RWSN Library
Resources
Guidelines for Planning for Water for Livelihoods
Downloads: 38
Author: ZIMWASH
Year of Publishing: 2010
Publisher: ZIMWASH
Institution: ZIMWASH
A Compendium of Good Practices in Rural Water Supply Schemes
Taking on New Challenges
Downloads: 83
Author: World Bank; India Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
Year of Publishing: 2016
Publisher: World Bank
Institution: WSP India
Beyond Utility Reach? How to Close the Urban - Rural Access Gap
Downloads: 112
Author: World Bank
Year of Publishing: 2018
Publisher: World Bank
Institution: World Bank
Towards managing rural water quality in the state of Punjab, India
Downloads: 52
Author: World Bank
Year of Publishing: 2017
Publisher: World Bank
Institution: World Bank
Checklist for Integrating Gender-Related Issues into Agriculture Water Management
Agriculture and rural development. Gender in Agriculture
Downloads: 12
Author: World Bank
Year of Publishing: 0000
Publisher: World Bank
Institution: World Bank
3rd HTN International Workshop, India - Proceedings
Government and Civil Society Partnership
Downloads: 35
Author: WISHART, G.
Year of Publishing: 2000
Publisher: RWSN (incl. HTN)
Institution: Skat
International Conference on Manual Irrigation Proceedings
HTN Working Paper: WP 01/96
Downloads: 66
Author: WISHART, G.
Year of Publishing: 1995
Publisher: RWSN (incl. HTN)
Institution: Skat
Uganda’s Water Sector Development: Towards Sustainable Systems
HTN Working Paper: WP 02/96
Downloads: 38
Author: WISHART, G.
Year of Publishing: 1996
Publisher: RWSN (incl. HTN)
Institution: Skat
2nd HTN Workshop (Malawi, 1997)
Partnerships, Roles and Responsibilities
Downloads: 18
Author: Wishart, G.
Year of Publishing: 1997
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: HTN (RWSN)
Reducing Inequalities in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
A synthesis of experiences and lessons discussed in the RWSN Equality, Non-discrimination and Inclusion (ENDI) Group 2015
Downloads: 184
Author: Wilbur J., Norman R., Huggett C.
Year of Publishing: 2016
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: RWSN
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: 531
Author: WHO, RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2024
Lead in drinking-water: Health risks, monitoring and corrective actions
Technical brief
Downloads: 41
Author: WHO
Year of Publishing: 2022
Publisher: World Health Organization
A qualitative study of barriers to accessing water, sanitation and hygiene for disabled people in Malawi
Downloads: 18
Author: White, S., Kuper, H., Itimu-Phiri, A., Holm, R. and Biran, A.
Year of Publishing: 2016
Publisher: PLoS ONE, 2016, 11(5), e0155043. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155043
Institution: Mzuzu University
Guidance Manual on Water Supply and Sanitation Programmes
Downloads: 282
Author: WELL
Year of Publishing: 1998
Publisher: Department for International Development
The Water Point Mapping Updating Methodology
A Guide by WaterAid Tanzania
Downloads: 223
Author: WaterAid
Year of Publishing: 2014
Publisher: WaterAid
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
Training in Drilling and Construction of Boreholes at the Water Resources Institute, Uganda (2018-2019)
Downloads: 243
Author: Water Resources Institute
Year of Publishing: 2020
Publisher: WRI
Institution: WRI
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
Making Rights Real - Hindi version
Downloads: 26
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
Making Rights Real - Oromo version
Downloads: 15
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
Making Rights Real - Oriya version
Downloads: 2
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
Making Rights Real - French version
Downloads: 45
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
Making Rights Real - Spanish version
Downloads: 85
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
Making Rights Real - Portuguese version
Downloads: 50
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
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: 145
Author: Wagner J., S. Merner, S. Innocenti, A. Geling, R. Hope
Year of Publishing: 2025
Publisher: Science Direct
Institution: World Development
2019 RWSN Webinar early series (Apr - Jun 2019)
Downloads: 404
Author: Various (2019) 2019 RWSN Webinar early series (Apr - Jun 2019). Presentations and recordings
Year of Publishing: 2019
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: RWSN
WASH writing course: Participant folder materials
Downloads: 728
Author: various
Year of Publishing: 2012
Publisher: RWSN
RWSN Webinar early series, April - Jun 2020 - Presentations and recordings
Downloads: 937
Author: Various
Year of Publishing: 2020
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: RWSN
Remote Monitoring of Handpumps
Topical collection of papers and reports
Downloads: 1840
Author: Various
Year of Publishing: 2020
Summary of ediscussion on performance of rural water service management
Résumé de la discussion sur la performance de la gestion des services d'eau en milieu rural
Downloads: 57
Author: Various
Year of Publishing: 2022
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: RWSN
SIRWASH Webinar Series
Webinar series of the SIRWASH Programme (Sustainable and Innovative Rural Water, Sanitation and Hygiene)
Downloads: 459
Author: Various
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: RWSN
Le Pompage Solaire: Manuel de Formation
Appliqué aux Adductions d’Eau Potable en milieu rural
Downloads: 205
Author: van de Giessen,E., E. Roek, G. Bom, S. Abric and R. Vuik
Year of Publishing: 2018
Publisher: PRACTICA Foundation
Institution: UNICEF / Practica Foundation
Groundwater’s Contribution to Water Security in Africa
UPGro Working Paper
Downloads: 311
Author: Upton K. & Danert, K (editors)
Year of Publishing: 2019
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: UPGro
Cast Iron No. 6 Suction Hand Pump
Production Manual
Downloads: 89
Author: UNICEF-DPHE
Year of Publishing: 1993
Publisher: UNICEF/Gov of Bangladesh
Institution: Department of public Health Engineering (DPHE),
Scaling up solar powered water supply systems: a review of experiences
Downloads: 174
Author: UNICEF
Year of Publishing: 2016
Publisher: UNICEF
Technical Notes on Borehole Drilling in Madagascar
Downloads: 253
Author: UNICEF
Year of Publishing: 2019
Publisher: UNICEF
Institution: UNICEF
Towards better programming: A Water Handbook
Water, Environment and Sanitation Technical Guidelines
Downloads: 7
Author: UNICEF
Year of Publishing: 1999
Publisher: United Nations Children’s Fund
The International Handpump Workshop Kakamega, Kenya, 1992
Papers, proceedings and recommendations
Downloads: 933
Author: UNDP-World Bank
Year of Publishing: 1992
Publisher: World Bank
Institution: WSP
Borehole Costing Model V2.8 BETA & Quick Start Guide
Downloads: 1568
Author: Tom Heath, Philip Tibenderana, Richard Carter,Kerstin Danert & Etsegenet Berhe
Year of Publishing: 2009
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: Cranfield University, UNICEF, SDC, Skat
Water and Sanitation Services: Achieving Sustainable Outcomes with Indigenous Peoples in Latin America and the Caribbean
World Bank Toolkit, Report No: AUS11215
Downloads: 63
Author: The World Bank Group
Year of Publishing: 2016
Publisher: The World Bank Group
Guidelines for Selection and Standardisation of Handpump Technology
Technical Paper 1
Downloads: 17
Author: Talbot, R. and A. Mudgal
Year of Publishing: 1998
Publisher: Skat
Institution: Handpump Technology Network
Guidelines for rural drinking water supply projects in Afghanistan
Downloads: 1
Author: Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA)
Year of Publishing: 1996
Publisher: Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA)
An Introduction to Self Supply Putting the User First
Incremental improvements and private investment in rural water supply
Downloads: 377
Author: SUTTON, S.
Year of Publishing: 2009
Publisher: SKAT/RWSN / WSP
Agua, saneamiento y género
Guía operativa para proyectos en zonas rurales
Downloads: 7
Author: Sturzenegger, G. and Dockweiler, M.
Year of Publishing: 2019
Publisher: Inter-American Development Bank
Institution: Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
How to Make Water Wise Roads
Downloads: 673
Author: Steenbergen, F. van, K. Woldearegay, H.M. van Beusekom, D. Garcia Landarte, and M. Al-Abyadh
Year of Publishing: 2014
Publisher: IFAD
Institution: Meta Meta, UPGro, RAIN
VLOM Pumps
Technical Brief 41
Downloads: 178
Author: SKINNER, B. and SHAW, R.
Year of Publishing: 1999
Publisher: Loughborough University
Institution: WEDC
Handpump Technology Network (HTN) and Interagency Peer Group (IAG)
Project Document
Downloads: 8
Author: Skat
Year of Publishing: 1993
Publisher: Skat
Institution: HTN
How do rural Ugandan communities experience a subscription-based handpump maintenance service?
Subscription Handpump Maintenance Evaluation
Downloads: 30
Author: Setty, K., K. Marshall, C. Delaire and R. Peletz
Year of Publishing: 2022
Publisher: Aquaya Institute
Improving the Professionalism in the Drilling Sector for Cost-Effective Boreholes in Madagascar
Downloads: 113
Author: Serele, Charles
Year of Publishing: 2018
Publisher: UNICEF
Institution: UNICEF
Mapping of WASH sustainability tools
WORKING PAPER 10
Downloads: 173
Author: SCHWEITZER, R., GRAYSON, C. and H. LOCKWOOD
Year of Publishing: 2014
Publisher: IRC/Triple-S
Institution: Aguaconsult
Climate resilient rural WASH: RWSN's contribution & next steps
Working Paper Brief
Downloads: 113
Author: Salzmann, R.
Year of Publishing: 2021
Publisher: Skat Foundation
Institution: RWSN
Guidelines for community-driven water resource management
Downloads: 51
Author: SADC/Danida Regional Water Sector Programme
Year of Publishing: 2009
Publisher: Southern African Development Community/Danish
Institution: Southern African Development Community/Danish
SADC-GMI Short Course 1: Drilling Supervision (2018)
23 – 27 April 2018, Institute for Groundwater Studies, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Downloads: 108
Author: SADC-GMI
Year of Publishing: 2018
Publisher: SADC-GMI
Institution: SADC-GMI
SELF-SUPPLY / AUTO-APPROVISIONNEMENT/ AUTOABASTECIMIENTO
Filling the gaps in public water supply provision / Combler les lacunes de l'approvisionnement public en eau / Llenando los vacíos del suministro público de agua
Downloads: 190
Author: S. Furey / E. Feijoo
Year of Publishing: 2021
Publisher: Skat Publication
Institution: RWSN
Noticias del RWSN - en español
Downloads: 163
Author: RWSN Secretariat
Year of Publishing: 2024
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: RWSN
WASH Capacity Development Resources
Downloads: 140
Author: RWSN Secretariat
Year of Publishing: 2019
Publisher: RWSN/Skat
Institution: RWSN/ Skat
RWSN Member Organisations learning and networking events
Downloads: 104
Author: RWSN Secretariat
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: RWSN
Institution: RWSN
RWSN Member Survey 2023
Downloads: 40
Author: RWSN Secretariat
Year of Publishing: 2023
Publisher: RWSN
Myths of the Rural Water Supply Sector
RWSN Perspective No 4
Downloads: 1853
Author: RWSN Executive Steering Committee
Year of Publishing: 2010
Publisher: RWSN
RWSN Quarterly Newsletters - ENGLISH
Archive of current and past newsletters
Downloads: 2686
Author: RWSN
Year of Publishing: 2024
Publisher: Rural Water Supply Network