RWSN Library
Resources
Bulletin trimestriel RWSN
Downloads: 3413
Author: RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2024
Publisher: Rural Water Supply Network
Professional Water Well Drilling
A UNICEF Guidance Note
Downloads: 3107
Author: Danert K., Gesti Canuto J.
Year of Publishing: 2016
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: Unicef
RWSN Quarterly Newsletters - ENGLISH
Archive of current and past newsletters
Downloads: 2692
Author: RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2024
Publisher: Rural Water Supply Network
Myths of the Rural Water Supply Sector
RWSN Perspective No 4
Downloads: 1870
Author: RWSN Executive Steering Committee
Year of Publishing: 2010
Publisher: RWSN
Remote Monitoring of Handpumps
Topical collection of papers and reports
Downloads: 1843
Author: Various
Year of Publishing: 2020
Stop the rot: handpump functionality, corrosion, component quality and supply chains
Action research in sub-Saharan Africa
Downloads: 1797
Author: DANERT, K.
Year of Publishing: 2022
Publisher: Ask for Water GmbH, Skat Foundation and RWSN.
Cálculo de Custos e Preço: Guião para Empresas de Furos de Água
RWSN Publication No 2012-3
Downloads: 1512
Author: DANERT K., LUUTU, A., CARTER, R. and A. OLSCHEWSKI
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: RWSN
TAF (Step 0): Manual
Read me first!
Downloads: 1427
Author: OLSCHEWSKI, A.
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: WASHTech Project
Short Course: Basic Hydrogeology and Borehole Siting
Cost-Effective Boreholes
Downloads: 1403
Author: ADEKILE, D and THOMAS, M
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: Skat Foundation
Rural Water Capacity Needs Assessment:
Report on the Rural Water Capacity Needs Assessment and Annexes
Downloads: 1307
Author: Global Water Center, Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology, & Rural Water Supply Network
Year of Publishing: 2024
How Three Handpumps Revolutionised Rural Water Supplies
A brief history of the India Mark II/III, Afridev and the Zimbabwe Bush Pump
Downloads: 1301
Author: BAUMANN, E. and S. G. FUREY
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: Skat
Guidelines and Tools for Rural Water Supplies
RWSN IFAD Rural Water Supply Series: Volume 3
Downloads: 1128
Author: SMITH, J. & FUREY, S.
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: Rural Water Supply Network
Global prospects to deliver safe drinking water services for 100 million rural people by 2030
REACH working paper 12
Downloads: 1042
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
RWSN Handpump Survey 2013
Summary of Findings
Downloads: 1004
Author: FUREY S. G.
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: Rural Water Supply Network
WASH Funders Infrastructure Checklists: Boreholes and Handpumps
Downloads: 988
Author: Danert, K., Sloots, R., Ndiaye, T., Bogle, S and Questad, A.
Year of Publishing: 2024
Publisher: Rural Water Supply Network
Institution: Ask for Water GmbH, Skat Foundation
EMAS Household Water Supply Technologies in Bolivia
Increasing Access to Low-Cost Water Supplies in Rural Areas
Downloads: 957
Author: MACCARTHY, M.F, BUCKINGHAM, J.W. & MIHELCIC, J.R
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: RWSN
RWSN Member Organisation application form
Version: 8 May 2013
Downloads: 888
Author: RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: Rural Water Supply Network
Human Right to Water: What does it mean in Practice?
World Bank – RWSN Webinar with the UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, Ms Catarina de Albuquerque
Downloads: 884
Author: RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN)
Institution: Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN)
Local Council Water Security Training Course
Downloads: 877
Author: KAMARA I., DAY S., DUMBLE P. and CARTER R.
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: Richard Carter and Associates Ltd
A Hidden Resource:
Household-led rural water supply in Ethiopia
Downloads: 873
Author: SUTTON, S., BUTTERWORTH, J. and MEKONTA, L.
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre
Well Digging
A Guide to the Construction and Protection of Hand Dug Wells
Downloads: 774
Author: LAVER, S.
Year of Publishing: 1980
Institution: GTZ, Blair Research Laboratory
Code de bonnes pratiques pour la réalisation de forages
Version française
Downloads: 764
Author: DANERT, K., ARMSTRONG, T., ADEKILE, D., DUFFAU, B., OUEDRAOGO, I. & KWEI, C.
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: Rural Water Supply Network
WASH writing course: Participant folder materials
Downloads: 751
Author: various
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: RWSN
RWSN Annual Report 2012
Enabling practitioners, professionals and ultimately water users to make informed decisions on how to improve and maintain access to safe water in rural areas.
Downloads: 677
Author: DANERT, K.
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: RWSN
What’s Working, Where, and for How Long
A 2016 Water Point Update to the RWSN (2009) statistics
Downloads: 647
Author: Banks, B. & S. G. Furey
Year of Publishing: 2016
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: GWC/Skat
Community Water Supply: the handpump option
Rural Water Supply Handpumps Project
Downloads: 641
Author: ARLOSOROFF, S.,TSCHANNERL, G., GREY, D., JOURNEY, J., KARP, A., LANGENEGGER, O., and ROCHE, R.
Year of Publishing: 1987
Publisher: The World Bank
Institution: UNDP/World Bank
TAF (Step 2): Water - Existing - General
Assessment Indicator Sheet
Downloads: 641
Author: OLSCHEWSKI, A.
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: WASHTech Project
TAF (Step 1): Sanitation - Latrine
TAF Screening Sheet
Downloads: 620
Author: OLSCHEWSKI, A.
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: WASHTech Project
NGOs in the Ugandan Water and Sanitation Sector
Performance Report for FY 2011/12
Downloads: 604
Author: UWASNET
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: Uganda Water and Sanitation NGO Network (UWASNET)
RWSN Early Webinar Series 2025
Recordings and Slides
Downloads: 604
Author: RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2025
Publisher: Rural Water Supply Network
A preliminary study of training artisans in upgradeable techniques for family owned wells
Downloads: 585
Author: MORGAN, P. and A. KANYEMBA
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: Aquamor Pvt Ltd
Wells Construction
Hand Dug and Hand Drilled
Downloads: 584
Author: BRUSH, R. E.
Year of Publishing: 1979
Publisher: Peace Corps
Institution: Information Collection & Exchange
TIP (STEP 3) Framework for Technology Introduction Process – The TIP Guide
TIP Guidelines
Downloads: 570
Author: OLSCHEWSKI, A.
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: WASHTech Project
Institution: Skat Foundation and WaterAid UK
TAF (Step 1): Water - Water Lifting
TAF Screening Sheet
Downloads: 546
Author: OLSCHEWSKI, A.
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: WASHTech Project
RWSN Early Webinar Series 2024
Resources from the webinars
Downloads: 543
Author: RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2024
National Monitoring of Rural Water Supplies
How the Government of Uganda did it and lessons for other countries
Downloads: 513
Author: SSOZI, D. and DANERT, K.
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: RWSN
How to make a hand-pump
Collection Pro-Agro
Downloads: 512
Author: SIMB SIMB, T.
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: Engineers Without Bhe Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation (CTA).
Professionalising Manual Drilling
Survey of Manual Drilling Experiences - May 2013
Downloads: 486
Author: DANERT, K
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: Skat
WASH writing course: Facilitators’ Manual and Hand-outs
Improving documentation in the WASH sector for policy, programmes and publication: a writing course for WASH professionals
Downloads: 476
Author: FUREY S. G. & DANERT K.
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: RWSN/SHARE/WaterAid/Skat
SIRWASH Webinar Series
Webinar series of the SIRWASH Programme (Sustainable and Innovative Rural Water, Sanitation and Hygiene)
Downloads: 470
Author: Various
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: RWSN
TAF (Step 2): Sanitation - New - General
Assessment Indicator Sheet
Downloads: 467
Author: OLSCHEWSKI, A.
Year of Publishing: 2014
Publisher: WASHTech Project
RWSN Strategy/Stratégie 2024-2030
Downloads: 466
Author: RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: Skat Foundation
Technological Innovations for Rural Water Supply in Low-Resource Settings
USAID REAL-Water Learning Note and Full Report
Downloads: 463
Author: REAL-Water
Year of Publishing: 2022
Publisher: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Institution: Rural Evidence and Learning for Water Project.
TAF (Step 2): Sanitation - Existing - General
Assessment Indicator Sheet
Downloads: 457
Author: OLSCHEWSKI, A.
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: WASHTech Project
TAF (Step 2.1): Cost Calculation
Assessment Support Tool
Downloads: 457
Author: WOODE, P. A., NYARKO, K. B. and B. DWUMFOUR-ASARE
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: WASHTech Project
Institution: KNUST
Water Safety Planning for Small Communities
Step-by-step risk management guidance for drinking-water supplies in small communities
Downloads: 453
Author: WHO
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: World Health Organisation
RWSN Annual Report 2023
Downloads: 450
Author: RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2024
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: RWSN
Africa wide water, sanitation and hygiene technology review
WASHTech - Deliverable 2.1
Downloads: 446
Author: PARKER, A.
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: WASHTech
Institution: EU FP7
TAF Assessment - Results Summary Template
Microsoft Word Template
Downloads: 414
Author: BEALE, J
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: WASHTech Project
Ten key steps in the Community Managed Project (CMP) approach to rural water supply
CMP approach: Effective and sustainable WASH services
Downloads: 403
Author: Butterworth, J.
Year of Publishing: 2012
Institution: COWASH
Tapping Treasure: Cost-Effective Boreholes in Sierra Leone
Training and Guideline Development (2013 to 2014)
Downloads: 394
Author: DANERT, K and ADELILE, D
Year of Publishing: 2014
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: Skat Foundation
Professionalising Manual Drilling: Malawi
A country summary
Downloads: 379
Author: HOLME, R, DANERT, K, SITOLO, T, MCGILL J & HOLTSLAG H
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: Skat Foundation & UNICEF
Tapping Treasure: Cost-Effective Boreholes in Sierra Leone - Workshop
Downloads: 368
Author: DANERT, K, ADEKILE, D & THOMAS, M
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: Skat Foundation
Guidelines to Planning Sustainable Water Projects and Selecting Appropriate Technologies
Water & Sanitation Rotarian Action Group
Downloads: 364
Author: WASRAG
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: Rotary International
Professionalising community management of rural water supply
Navigating the transition in sub-Saharan Africa
Downloads: 359
Author: Carter, R. C.
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: Rural Water Supply Network
Well Construction Manual
Downloads: 358
Author: LJSSS
Year of Publishing: 1987
Publisher: Sarvodaya Rural Technical Services
Institution: Lanka Jathika Sarvodaya Shramadana Sangamaya
Framework for Water Source Protection
Ministry of Water & Environment, Uganda
Downloads: 355
Author: MWE
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: Ministry of Water & Environment
Institution: Directorate of Water Resource Management
TAF profile template
Powerpoint Template
Downloads: 349
Author: SKAT
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: WASHTECH