RWSN Library
Resources
Stop the Rot flyer 2023: Ensuring borehole and pump quality
Downloads: 39
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: RWSN
RWSN Late Webinar Series 2024
Registration links and resources
Downloads: 332
Year of Publishing: 2024
Institution: RWSN
Test Procedures for Testing and Development of Handpumps
Consumers' Association Testing & Research
Downloads: 0
Year of Publishing: 1986
Institution: Consumers' Association Testing & Research
Achieving universal access to safely managed water services in rural Cambodia: The case for complementarity of water supply solutions
Downloads: 34
Author: 1001 Fontaines; GRET; KWSH and WaterAid
Year of Publishing: 2022
Institution: 1001 Fontaines
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
5 Stories of Change / 5 Historias de Cambio / 5 Histoires de Changement
WASH Agenda for Change
Downloads: 32
Author: Agenda for Change
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: Agenda for Change
Domestic Rainwater Harvesting: Vietnam
Field Study Report 2009
Downloads: 84
Author: Alexandra Snelgrove, Kimberley Patrick
Year of Publishing: 2009
Publisher: EnterpriseWorks/VITA
Institution: EnterpriseWorks/VITA
Water committees in the implementation of decentralization measures in the water sector in Gaza Province, Mozambique: ownership and resistance
Downloads: 122
Author: Alves Francisco Nhaurire, Tanya Wells-Brown, Rehana Capurchande
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: AQUA - Water Infrastructure Ecosystems and Society, IWA Publishing
First VLOW prototypes expected this year
Downloads: 5
Author: Appleton, B.
Year of Publishing: 1983
Publisher: World Water
Community Water Supply: the handpump option
Rural Water Supply Handpumps Project
Downloads: 626
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
Handpumps Testing and Development: Progress Report on Field and Laboratory Testing
Work Bank Technical Paper Number 29
Downloads: 66
Author: ARLOSOROFF, S.,TSCHANNERL, G., GREY, D., JOURNEY, J., KARP, A., LANGENEGGER, O., and ROCHE, R.
Year of Publishing: 1984
Publisher: World Bank
Guidance Note on Mainstreaming Water Resilience in Asia and the Pacific
Downloads: 14
Author: Asian Development Bank
Year of Publishing: 2022
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
Applicability of the Portable Erosion Chlorinator Technology in Luuka district, Uganda
TAF Assessment
Downloads: 18
Author: ATC
Year of Publishing: 2024
Publisher: ATC
Institution: Ministry of Water & Environment
Hand/Foot pumps for village water supply in developing countries - Part II - Description of Pump Types
Working Paper
Downloads: 29
Author: Baenziger, H. P.
Year of Publishing: 1982
Institution: Skat
What’s Working, Where, and for How Long
A 2016 Water Point Update to the RWSN (2009) statistics
Downloads: 637
Author: Banks, B. & S. G. Furey
Year of Publishing: 2016
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: GWC/Skat
Handpump Manufacture
Working Paper
Downloads: 8
Author: Baumann E.
Year of Publishing: 1987
Publisher: Skat
Handpump Development - General Aspects
Working Paper
Downloads: 23
Author: Baumann, E.
Year of Publishing: 1985
Publisher: Skat
Institution: Skat
Afridev Handpump - old specification versions
(Revision 5-2007 is the current version)
Downloads: 66
Author: Baumann, E. & J. Keen
Year of Publishing: 1994
Publisher: Skat
Institution: HTN
The Untapped Potential of Decentralized Solutions to Provide Safe, Sustainable Drinking Water at Large Scale
The State of the Safe Water Enterprises Market
Downloads: 8
Author: Bhatnagar, N, Lampert, S, Goyal, V, Mehta, R, Rai, R, Chandrasekhar, A
Year of Publishing: 2017
Publisher: Dalberg
Water quality testing to establish whether high iron originates from corrosion of pump components or the aquifer
Method Sheet
Downloads: 133
Author: BROWN, L.
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: WaterAid
Wells Construction
Hand Dug and Hand Drilled
Downloads: 579
Author: BRUSH, R. E.
Year of Publishing: 1979
Publisher: Peace Corps
Institution: Information Collection & Exchange
SDC Guideline for sustainable groundwater resource management
Swiss Humanitarian Aid Reports and Papers (SHARP Series: GW/2016/1)
Downloads: 318
Author: BUSSARD, T.
Year of Publishing: 2016
Publisher: SDC
Compendio de Innovaciones Tecnológicas en Agua y Saneamiento Rural
Experiencias del Proyecto SABA Plus
Downloads: 5
Author: Cárdenas, Z., Giancarlos Niccolay, S. R., Pacheco, H., Díaz, N. and W. Cabrera
Year of Publishing: 2018
Publisher: CARE/COSUDE
Institution: SABA+
Who will foot the bill for sustainable rural water services?
tackling the problem of under-funded water supply in low-income countries
Downloads: 208
Author: Carter R. C.
Year of Publishing: 2024
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: Skat Foundation
Professionalising community management of rural water supply
Navigating the transition in sub-Saharan Africa
Downloads: 330
Author: Carter, R. C.
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: Rural Water Supply Network
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
Le point d'eau au village : manuel de formation des formateurs villageois : amenagement, utilisation, entretien
Village water points : manual for training of village extension workers : installation, utilisation, maintenance.
Downloads: 0
Author: CIEH - Comite Interafricain d'Etudes Hydrauliques
Year of Publishing: 1983
Publisher: CIEH - Comite Interafricain d'Etudes Hydrauliques
Enhancing Frontline Provider Collaboration to Improve Rural Water Sustainability
Operational Lessons from Indonesia’s Community-Led Water Supply Project—PAMSIMAS
Downloads: 74
Author: D. Thapa, C. Prevost, and H. Widjanarko
Year of Publishing: 2021
Publisher: The World Bank
Institution: GWSP
Professional Water Well Drilling
A UNICEF Guidance Note
Downloads: 2762
Author: Danert K., Gesti Canuto J.
Year of Publishing: 2016
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: Unicef
Mapping of Rural Water Supply Publications, using AI assistance
Downloads: 6
Author: DANERT K., O. MILLS, J. ALVAREZ-SALA
Year of Publishing: 2024
Publisher: UNICEF
Institution: Ask for Water GmbH
Concerns about corrosion and the quality of handpump components in Burkina Faso and beyond
Qualité et corrosion des pièces composantes des Pompes à Motricité Humaine au Burkina Faso et au-delà
Downloads: 140
Author: Danert, K
Year of Publishing: 2019
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: Skat Foundation
Effective Joint Sector Reviews for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
A Study and Guidance - 2016
Downloads: 967
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
Groundwater and Drilling
Insights from over 50 countries
Downloads: 532
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
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
A guidance note for leaving no one behind
Downloads: 48
Author: Danert, K.
Year of Publishing: 2021
Publisher: UNICEF
Stop the rot: handpump functionality, corrosion, component quality and supply chains
Action research in sub-Saharan Africa
Downloads: 1701
Author: DANERT, K.
Year of Publishing: 2022
Publisher: Ask for Water GmbH, Skat Foundation and RWSN.
Halte aux dégradations : Recherche-action sur la corrosion et la qualité des composants des pompes à motricité humaine en Afrique subsaharienne
Recherche en Afrique sub-saharienne
Downloads: 345
Author: DANERT, K.
Year of Publishing: 2022
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: Skat Foundation/Ask for Water
Stop the Rot: Learning from handpump rehabilitation – A short case study from Zambia
Action research on handpump component quality and corrosion in sub-Saharan Africa’
Downloads: 178
Author: DANERT, K. and SMULDERS, J.
Year of Publishing: 2022
Publisher: Ask for Water GmbH, Skat Foundation and RWSN
Institution: Ask for Water GmbH, Skat Foundation and RWSN
Documentation of Experiences and Lessons Learnt in the prevention of Rapid Handpump Corrosion in Uganda
Stop the Rot: Action Research on handpump corrosion and component quality in Sub-Saharan Africa
Downloads: 82
Author: Danert, K., Bisoborwa, P. Kyeyune, E., Mutiibwa, R. and Nakayima, L.
Year of Publishing: 2024
Publisher: Ask for Water GmbH, Ministry of Water and Environment, Skat Foundation
Institution: RWSN
WASH Funders Infrastructure Checklists: Boreholes and Handpumps
Downloads: 137
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
Assessing the Climate Resilience of Safe Water Enterprises (SWEs)
Final Report May 2020
Downloads: 18
Author: Danone Communities, Aqua for All, Osprey Foundation, The Stone Family Foundation, VOX Impuls
Year of Publishing: 2020
Publisher: Dalberg
Institution: Dalberg
Toolless Pump Rod Connectors - Final Report
Downloads: 1
Author: Devereux S.
Year of Publishing: 1991
U-Seal Investigation
Consumer Research Laboratory
Downloads: 0
Author: Devereux S.
Year of Publishing: 1992
Institution: Consumer Research Laboratory
Borehole Drilling – Planning, Contracting & Management: A UNICEF Toolkit
Downloads: 5478
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 Tara Handpump
Production Manual and Drawings
Downloads: 25
Author: DPHE/UNICEF
Year of Publishing: 1987
Publisher: DPHE
Integrating AI into the asset management of rural water supply schemes in Nepal
Discovery Report
Downloads: 12
Author: Dugar, S. & Irwin C.
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: Frontier Tech Hub
What Makes a Drinking Water Technology Resilient to Climatic Hazards?
REACH Programme Poster
Downloads: 31
Author: Esha A. A., Rahman M. R., Salehin M., Chowdhury A. I. A.
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: Durham University
Institution: REACH Programme
Rising Main Connector - Interim Report
Consumer Research Laboratory
Downloads: 0
Author: Evans C.
Year of Publishing: 1990
Institution: Consumer Research Laboratory
Rising Main and Pump Rod Breakages
Draft Report
Downloads: 11
Author: Evans, C. and J. Roberts
Year of Publishing: 1988
Publisher: Consumer Research Laboratory
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
Self-supply of water in Asia and the Pacific: Country Profiles
Downloads: 105
Author: Foster, T. and Gonzalez, D.
Year of Publishing: 2022
Publisher: Sydney: UTS.
Institution: Sydney: UTS.
RWSN Handpump Survey 2013
Summary of Findings
Downloads: 993
Author: FUREY S. G.
Year of Publishing: 2013
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: Rural Water Supply Network
Proceedings and report from the 7th RWSN Forum (2016, Abidjan)
Contributions et rapport du 7ème Forum RWSN (2016, Abidjan)
Downloads: 205
Author: FUREY, S. G. (editor)
Year of Publishing: 2017
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: RWSN
History and status of the rope pump in Nicaragua
- a success story about rural communal water supply and self-supply
Downloads: 124
Author: G.Ferrero, J. D. Briemberg
Year of Publishing: 2022
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: Skat Foundation / SMART Centre Group
WASH Exit Interviews
Findings on Professional Attrition in the International Sector
Downloads: 13
Author: Gianotti, R. & Worsham, K.
Year of Publishing: 2024
Publisher: FLUSH
Rural Water Capacity Needs Assessment:
Report on the Rural Water Capacity Needs Assessment and Annexes
Downloads: 1134
Author: Global Water Center, Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology, & Rural Water Supply Network
Year of Publishing: 2024
Domestic Rainwater Harvesting: Thailand
Field Study Report 2008
Downloads: 89
Author: Hans Hartung, Mary Morgan, John Naugle
Year of Publishing: 2008
Publisher: EnterpriseWorks/VITA
Institution: EnterpriseWorks/VITA