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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			
			
			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			
			
			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			
			
			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			
			
			Self-supply: Lessons from WaterAid’s experiences 2005–2023			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 36			
				Author: Bartnik T.  
			
			Year of Publishing: 2024 
				Publisher: WaterAid
				Institution: WaterAid			
			
			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)			
			
			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			
			
			Preventing Rapid Corrosion of Handpumps Through Regulations			
			
			Water Knowledge Note			
			
			
			Downloads: 191			
				Author: World Bank 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2024 
				Publisher: World Bank Group
				Institution: World Bank Group Water Global Practice			
			
			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			
			
			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			
			
			STOP THE ROT: History of the Rapid Handpump Corrosion Problem in Zambia and Potential Next Steps			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 81			
				Author: Javan Nkhosi & Kerstin Danert 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: RWSN
				Institution: RWSN, Ask for Water, Skat Foundation			
			
			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			
			
			Assessment of the Simple, Market-based, Affordable and Repairable Technologies (SMART) approach for Water and Sanitation			
			
			Final Report			
			
			
			Downloads: 340			
				Author: IRC Consult 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2022 
				Publisher: IRC			
			
			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: 348			
				Author: DANERT, K. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2022 
				Publisher: RWSN
				Institution: Skat Foundation/Ask for Water			
			
			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: -			
			
			Guidelines for community-driven water resource management			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 55			
				Author: SADC/Danida Regional Water Sector Programme 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2009 
				Publisher: Southern African Development Community/Danish
				Institution: Southern African Development Community/Danish			
			
			Stop the rot: handpump functionality, corrosion, component quality and supply chains			
			
			Action research in sub-Saharan Africa			
			
			
			Downloads: 1839			
				Author: DANERT, K. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2022 
				Publisher: Ask for Water GmbH, Skat Foundation and RWSN.			
			
			Achievements and Lessons Learned in the Implementation of Groundwater Regulation in Zambia / Réalisations et enseignements tirés de la mise en œuvre de la réglementation des eaux souterraines en Zambie			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 252			
				Author: DANERT, K., ADELIKE, D., MALIK, M.., MUSETEKA, L. & ABUURU, D. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2022 
				Publisher: Water Resources Management Authority
				Institution: Water Resources Management Authority			
			
			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.			
			
			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			
			
			An Evaluation of the PlayPump® Water System as an Appropriate Technology for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Programmes			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 45			
				Author: Brocklehurst C. and P. Harvey 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2007 
				Publisher: UNICEF			
			
			Policy influence for ultra-deep reaching hand pumps			
			
			Case study for LifePump acceptance in Zambia and Malawi			
			
			
			Downloads: 844			
				Author: Chisenga, Bixler, Sitolo, Nyirenda, Muheka, Peacock 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2021 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation
				Institution: RWSN			
			
			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			
			
			Catalogue on ‘Learn Harvesting Rainwater’			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 23			
				Author: Nissen-Petersen, E. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2021 
				Publisher: ASAL Consultants Ltd.			
			
			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			
			
			The SOMAP Experience, Zambia			
			
			A study of the how sustainable a national rural water supply programme turned out, in Chongwe District, Zambia			
			
			
			Downloads: 451			
				Author: Nkhosi, J. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2020 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation
				Institution: RWSN			
			
			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			
			
			Implementation Plan For Self Supply Piloting In Luapula Province			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 28			
				Author: Sutton, S. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2007 
				Publisher: RWSN
				Institution: SWL Consultants / UNICEF			
			
			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 			
			
			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			
			
			Borehole Drilling Supervision Short Course, Zambia (2018)			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 529			
				Author: Dotun Adekile, Max Karen & Kerstin Danert 
			
			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			
			
			Statutory Instruments for Groundwater in Zambia			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 165			
				Author: Government of Zambia 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2018 			
			
			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			
			
			Effective Joint Sector Reviews for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)			
			
			A Study and Guidance - 2016			
			
			
			Downloads: 992			
				Author: DANERT, K, FUREY, S, MECHTA, M and GUPTA, S 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2016 
				Publisher: World Bank
				Institution: World Bank			
			
			Procurement, Costing & Pricing and Contract Management of Borehole Construction - Zambia Short Course Report			
			
			Striving for Professionalism in Cost Effective Boreholes in Zambia			
			
			
			Downloads: 906			
				Author: ADEKILE, D and DANERT, K 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2016 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation
				Institution: Skat Foundation			
			
			Review of Self-financed Water Supply in Milenge district, Zambia			
			
			Country Report Zambia			
			
			
			Downloads: 119			
				Author: Olschewski A., Sutton S., Ngoma M. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2016 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation
				Institution: UNICEF			
			
			Review of Self-supply and its support services in African countries			
			
			Synthesis Report			
			
			
			Downloads: 272			
				Author: Olschewski, A. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2016 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation
				Institution: UNICEF			
			
			Human rights to water and Self-Supply – Potential and challenges			
			
			RWSN webinar on 24th November 2015 – Key messages and generic findings			
			
			
			Downloads: 97			
				Author: Olschewski 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2015 
				Publisher: RWSN
				Institution: Skat			
			
			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			
			
			المقررة الخاصة للأمم المتحدة المعنية بحق الإنسان في الحصول على مياه الشرب المأمونة وخدمات الصرف الصح			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 32			
				Author: DE ALBUQUERQUE, C. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2014 
				Publisher: UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation
				Institution: UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation			
			
			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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