RWSN Library
Resources
Borehole Drilling – Planning, Contracting & Management: A UNICEF Toolkit
Downloads: 5370
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
Bulletin trimestriel RWSN
Downloads: 3342
Author: RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2024
Publisher: Rural Water Supply Network
Professional Water Well Drilling
A UNICEF Guidance Note
Downloads: 2725
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: 2565
Author: RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2024
Publisher: Rural Water Supply Network
Myths of the Rural Water Supply Sector
RWSN Perspective No 4
Downloads: 1828
Author: RWSN Executive Steering Committee
Year of Publishing: 2010
Publisher: RWSN
Remote Monitoring of Handpumps
Topical collection of papers and reports
Downloads: 1750
Author: Various
Year of Publishing: 2020
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.
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
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
TAF (Step 0): Manual
Read me first!
Downloads: 1367
Author: OLSCHEWSKI, A.
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: WASHTech Project
Short Course: Basic Hydrogeology and Borehole Siting
Cost-Effective Boreholes
Downloads: 1330
Author: ADEKILE, D and THOMAS, M
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: Skat Foundation
How Three Handpumps Revolutionised Rural Water Supplies
A brief history of the India Mark II/III, Afridev and the Zimbabwe Bush Pump
Downloads: 1260
Author: BAUMANN, E. and S. G. FUREY
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: Skat
Rural Water 2021 + Blue Pages / Pages Bleues
Bienvenue à la première édition des Pages Bleues du RWSN.
Downloads: 1158
Author: RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2021
Publisher: RWSN
Guidelines and Tools for Rural Water Supplies
RWSN IFAD Rural Water Supply Series: Volume 3
Downloads: 1121
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: 1014
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: 990
Author: FUREY S. G.
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: Rural Water Supply Network
EMAS Household Water Supply Technologies in Bolivia
Increasing Access to Low-Cost Water Supplies in Rural Areas
Downloads: 949
Author: MACCARTHY, M.F, BUCKINGHAM, J.W. & MIHELCIC, J.R
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: RWSN
Rural Water Capacity Needs Assessment:
Report on the Rural Water Capacity Needs Assessment and Annexes
Downloads: 888
Author: Global Water Center, Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology, & Rural Water Supply Network
Year of Publishing: 2024
RWSN Member Organisation application form
Version: 8 May 2013
Downloads: 885
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: 867
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: 761
Author: LAVER, S.
Year of Publishing: 1980
Institution: GTZ, Blair Research Laboratory
Code de bonnes pratiques pour la réalisation de forages
Version française
Downloads: 752
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: 728
Author: various
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: RWSN
RWSN Strategy 2018-2023
La stratégie RWSN 2018-2023
Downloads: 703
Author: RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2020
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: RWSN
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
Community Water Supply: the handpump option
Rural Water Supply Handpumps Project
Downloads: 613
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
NGOs in the Ugandan Water and Sanitation Sector
Performance Report for FY 2011/12
Downloads: 587
Author: UWASNET
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: Uganda Water and Sanitation NGO Network (UWASNET)
TAF (Step 2): Water - Existing - General
Assessment Indicator Sheet
Downloads: 584
Author: OLSCHEWSKI, A.
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: WASHTech Project
A preliminary study of training artisans in upgradeable techniques for family owned wells
Downloads: 583
Author: MORGAN, P. and A. KANYEMBA
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: Aquamor Pvt Ltd
TAF (Step 1): Sanitation - Latrine
TAF Screening Sheet
Downloads: 577
Author: OLSCHEWSKI, A.
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: WASHTech Project
Wells Construction
Hand Dug and Hand Drilled
Downloads: 575
Author: BRUSH, R. E.
Year of Publishing: 1979
Publisher: Peace Corps
Institution: Information Collection & Exchange
REACH/ RWSN 100M initiative
Downloads: 569
Author: REACH and RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2021
Publisher: REACH and RWSN
Institution: REACH and RWSN
RWSN Annual Report 2017
Downloads: 551
Author: RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2018
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: RWSN
TIP (STEP 3) Framework for Technology Introduction Process – The TIP Guide
TIP Guidelines
Downloads: 539
Author: OLSCHEWSKI, A.
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: WASHTech Project
Institution: Skat Foundation and WaterAid UK
Groundwater and Drilling
Insights from over 50 countries
Downloads: 531
Author: Danert, K.
Year of Publishing: 2020
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: RWSN
RWSN Early Webinar Series 2024
Resources from the webinars
Downloads: 516
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: 511
Author: SSOZI, D. and DANERT, K.
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: RWSN
How to make a hand-pump
Collection Pro-Agro
Downloads: 511
Author: SIMB SIMB, T.
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: Engineers Without Bhe Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation (CTA).
TAF (Step 1): Water - Water Lifting
TAF Screening Sheet
Downloads: 509
Author: OLSCHEWSKI, A.
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: WASHTech Project
Making Rights Real
Downloads: 502
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
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: 474
Author: FUREY S. G. & DANERT K.
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: RWSN/SHARE/WaterAid/Skat
“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
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
Technological Innovations for Rural Water Supply in Low-Resource Settings
USAID REAL-Water Learning Note and Full Report
Downloads: 458
Author: REAL-Water
Year of Publishing: 2022
Publisher: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Institution: Rural Evidence and Learning for Water Project.
SIRWASH Webinar Series
Webinar series of the SIRWASH Programme (Sustainable and Innovative Rural Water, Sanitation and Hygiene)
Downloads: 458
Author: Various
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: RWSN
Professionalising Manual Drilling
Survey of Manual Drilling Experiences - May 2013
Downloads: 452
Author: DANERT, K
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: Skat
Water Safety Planning for Small Communities
Step-by-step risk management guidance for drinking-water supplies in small communities
Downloads: 445
Author: WHO
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: World Health Organisation
Africa wide water, sanitation and hygiene technology review
WASHTech - Deliverable 2.1
Downloads: 444
Author: PARKER, A.
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: WASHTech
Institution: EU FP7
TAF (Step 2): Sanitation - New - General
Assessment Indicator Sheet
Downloads: 437
Author: OLSCHEWSKI, A.
Year of Publishing: 2014
Publisher: WASHTech Project
TAF (Step 2.1): Cost Calculation
Assessment Support Tool
Downloads: 430
Author: WOODE, P. A., NYARKO, K. B. and B. DWUMFOUR-ASARE
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: WASHTech Project
Institution: KNUST
TAF (Step 2): Sanitation - Existing - General
Assessment Indicator Sheet
Downloads: 420
Author: OLSCHEWSKI, A.
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: WASHTech Project
RWSN Strategy/Stratégie 2024-2030
Final (August 2024)
Downloads: 410
Author: RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: Skat Foundation
RWSN Annual Report 2023
Downloads: 405
Author: RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2024
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: RWSN
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: 380
Author: DANERT, K and ADELILE, D
Year of Publishing: 2014
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: Skat Foundation
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