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
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
Water committees in the implementation of decentralization measures in the water sector in Gaza Province, Mozambique: ownership and resistance
Downloads: 119
Author: Alves Francisco Nhaurire, Tanya Wells-Brown, Rehana Capurchande
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: AQUA - Water Infrastructure Ecosystems and Society, IWA Publishing
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
Reunião de Lançamento e Primeira Assembleia Geral
Hotel Rovuma, em Maputo 7 e 8 de Agosto de 2008
Downloads: 15
Author: APM
Year of Publishing: 2008
Publisher: ASSOCIAÇÃO DE PERFURAÇÃO DE MOÇAMBIQUE
Institution: WSP
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: 23
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
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
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
A Comparative Evaluation Of Ultra Deep-Well Handpumps
MSc THESIS Academic Year: 2011 - 2012
Downloads: 300
Author: CORNET, L.
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: Cranfield University
Institution: SCHOOL OF APPLIED SCIENCES Water Management: Community Water and Sanitation
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.
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
Report on the RWSN Handpump Installation Training for the PDARI Project in Maxixe, Inhambane Province, Mozambique.
Downloads: 76
Author: ERPF, K.
Year of Publishing: 2008
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: Skat/COWATER
The Rope Pump Concept
Downloads: 217
Author: ERPF, K.
Year of Publishing: 2005
Publisher: Rural Water Supply Network
Institution: Skat
Information on the Afridev Handpump with Bottom Support System
Downloads: 124
Author: ERPF, K.
Year of Publishing: 2003
Publisher: Rural Water Supply Network
Institution: Skat, CARE
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
Manufacturing Guidelines for the Production of Rope Pumps in Mozambique
Downloads: 147
Author: ERPF, K.
Year of Publishing: 2006
Publisher: Rural Water Supply Network
Institution: Skat
Manual para o Fabrico da Bomba de Corda em Moçambique
Downloads: 125
Author: ERPF, K.
Year of Publishing: 2006
Publisher: Rural Water Supply Network
Institution: Skat
Draft Report on the RWSN Handpump lnstallation Training for the PDARI Project in Maxixe, lnhambane Province, Mozambique
Downloads: 10
Author: Erpf, K.
Year of Publishing: 2008
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: RWSN
Evaluation of the PlayPumps installed in Mozambique
Mission Report
Downloads: 29
Author: Erpf, K. and A. L. Obiols
Year of Publishing: 2008
Publisher: Skat Foundation
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
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
Cost Effective Boreholes in Mozambique
An analysis for practice under the One Million Initiative 2008 -2010
Downloads: 277
Author: GESTI CANUTO, J. A.
Year of Publishing: 2011
Publisher: UNICEF
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
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)
First International Rope Pump Policy Workshop
Proceedings
Downloads: 90
Author: KEEN, J.
Year of Publishing: 2001
Publisher: Rural Water Supply Network
Institution: Skat
Código de Boas Práticas para a Obtenção de Furos Rentáveis
Downloads: 59
Author: Kerstin Danert, Tom Armstrong, Dotun Adekile, Bruno Duffau, Inoussa Ouedraogo e Clement Kwei
Year of Publishing: 2017
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: RWSN
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
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
Handpump Standardisation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Seeking a Champion
RWSN Publication 2015-1
Downloads: 1595
Author: MacArthur, J.
Year of Publishing: 2015
Publisher: RWSN
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
Mozambique Drillers Association Inaugural Meeting
Cost Effective Boreholes Newsflash
Downloads: 153
Author: MARCARIO, L.
Year of Publishing: 2008
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: WSP
Rapid Assessments of Capacities of Hand Pump Manufacturers in Zimbabwe
Downloads: 79
Author: MATHUR, S. P. and JONGA, M.
Year of Publishing: 2010
Publisher: UNICEF
Delivering Universal and Sustainable Water Services
Partnering with the Private Sector
Downloads: 85
Author: Menzies I.
Year of Publishing: 2016
Publisher: WSP
Institution: The World Bank
SISAR Model for Brazil Rural Water Supply
Downloads: 16
Author: Moraes Carvalho, D., M. Ossewaarde and T. Yue
Year of Publishing: 2020
Publisher: Erasmus University
Institution: Rotterdam School of Management
Upgraded Family Wells in Zimbabwe (2012)
A study of Upgraded Family Well technology and training
Downloads: 69
Author: Morgan P. & Kanyemba A.
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: Aquamor
Upgraded Well Manual for Field Workers
Downloads: 404
Author: MORGAN, P.
Year of Publishing: 1995
Publisher: Mvuramanzi Trust