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			Scaling for impact			
			
			Lessons learnt from funding water and sanitation enterprises			
			
			
			Downloads: 6			
				Author: SFF 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2020 
				Publisher: The Stone Family Foundation
				Institution: The Stone Family Foundation			
			
			What drives the performance of rural piped water supply facilities in Ghana			
			
			A mixed methods observational study			
			
			
			Downloads: 48			
				Author: REAL-Water 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2024 
				Publisher: USAID
				Institution: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Rural Evidence and Learning for Water Project.			
			
			Multiple Uses of Water Services (MUS) as A Climate Adaptation Solution: Existing Practices & Key Questions			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 19			
				Author: Singh Khawas, N. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2025 			
			
			MULTIPLE USES WATER SERVICES  (MUS)			
			
			CONCEPT, PRACTICES, DESIGN OPTIONS  &  ITS INSTITUTIONALIZATION			
			
			
			Downloads: 91			
				Author: Singh Khawas, N. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2025 			
			
			Handpump maintenance			
			
			guidelines for organising handpump maintenance systems			
			
			
			Downloads: 14			
				Author: Hofkes, EH 
			
			Year of Publishing: 1983 
				Publisher: IRC			
			
			Hand Pump Test Programme - Final Report (1981) + Follow-up reports (1986)			
			
			3000 Well Drilling Programme in Southern and Central Ghana			
			
			
			Downloads: 35			
				Author: IDC 
			
			Year of Publishing: 1981 
				Publisher: IDC International Drilling Consultants
				Institution: Republic of Ghana, Ghana Water and Sewerage Corporation			
			
			Survey of Water Quality from Shallow Tubewells in Lahan Municipality, Nepal			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 56			
				Author: Chitrakar D. R., Knight J., Bartnik T. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2024 
				Institution: Nepal Water Supply Corporation (NWSC), WaterAid, Anglian Water Alliance, Lahan Municipality			
			
			Centralized or Onsite Testing? Examining the Costs of Water Quality Monitoring in Rural Africa			
			
			Journal article			
			
			
			Downloads: 3			
				Author: REAL-Water 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2024 
				Publisher: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)			
			
			Integrating AI into the asset management of rural water supply schemes in Nepal			
			
			Discovery Report			
			
			
			Downloads: 18			
				Author: Dugar, S. & Irwin C. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: Frontier Tech Hub			
			
			Plumbing The Depths			
			
			An Analysis of NQI WASH in Ghana, Uganda, and Zambia			
			
			
			Downloads: 10			
				Author: CWSC/IAPMO 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2024 
				Publisher: USAID
				Institution: The Center for Water Security and Cooperation (CWSC), International Association of Plumbing & Mechanical Officials (IAPMO)			
			
			Preventing Rapid Corrosion of Handpumps Through Regulations			
			
			Water Knowledge Note			
			
			
			Downloads: 188			
				Author: World Bank 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2024 
				Publisher: World Bank Group
				Institution: World Bank Group Water Global Practice			
			
			Fit-for-purpose labs for monitoring and managing rural water supplies			
			
			Story of change: Key findings & emerging impacts			
			
			
			Downloads: 10			
				Author: Marks S., B. Mukunda, K. Charles 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: REACH
				Institution: University of Oxford/Eawag			
			
			Scaling up results-based funding for rural water services			
			
			Story of change: Key findings & emerging impacts			
			
			
			Downloads: 17			
				Author: REACH 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: REACH
				Institution: University of Oxford			
			
			Evaluating Water Quality Assurance Funds In Ghana			
			
			Baseline Assessment			
			
			
			Downloads: 4			
				Author: REAL-Water 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: United  States Agency for International Development (USAID) Rural Evidence and Learning for Water Project			
			
			Evaluation of Water Safety Plans in Rural Ghana			
			
			Baseline Assessment			
			
			
			Downloads: 2			
				Author: REAL-Water 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: United  States Agency for International Development (USAID) Rural Evidence and Learning for Water Project			
			
			Implementation Manual: Water Quality Assurance Fund			
			
			REAL Water Manual 			
			
			
			Downloads: 9			
				Author: REAL-Water 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: Rural Evidence and Learning for Water Project.
				Institution: USAID			
			
			Emerging Trends in Rural Water Management			
			
			REAL-Water Synthesis Report			
			
			
			Downloads: 28			
				Author: REAL-Water 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: Rural Evidence and Learning for Water Project.
				Institution: USAID			
			
			Ghana WASH Sector Development Programme (GWASHSDP) 2021-2030			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 81			
				Author: MoSWR 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources
				Institution: Government of Ghana			
			
			Financial Innovations for Rural Water Supply in Low-Resource Settings			
			
			REAL-Water Innovation Overview			
			
			
			Downloads: 153			
				Author: REAL-Water 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Rural Evidence and Learning for Water.			
			
			National Water Policy			
			
			MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES, WORKS AND HOUSING			
			
			
			Downloads: 14			
				Author: Government of Ghana 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2007 
				Publisher: Government of Ghana
				Institution: Government of Ghana			
			
			Community Water and Sanitation Agency			
			
			Water Safety Framework			
			
			
			Downloads: 24			
				Author: GOVERNMENT OF GHANA 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2010 			
			
			Community Water and Sanitation Agency			
			
			SMALL COMMUNITIES SECTOR GUIDELINES (Operation and Maintenance Guidelines)			
			
			
			Downloads: 1			
				Author: GOVERNMENT OF GHANA 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2010 			
			
			Ghana Modified India Mark II			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 118			 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2002 
				Publisher: Community Water and Sewerage Agency, Ghana
				Institution: Community Water and Sewerage Agency, Ghana			
			
			Tapping the unreached			
			
			Nepal Small Towns Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Projects: A Sustainable Model of Service Delivery			
			
			
			Downloads: 1			
				Author: Pokhrel, N. and S. Adhikary 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2017 
				Publisher: Asian Development Bank			
			
			Stop the rot: handpump functionality, corrosion, component quality and supply chains			
			
			Action research in sub-Saharan Africa			
			
			
			Downloads: 1836			
				Author: DANERT, K. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2022 
				Publisher: Ask for Water GmbH, Skat Foundation and RWSN.			
			
			Modular Building Project			
			
			How data-driven and disruptive technologies can improve the sustainability of water services in rural Africa			
			
			
			Downloads: 57			
				Author: van Kinderen, I. and W. de Vries 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2021 
				Publisher: Practica Foundation
				Institution: Project Maji			
			
			Global prospects to deliver safe drinking water services for 100 million rural people by 2030			
			
			REACH working paper 12			
			
			
			Downloads: 1046			
				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 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			
			
			Operation & Maintenance of Handpumps in Ghana			
			
			Discussion Paper			
			
			
			Downloads: 19			
				Author: Baumann E. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 1992 
				Publisher: World Bank
				Institution: UNDP/World Bank			
			
			Study on Standardization, Maintenance, Local Production and Procurement of Community Handpumps in Angola			
			
			Mission Report			
			
			
			Downloads: 10			
				Author: Mudgal, A. K. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2001 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation
				Institution: HTN			
			
			Report on Capacity Building Proiect in Africa			
			
			The HTN Africa lnitiative			
			
			
			Downloads: 15			
				Author: Mudgal, A. K. and E. Baumann 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2002 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation
				Institution: HTN			
			
			Report on The Performance of Afridev and Nira Pumps			
			
			COWAP Field Paper 27			
			
			
			Downloads: 9			
				Author: Mathisen S. and Nampusuor R. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2000 
				Publisher: Cowater			
			
			Evaluation of Maintenance Systems in Ghana			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 22			
				Author: Fonseka J, & E. Baumann 
			
			Year of Publishing: 1994 
				Publisher: Skat			
			
			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: 120			
				Author: SADC-GMI 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2018 
				Publisher: SADC-GMI
				Institution: SADC-GMI			
			
			Groundwater and Drilling			
			
			Insights from over 50 countries			
			
			
			Downloads: 549			
				Author: Danert, K. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2020 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation
				Institution: RWSN			
			
			Challenges of Water Well Drillers & Water Well Drillers Associations			
			
			Case Studies of Six Countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Mozambique, Nigeria, Uganda and the USA			
			
			
			Downloads: 1419			
				Author: Traoré, U 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2020 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation
				Institution: RWSN			
			
			Groundwater’s Contribution to Water Security in Africa			
			
			UPGro Working Paper			
			
			
			Downloads: 313			
				Author: Upton K. & Danert, K (editors) 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2019 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation
				Institution: UPGro			
			
			Estudo preliminar sobre o estado da perfuraçao de poços de agua em Angola			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 13			
				Author: Fiel, P. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2017 
				Publisher: UNICEF
				Institution: UNICEF			
			
			Inclusive Rural Water Supply Management Innovations			
			
			Summary of the Rural Water Supply Network’s Leave No-one Behind Group E-Discussion 12th November – 4th December 2018			
			
			
			Downloads: 165			
				Author: Kohlitz, J.,  Kome, A., Nath, P., Ahrari S., Gosling L. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2018 
				Publisher: RWSN
				Institution: SNV/UTS/WaterAid/Simavi			
			
			Código de Boas Práticas para a Obtenção de Furos Rentáveis			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 62			
				Author: Kerstin Danert, Tom Armstrong, Dotun Adekile, Bruno Duffau, Inoussa Ouedraogo e Clement Kwei 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2017 
				Publisher: RWSN
				Institution: RWSN			
			
			Preliminary Assessment on the status of the water well drilling sector in Angola, Final Report			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 98			
				Author: Fiel, P. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2017 
				Publisher: UNICEF
				Institution: UNICEF			
			
			Striving for Professionalism in Cost Effective Boreholes Angola			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 133			
				Author: Dotun Adekile, Bélis Matabire, Miguel Angel Gonzalez Alonso and Dr Kerstin Danert 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2017 
				Publisher: UNICEF/ Skat Foundation
				Institution: UNICEF/ Skat Foundation			
			
			Water use master plan			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 20			
				Author: M. Bhatta 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2013 
				Institution: Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation			
			
			Rainwater Harvesting in Thailand: Learning from the World Champions			
			
			RWSN Field Note 2016-1			
			
			
			Downloads: 667			
				Author: Matthias Saladin 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2016 
				Publisher: RWSN
				Institution: RWSN			
			
			Wider Asia and Pacific Regional Learning Event on Service Delivery Approach to Rural Water Supply			
			
			Presentations			
			
			
			Downloads: 239			
				Author: RWSN 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2016 
				Publisher: RWSN			
			
			Effective Joint Sector Reviews for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)			
			
			A Study and Guidance - 2016			
			
			
			Downloads: 986			
				Author: DANERT, K, FUREY, S, MECHTA, M and GUPTA, S 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2016 
				Publisher: World Bank
				Institution: World Bank			
			
			Sustainability of Rainwater Harvesting System for the Domestic Needs (A Case Study of Daugha VDC, Gulmi, Nepal)			
			
			Summary Presentation			
			
			
			Downloads: 1			
				Author: Ramesh Chandra Bohara 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2015 
				Institution: Pokhara University, Nepal			
			
			Sustainability of Rainwater Harvesting System for the Domestic Needs (A Case Study of Daugha VDC, Gulmi, Nepal)			
			
			Master Thesis			
			
			
			Downloads: 80			
				Author: Ramesh Chandra Bohara 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2015 
				Institution: Pokhara University, Nepal			
			
			District Monitoring			
			
			Water Point Mapping and Monitoring Series			
			
			
			Downloads: 144			
				Author: Pearce, J, E. Greggio, and E. Stephens 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2015 
				Publisher: RWSN			
			
			Service delivery indicators and monitoring to improve sustainability of rural water supplies in Ghana			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 52			
				Author: Adank, M., Le Gouais, A., Lockwood, H., Dzansi, P. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2011 			
			
			The Technology Applicability Framework. A Participatory Tool to Validate Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Technologies for Low-Income Urban Areas			
			
			in S. Hostettler et al. (eds.), Technologies for Development,			
			
			
			Downloads: 147			
				Author: Olschewski, A. and V. Casey 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2015 
				Publisher: Springer International Publishing			
			
			Manual Drilling Compendium 2015			
			
			RWSN Publication 2015-2			
			
			
			Downloads: 2195			
				Author: DANERT K. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2015 
				Publisher: Skat
				Institution: Skat			
			
			Handpump Standardisation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Seeking a Champion			
			
			RWSN Publication 2015-1			
			
			
			Downloads: 1624			
				Author: MacArthur, J. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2015 
				Publisher: RWSN			
			
			Rainwater Harvesting: harnessing the storm			
			
			Briefing Note on the RAIN-RWSN webinar series 2014			
			
			
			Downloads: 155			
				Author: FUREY S. G. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2014 
				Publisher: RWSN
				Institution: RAIN			
			
			Handpumps: where now?			
			
			A synthesis of online discussions  (2012-2014) -##2019 UPDATE##			
			
			
			Downloads: 1068			
				Author: FUREY S. G. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2019 
				Publisher: RWSN
				Institution: Skat Foundation			
			
			Project Implementation Manual			
			
			Community Water Supply and Sanitation Agency, Ghana			
			
			
			Downloads: 542			
				Author: CWSA 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2014 
				Publisher: Community Water Supply and Sanitation Agency
				Institution: Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing			
			
			Post-Construction Support and Sustainability in Community-Managed Rural Water Supply			
			
			Water P-Notes Issue 39			
			
			
			Downloads: 107			
				Author: Bakalian, A., Wakeman, W. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2009 
				Publisher: World Bank			
			
			RWSN Handpump Survey 2013			
			
			Summary of Findings			
			
			
			Downloads: 1014			
				Author: FUREY S. G. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2013 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation
				Institution: Rural Water Supply Network			
			
			MSWG Meeting - Stockholm WWW 2013			
			
			Management and Support Working Group Meeting			
			
			
			Downloads: 123			
				Author: RWSN 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2013 
				Publisher: RWSN			
			
			Synthesis report on stakeholder baseline studies on technology selection process and the stakeholders’ attitudes			
			
			WASHTech - Deliverable 7.1			
			
			
			Downloads: 47			
				Author: PARKER, A. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2012 
				Publisher: WASHTech
				Institution: EU FP7			
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