RWSN Library
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The Untapped Potential of Decentralized Solutions to Provide Safe, Sustainable Drinking Water at Large Scale
The State of the Safe Water Enterprises Market
Downloads: 0
Author: Bhatnagar, N., Lampert, S., Goyal, V. Mehta, R., Rai, R. and Chandrasekhar A.
Year of Publishing: 2017
Publisher: Dalberg Global Development Advisors
Leveraging decentralized entrepreneurial approach to safe water supply
A comprehensive study on safe water kiosks and their impact in rural Kenya
Downloads: 1
Author: Odhiambo, E., Irungu, J., Waburi, A., Ngaira, C., Meinhardt C., Njuguna, S. Njugu, P.
Year of Publishing: 2024
Publisher: EED Advisory
Institution: Siemens Stiftung
Scaling for impact
Lessons learnt from funding water and sanitation enterprises
Downloads: 0
Author: SFF
Year of Publishing: 2020
Publisher: The Stone Family Foundation
Institution: The Stone Family Foundation
Improving water, sanitation and hygiene sustainability with life cycle costing
Toolbox
Downloads: 0
Author: WaterAid
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: WaterAid
Revista Digital: Agua Edición #10
Downloads: 0
Author: Nelson Medina et al.
Year of Publishing: 2025
What drives the performance of rural piped water supply facilities in Ghana
A mixed methods observational study
Downloads: 8
Author: REAL-Water
Year of Publishing: 2024
Publisher: USAID
Institution: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Rural Evidence and Learning for Water Project.
RWSN Early Webinar Series 2025
Recordings and Slides
Downloads: 604
Author: RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2025
Publisher: Rural Water Supply Network
Rural services: successes and failures in funding professionalised maintenance programmes
Briefing for WASH Funders Group learning event 17 June 2024
Downloads: 7
Author: Furey, S. G.
Year of Publishing: 2024
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: Skat Foundation
Multiple Uses of Water Services (MUS) as A Climate Adaptation Solution: Existing Practices & Key Questions
Downloads: 7
Author: Singh Khawas, N.
Year of Publishing: 2025
Helping communities manage their water finances: a manual for extension personnel working in rural or peri-urban communities
Downloads: 3
Author: Fry, S
Year of Publishing: 1993
Publisher: Water and Sanitation for Health Project (WASH)
MULTIPLE USES WATER SERVICES (MUS)
CONCEPT, PRACTICES, DESIGN OPTIONS & ITS INSTITUTIONALIZATION
Downloads: 77
Author: Singh Khawas, N.
Year of Publishing: 2025
Developing Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Finance Strategies: A Guide
UNICEF (English/Français/Español)
Downloads: 20
Year of Publishing:
Publisher: UNICEF
Institution: UNICEF, Sanitation and Water for All (SWA), Agence Française de Développement (AFD), IRC Water and Sanitation Centre, The Netherlands
Evaluating Water Quality Assurance Funds in Tanzania:
Baseline Assessment
Downloads: 2
Author: REAL-Water
Year of Publishing: 2024
Publisher: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Can solar water kiosks generate sustainable revenue streams for rural water services?
Les kiosques à eau solaires peuvent-ils générer des flux de revenus durables pour les services d'eau en milieu rural ?
Downloads: 155
Author: Wagner J., S. Merner, S. Innocenti, A. Geling, R. Hope
Year of Publishing: 2025
Publisher: Science Direct
Institution: World Development
Guideline for WASH SDG project staff to support LGIs in rolling out the Pro-Poor Strategy for Water and Sanitation Sector in Bangladesh
WASH Alliance International (WAI) sub-programme Bangladesh, WASH SDG Consortium
Downloads: 3
Author: Dey, D, Walter, E
Year of Publishing: 2021
Publisher: WASH Alliance
Guidance on Preparing Water Service Delivery Plans
Downloads: 9
Author: Masinde, K., Rouse, M., Jepkiru, M., Cross, K.
Year of Publishing: 2021
Publisher: IWA - International Water Association
Guidelines for User Fees and Cost Recovery for Rural, Non-Networked, Water and Sanitation Delivery
Downloads: 6
Author: AfDB
Year of Publishing: 2010
Publisher: AFDB - African Development Bank - Water Partnership Program
Introduction to District/ Local/ Area wide Life Cycle Costing
System Strengthening in Practice: Life Cycle Costing
Downloads: 0
Author: WaterAid
Year of Publishing: 2023
Institution: WaterAid
Rural WASH in Latin America & Caribbean / WASH rural en América Latina y el Caribe
SIRWASH Presentations / Presentaciones de SIRWASH
Downloads: 0
Year of Publishing:
RWSN Late Webinar Series 2024
Recordings and Slides
Downloads: 503
Year of Publishing: 2024
Institution: RWSN
Financial Viability for Rural and Small Systems
Downloads: 19
Year of Publishing: 2019
Publisher: USDA, US EPA
Institution: US Department of Agriculture, US Environmental Protection Agency
Self-supply: Lessons from WaterAid’s experiences 2005–2023
Downloads: 34
Author: Bartnik T.
Year of Publishing: 2024
Publisher: WaterAid
Institution: WaterAid
Who will foot the bill for sustainable rural water services?
tackling the problem of under-funded water supply in low-income countries
Downloads: 242
Author: Carter R. C.
Year of Publishing: 2024
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: Skat Foundation
Building Partnerships for Sustainable Water and Sanitation Services in Africa
Lessons from collaborative initiatives by the World Bank, African Development Bank and the Water and Sanitation Program
Downloads: 12
Author: Bibby, S.
Year of Publishing: 2009
Publisher: World Bank
Institution: WSP
FIETS Evaluation of the Katosi WaSH Self Supply Program
Downloads: 6
Author: Baas, L. J. S.
Year of Publishing: 2016
Publisher: Aqua for All
RWSN Early Webinar Series 2024
Resources from the webinars
Downloads: 543
Author: RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2024
Data Audit | 2022–2023.
Uptime summary report
Downloads: 1
Author: Armstrong, A., Nilsson, K. and Tretheway, F.
Year of Publishing: 2024
Publisher: Uptime
The SafePani model: Delivering safe drinking water in schools and healthcare centres in Bangladesh
Story of change: Key findings & emerging impacts
Downloads: 10
Author: REACH
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: REACH
Institution: University of Oxford
Scaling up results-based funding for rural water services
Story of change: Key findings & emerging impacts
Downloads: 16
Author: REACH
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: REACH
Institution: University of Oxford
Launch webinar: WHO’s updated guidelines for small drinking-water supplies and associated sanitary inspection tools
Webinar launching the WHO’s 2024 Guidelines for drinking-water quality: small water supplies and Sanitary inspection packages – a supporting tool for the Guidelines
Downloads: 568
Author: WHO, RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2024
Reducing uncertainty in corporate water impact - The role of Results Based Contracting for drinking water supply
Briefing note | January 2024
Downloads: 21
Author: McNicholl, D., and Hope, R.
Year of Publishing: 2024
Publisher: University of Oxford and Uptime Global.
Emerging Trends in Rural Water Management
REAL-Water Synthesis Report
Downloads: 17
Author: REAL-Water
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: Rural Evidence and Learning for Water Project.
Institution: USAID
Is consolidation the answer to improving rural water services in low-income countries? Lessons from OECD country experience.
REAL-Water Research Brief
Downloads: 128
Author: REAL-Water
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Rural Evidence and Learning for Water
Guidance Note on Mainstreaming Water Resilience in Asia and the Pacific
Downloads: 15
Author: Asian Development Bank
Year of Publishing: 2022
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
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
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: 60
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
Stop the Rot at ZAWAFE, Zambia 2023
Downloads: 385
Author: Various
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: Various
RWSN Webinar early series, May- Jun 2023
RWSN Webinar early series, May- Jun 2023
Downloads: 595
Author: Various
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: RWSN
Financial Innovations for Rural Water Supply in Low-Resource Settings
REAL-Water Innovation Overview
Downloads: 137
Author: REAL-Water
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Rural Evidence and Learning for Water.
Accountability for Water Webinar Report
Downloads: 23
Author: Accountability for Water
Year of Publishing: 2022
How do rural Ugandan communities experience a subscription-based handpump maintenance service?
Subscription Handpump Maintenance Evaluation
Downloads: 32
Author: Setty, K., K. Marshall, C. Delaire and R. Peletz
Year of Publishing: 2022
Publisher: Aquaya Institute
Self-supply of water in Asia and the Pacific: Country Profiles
Downloads: 110
Author: Foster, T. and Gonzalez, D.
Year of Publishing: 2022
Publisher: Sydney: UTS.
Institution: Sydney: UTS.
Self-supply for safely managed water: To promote or to deter?
Policy Brief
Downloads: 44
Author: Priadi, C.R., G. L. Outri, T. Foster, J. Willets and M. Odagiri
Year of Publishing: 2022
Publisher: UNICEF
SISAR Ceará, Brazil
Case Study
Downloads: 6
Author: Dos Santos Rocha, W. and M. Salvetti
Year of Publishing: 2017
Publisher: World Bank Group
History and status of the rope pump in Nicaragua
- a success story about rural communal water supply and self-supply
Downloads: 128
Author: G.Ferrero, J. D. Briemberg
Year of Publishing: 2022
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: Skat Foundation / SMART Centre Group
RWSN Member Organisations learning and networking events
Downloads: 107
Author: RWSN Secretariat
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: RWSN
Professionaliser les services d'eau portable en milieu rural / professionalising rural water services
World Water Forum 9: Session 2A4 (22 March 2022)
Downloads: 106
Author: Boulenouar, Furey, Diagne, Ndianor, Akdi, Dahane, Money and Delaire
Year of Publishing: 2022
Publisher: -
Institution: -
RWSN Webinar early series, April - Jun 2022 - Presentations and recordings
RWSN Webinar early series, April - Jun 2022 - Présentations et enregistrements
Downloads: 1624
Author: Various
Year of Publishing: 2022
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: RWSN
Achieving universal access to safely managed water services in rural Cambodia: The case for complementarity of water supply solutions
Downloads: 37
Author: 1001 Fontaines; GRET; KWSH and WaterAid
Year of Publishing: 2022
Institution: 1001 Fontaines
Groundwater Pumping Survey 2021 / Enquête sur le pompage des eaux souterraines (2021)
Summary of RWSN Member Responses / Résumé des réponses des membres du RWSN
Downloads: 254
Author: Furey, S. and K. Danert
Year of Publishing: 2021
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: RWSN
Ten Factors for Viable Rural Water Services
Sustainable WASH Systems Learning Partnership
Downloads: 106
Author: Harvey, A.
Year of Publishing: 2021
Publisher: USAID SWS Learning Partnership
Institution: Whave Solutions
Donors' Guide to Rural Water Service Delivery
Downloads: 63
Author: Harvey, A. and F. Bergeron,
Year of Publishing: 2021
Publisher: Whave Solutions
HWTS & Markets / CTED & Marchés / TANDAS y Mercados
Downloads: 23
Author: HWTS Network
Year of Publishing: 2021
Publisher: CAWST
Institution: HWTS 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
Accountability for equitable rural water supply in the COVID-19 era Report
Report of the Agency event at the 42nd WEDC International Conference, 14 September 2021
Downloads: 30
Author: Sara Ahrari, Louisa Gosling, Euphresia Luseka, Aline Saraiva Okello,Temple Oraeki
Year of Publishing: 2021
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: RWSN
Accountability for equitable rural water supply in the COVID-19 era
Presentation at the 42nd WEDC International Conference, 14 September 2021
Downloads: 28
Author: RWSN Leave no one behind Theme and RWSN secretariat
Year of Publishing: 2021
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: RWSN
A Compendium of Good Practices in Rural Water Supply Schemes
Taking on New Challenges
Downloads: 91
Author: World Bank; India Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
Year of Publishing: 2016
Publisher: World Bank
Institution: WSP India
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: 20
Author: Alvarez, L.
Year of Publishing: 2019
Publisher: Inter-American Development Bank
Institution: Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
RWSN SADC strategic workshop report_June2021
Downloads: 41
Author: Sandra Fürst, Aline Saraiva Okello, Muthi Nhlema, Sean Furey
Year of Publishing: 2021
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: RWSN
REACH/ RWSN 100M initiative
Downloads: 586
Author: REACH and RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2021
Publisher: REACH and RWSN
Institution: REACH and RWSN