSUDE, Proyecto SABA Plus
Manual Drilling Compendium 2015
RWSN Publication 2015-2
Downloads: 2143
Author: DANERT K.
Year of Publishing: 2015
Publisher: Skat
Institution: Skat
Cálculo de Custos e Preço: Guião para Empresas de Furos de Água
RWSN Publication No 2012-3
Downloads: 1510
Author: DANERT K., LUUTU, A., CARTER, R. and A. OLSCHEWSKI
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: 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
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.
المقررة الخاصة للأمم المتحدة المعنية بحق الإنسان في الحصول على مياه الشرب المأمونة وخدمات الصرف الصح
Downloads: 32
Author: DE ALBUQUERQUE, C.
Year of Publishing: 2014
Publisher: UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation
Institution: UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation
The Zimbabwe Bush Pump: Mechanics of a Fluid Technology
Social Studies of Science
Downloads: 50
Author: DE LAET, M. & MOL, A.
Year of Publishing: 2000
Publisher: SSS and SAGE Publications
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
SISAR Ceará, Brazil
Case Study
Downloads: 5
Author: Dos Santos Rocha, W. and M. Salvetti
Year of Publishing: 2017
Publisher: World Bank Group
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 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 Rope Pump Concept
Downloads: 217
Author: ERPF, K.
Year of Publishing: 2005
Publisher: Rural Water Supply Network
Institution: Skat
Le Concept de la Pompe à Corde
Downloads: 203
Author: ERPF, K.
Year of Publishing: 2005
Publisher: Rural Water Supply Network
Institution: Skat
O Conceito de Bomba de Corda
Downloads: 75
Author: ERPF, K.
Year of Publishing: 2005
Publisher: Rural Water Supply Network
Institution: Skat
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
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
Webinar Series 2014 (RAIN - RWSN)
Interactive webinars that aim promote sharing of knowledge and experience in rainwater harvesting
Downloads: 510
Author: FUREY S. G.
Year of Publishing: 2014
Publisher: RAIN/RWSN
Institution: RAIN/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
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
Identification of suitable zones for manual drilling in Guinea Bissau and estimation of the potential for development
Downloads: 43
Author: Fussi, F., M. Caruba, F. Asplund
Year of Publishing: 2014
Institution: UNICEF
History and status of the rope pump in Nicaragua
- a success story about rural communal water supply and self-supply
Downloads: 123
Author: G.Ferrero, J. D. Briemberg
Year of Publishing: 2022
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: Skat Foundation / SMART Centre Group
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
Bush Pump. Zimbabwe Standard Specification 2013
ZWS 881:2013
Downloads: 106
Author: Government of Zimbabwe
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: Government of Zimbabwe
Institution: Government of Zimbabwe
INSPECTION AND EXAMINATION CHARTS FOR PUMP HEAD AND “DOWN THE HOLE” COMPONENTS OF B TYPE BUSH PUMP
Extract from National Standards Specifications - SAZS 881:2013 (Appendix B and C)
Downloads: 22
Author: Government of Zimbabwe
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: The Zimbabwe Government
Institution: The Zimbabwe Government
Contamination of drinking water between source and point-of-use in rural households of South Africa and Zimbabwe: implications for monitoring the Millennium Development Goal for water
Downloads: 99
Author: GUNDRY, S. W., WRIGHT, J. A., CONROY, R., DU PREEZ, M., GENTHE, B., MOYO, S., MUTISI, C., NDAMBA, J. and POTGIETER, N.
Year of Publishing: 2006
Publisher: IWA - International Water Association
Institution: Water Practice & Technology Vol 1 No. 2