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			Leveraging decentralized entrepreneurial approach to safe water supply			
			
			A comprehensive study on safe water kiosks and their impact in rural Kenya			
			
			
			Downloads: 17			
				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			
			
			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 			
			
			Integrity Management in Community-based Water Tenure in Kajiado County, Kenya			
			
			CGIAR Initiative on Climate Resilience			
			
			
			Downloads: 16			
				Author: Keega, M.; Manishimwe, E.; Schreiner, B.; van Koppen, B.; Amarnath, G. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Institution: International Water Management Institute (IWMI)			
			
			Community-Focused, Polycentric Governance of Water Supply Systems for Climate Resilience: Lessons from the Namanga Dam Water Supply Project in Kajiado, Kenya			
			
			Final Report			
			
			
			Downloads: 8			
				Author: Dorcas Njoroge 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Institution: Water Integrity Network, International Water Management Institute			
			
			MULTIPLE USES WATER SERVICES  (MUS)			
			
			CONCEPT, PRACTICES, DESIGN OPTIONS  &  ITS INSTITUTIONALIZATION			
			
			
			Downloads: 91			
				Author: Singh Khawas, N. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2025 			
			
			Rolling-out rural water regulation in Kenya: a review of progress and key processes			
			
			Discussion document - January 2025			
			
			
			Downloads: 11			 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2025 
				Publisher: University of Oxford
				Institution: REACH			
			
			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: 4			
				Author: CIEH - Comite Interafricain d'Etudes Hydrauliques 
			
			Year of Publishing: 1983 
				Publisher: CIEH - Comite Interafricain d'Etudes Hydrauliques			
			
			Public participation and community engagement in domestic water supply management in Kenya: Progress and directions			
			
			Report 			
			
			
			Downloads: 8			
				Author: Korzenevica, M., Njaggah, P., Githu, I., Matiru, V., Matere, C. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2024 
				Institution: Oxford: School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford			
			
			Drinking Water Quality and Effluent Monitoring Guideline			
			
			Water Services Regulatory Board, Kenya			
			
			
			Downloads: 19			
				Author: Water Services Regulatory Board 
			
			Year of Publishing:  
				Institution: Water Services Regulatory Board			
			
			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			
			
			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			
			
			Opportunities to advance water safety through regulation of rural water services			
			
			Discussion document: December 2023			
			
			
			Downloads: 13			
				Author: REACH 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: University of Oxford
				Institution: REACH			
			
			Evaluating Water Quality Assurance Funds in Kenya			
			
			Baseline Assessment			
			
			
			Downloads: 2			
				Author: REAL-Water 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2024 
				Publisher: United  States Agency for International Development (USAID) 			
			
			Turkana Jet research unlocks new understanding of East African droughts			
			
			Story of change: Key findings & emerging impacts			
			
			
			Downloads: 4			
				Author: REACH 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: REACH
				Institution: University of Oxford			
			
			Protecting groundwater for climate resilience and water security in Turkana			
			
			Story of change: Key findings & emerging impacts			
			
			
			Downloads: 12			
				Author: REACH 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: REACH
				Institution: University of Oxford			
			
			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			
			
			Enhancing climate resilience of water, sanitation & hygiene services in healthcare facilities in Kenya			
			
			Story of change: Key findings & emerging impacts			
			
			
			Downloads: 8			
				Author: REACH 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: REACH
				Institution: University of Oxford			
			
			Improving water and hand-washing services in rural health care facilities in Kitui County, Kenya			
			
			Policy Brief			
			
			
			Downloads: 6			
				Author: Katuva J, R.Hope, E. McBurney, N. Gladstone, J. Koehler, C. Nyaga, D. Njung’e 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2022 
				Publisher: REACH
				Institution: University of Oxford			
			
			Kenya Institutional Framework For Water Supply			
			
			REAL-Water Institutional Framework Report			
			
			
			Downloads: 13			
				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			
			
			Performance and prospects of rural drinking water services in francophone West Africa (EN/FR)			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 228			
				Author: REACH/RWSN  
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 			
			
			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			
			
			Case Studies in Community Management of Drinking Water Supply Systems in Kenya			
			
			Part 1, September 2009; Part 2, 2010-11			
			
			
			Downloads: 19			
				Author: Kumar Daw, R. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2009 
				Publisher: unpublished
				Institution: UNICEF			
			
			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: -			
			
			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.			
			
			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			
			
			Water Security for Climate Resilience Report			
			
			A synthesis of research from the Oxford University REACH programme			
			
			
			Downloads: 65			
				Author: Murgatroyd, A., Charles, K.J., Chautard, A., Dyer, E., Grasham, C., Hope, R., Hoque, S.F., Korzenevica, M., Munday, C., Alvarez-Sala, J., Dadson, S., Hall, J.W., Kebede, S., Nileshwar, A., Olago, D., Salehin, M., Ward, F., Washington, R., Yeo, D. and Zele 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2021 
				Publisher: University of Oxford, UK: REACH.			
			
			Performance Evaluation of Handpumps used in UNIGEF Projects			
			
			Mali, Burkina Faso, Benin, Nigeria			
			
			
			Downloads: 14			
				Author: Baumann E. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 1993 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation			
			
			Catalogue on ‘Learn Harvesting Rainwater’			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 23			
				Author: Nissen-Petersen, E. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2021 
				Publisher: ASAL Consultants Ltd.			
			
			RWSN E-discussion on Groundwater Regulation - July 2016			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 42			
				Author: Danert, K. Adekile, D., Gesti-Canuto, J. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2016 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation
				Institution: RWSN			
			
			Regulating Rural Water Supply Services			
			
			A comparative review of existing and emerging approaches with a focus on GIZ partner countries			
			
			
			Downloads: 127			
				Author: Gerlach, E. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2019 
				Publisher: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH			
			
			Results-Based Contracts for Rural Water Services			
			
			Uptime Working Paper 2			
			
			
			Downloads: 246			
				Author: McNicholl, D., Hope, R., Money, A., Lane, A., Armstrong, A., Dupuis, M., Harvey, A., Nyaga, C., Womble, S., Allen, J., Katuva., J., Barbotte, T., Lambert, L., Staub, M., Thomson, P., and Koehler, J. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2020 
				Publisher: Uptime consortium			
			
			Groundwater and Drilling			
			
			Insights from over 50 countries			
			
			
			Downloads: 552			
				Author: Danert, K. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2020 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation
				Institution: RWSN			
			
			RWSN Webinar early series, April - Jun 2020 - Presentations and recordings			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 939			
				Author: Various 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2020 
				Publisher: RWSN
				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			
			
			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: 143			
				Author: Danert, K 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2019 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation
				Institution: Skat Foundation			
			
			The 2019 RWSN directory of rural water supply services, tariffs, management models and lifecycle costs			
			
			2019 Edition [ENGLISH]			
			
			
			Downloads: 1498			
				Author: Deal, P. T. and Furey S. G. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2019 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation
				Institution: RWSN			
			
			Shaping Sustainable Socio-Ecological Landscapes in Africa: The Role of Transformative Research, Knowledge, and Partnerships			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 25			
				Author: Providoli I, Gete Z, Kiteme B, Amare B, Mwangi J, editors. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2019 
				Publisher: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern, with Bern Open Publishing (BOP)			
			
			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			
			
			Performance-based Funding for Reliable Rural Water Services in Africa			
			
			Uptime Consortium Working Paper 1			
			
			
			Downloads: 195			
				Author: McNicholl, D., Hope, R., Money, A., Lane, A., Armstrong, A., van der Wilk, N., Dupuis, M., Harvey, A., Nyaga, C., Womble, S., Favre, D., Allen, J., Katuva., J., Barbotte, T., Buhungiro, E., Thomson, P., and Koehler, J. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2019 			
			
			Good practice for borehole drilling in Burkina Faso			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 171			
				Author: Danert K, Ouedraogo JP, Balima A, and Zombre A 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2019 
				Publisher: UNICEF/ Skat Foundation
				Institution: UNICEF/ Skat Foundation			
			
			Funding mechanisms to incentivize sustainable and inclusive water provision in Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 66			
				Author: Ashni Shah; Rob Mills 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2018 
				Publisher: Oxfam International
				Institution: Oxfam International			
			
			Performance evaluation and economic analysis of solar photo-voltaic water pumping systems: Case of Abakore borehole water supply system in Kenya			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 80			
				Author: Otieno, J. O.; Omuto, C. T.; Gitau, A. A. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2018 
				Publisher: International Journal of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering
				Institution: University of Nairobi, Kenya, Department of Environmental and Biosystems Engineering			
			
			SWIFT water ATMs: experience and impact in Turkana and Wajir counties of Kenya			
			
			SWIFT Consortium learning brief			
			
			
			Downloads: 66			
				Author: James Origa (Oxfam) 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2018 
				Publisher: Oxfam GB, Tearfund and Overseas Development Institute
				Institution: Consortium for Sustinable Water, sanitation and hygiene in Fragile Contexts			
			
			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			
			
			Bonnes pratiques pour la réalisation de forages au Burkina Faso - 2017			
			
			Note de mission			
			
			
			Downloads: 133			
				Author: Danert. K, Ouedraogo, JP, Amadou, B et Zombre, A 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2018 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation
				Institution: Skat Foundation			
			
			Evaluation of the sustainability of solar powered water supply systems in Kenya			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 238			
				Author: EED Advisory Ltd. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2018 
				Publisher: EED Advisory Ltd.
				Institution: EU, IOM, Oxfam, NFC, GSWI			
			
			What’s Working, Where, and for How Long			
			
			A 2016 Water Point Update to the RWSN (2009) statistics			
			
			
			Downloads: 652			
				Author: Banks, B. & S. G. Furey 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2016 
				Publisher: RWSN
				Institution: GWC/Skat			
			
			An Evaluation of the BluePump in Kenya and Gambia			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 122			
				Author: Foster, T. & McSorely, B. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2016 
				Publisher: University of Technology Sydney & Oxfam
				Institution: Institute for Sustainable Futures			
			
			Water use master plan			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 21			
				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: 991			
				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			
			
			From Rights to Results in Rural Water Services			
			
			Evidence from Kyuso, Kenya			
			
			
			Downloads: 21			
				Author: Oxford/RFL 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2014 
				Publisher: University of Oxford
				Institution: Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Water Programme			
			
			Domestic Rainwater Harvesting: Kenya			
			
			Field Study Report 2009			
			
			
			Downloads: 167			
				Author: Paul Omondi, Evangline Wanyama and Erik Nissen-Petersen 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2012 
				Publisher: EnterpriseWorks/VITA
				Institution: EnterpriseWorks/VITA			
			
			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			
			
			Utilisation de la télédétection et de la modélisation du terrain pour l'identification des zones favorables aux forages manuels			
			
			Remote sensing and terrain modelling to identify suitable zones for manual drilling in Africa			
			
			
			Downloads: 664			
				Author: FUSSI, F. et al. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2015 			
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