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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			
			
			Triggering Reflection and Change			
			
			RWSN Story of Change			
			
			
			Downloads: 6			
				Author: Berstchy, V. & Furey, S. G. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2024 
				Publisher: RWSN
				Institution: Skat Foundation			
			
			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			
			
			Handpump maintenance			
			
			guidelines for organising handpump maintenance systems			
			
			
			Downloads: 14			
				Author: Hofkes, EH 
			
			Year of Publishing: 1983 
				Publisher: IRC			
			
			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			
			
			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			
			
			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: 12			
				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			
			
			SIRWASH Webinar Series 			
			
			Webinar series of the SIRWASH Programme (Sustainable and Innovative Rural Water, Sanitation and Hygiene)			
			
			
			Downloads: 481			
				Author: Various 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: RWSN
				Institution: RWSN			
			
			5 Stories of Change / 5 Historias de Cambio / 5 Histoires de Changement			
			
			WASH Agenda for Change			
			
			
			Downloads: 35			
				Author: Agenda for Change 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: Agenda for Change			
			
			RWSN Webinar early series, May- Jun 2023			
			
			RWSN Webinar early series, May- Jun 2023			
			
			
			Downloads: 608			
				Author: Various 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: RWSN
				Institution: RWSN			
			
			Servicios sostenibles e innovadores de Agua, Saneamiento e Higiene en zonas rurales - SIRWASH			
			
			Cerrando brechas en la cobertura y calidad de los servicios de agua, saneamiento e higiene para asegurar servicios asequibles, sostenbibles y de calidad			
			
			
			Downloads: 10			
				Author: Agencia Suiza para el Desarrollo y la Cooperación (COSUDE) 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2021 			
			
			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			
			
			SISAR Model for Brazil Rural Water Supply			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 20			
				Author: Moraes Carvalho, D.,  M. Ossewaarde and T. Yue 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2020 
				Publisher: Erasmus University
				Institution: Rotterdam School of Management			
			
			SISAR Ceará, Brazil			
			
			Case Study			
			
			
			Downloads: 6			
				Author: Dos Santos Rocha, W. and M. Salvetti 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2017 
				Publisher: World Bank Group			
			
			I TRIED TO SAVE THE WORLD AND FAILED			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 727			
				Author: Siegel, L. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2022 
				Publisher: Self-published			
			
			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: 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			
			
			2nd HTN Workshop (Malawi, 1997)			
			
			Partnerships, Roles and Responsibilities			
			
			
			Downloads: 22			
				Author: Wishart, G. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 1997 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation
				Institution: HTN (RWSN)			
			
			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			
			
			The Karonga VLOM			
			
			Field Experience with Afridev Deepwell Handpumps April 1991 to March 1994			
			
			
			Downloads: 12			
				Author: Jespersen, C. B. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 1994 
				Publisher: Water Department/Danida
				Institution: Karonga Lakeshore Integrated Rural Groundwater Project			
			
			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			
			
			Catalogue on ‘Learn Harvesting Rainwater’			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 23			
				Author: Nissen-Petersen, E. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2021 
				Publisher: ASAL Consultants Ltd.			
			
			Rural Water 2021 + Blue Pages / Pages Bleues			
			
			Bienvenue à la première édition des Pages Bleues du RWSN.			
			
			
			Downloads: 1167			
				Author: RWSN 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2021 
				Publisher: 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			
			
			A qualitative assessment of disability friendly water and sanitation facilities in primary schools, Rumphi, Malawi			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 1			
				Author: Zaunda, H, Holm, R. H., Itimu-Phiri, A., Malota, M. and White, S. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2018 
				Publisher: Development Southern Africa, 2018, 35(6), pages 760-773. DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2018.1461610
				Institution: Mzuzu University			
			
			Reducing the burden of rural water supply through greywater reuse			
			
			A case study from northern Malawi			
			
			
			Downloads: 37			
				Author: Newcomer, E., Boyd, C., Nyirenda, L., Opong, E., Marquez, S. and Holm, R. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2017 
				Publisher: Water Science & Technology: Water Supply, 2017, 17(4), pages 1088-1096. DOI: 10.2166/ws.2017.004
				Institution: Mzuzu University			
			
			Functionality and water quality of Elephant pumps			
			
			Implications for sustainable drinking water supplies in rural Malawi.			
			
			
			Downloads: 37			
				Author: Holm, R., Stroud, R., Msilimba, G. and Gwayi, S. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2015 
				Publisher: Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 2015, 1, pages 129-134. DOI: 10.1016/j.gsd.2016.02.001
				Institution: Mzuzu University			
			
			Access to groundwater and link to the impact on quality of life			
			
			A look at the past, present and future public health needs in Mzimba district, Malawi			
			
			
			Downloads: 32			
				Author: Rieger, K., Holm, R. H. and Sheridan H. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2016 
				Publisher: Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 2016, 2-3, pages 117–129. DOI: 10.1016/j.gsd.2016.07.002
				Institution: Mzuzu University			
			
			Achieving the sustainable development goals: A case study of the complexity of water quality health risks in Malawi			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 1			
				Author: Holm, R., Wandschneider, P., Felsot, A. and Msilimba, G. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2016 
				Publisher: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2016, 35:20. DOI: 10.1186/s41043-016-0057-x
				Institution: Mzuzu University			
			
			A qualitative study of barriers to accessing water, sanitation and hygiene for disabled people in Malawi			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 31			
				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			
			
			Comparative evaluation of the cost of water in northern Malawi			
			
			From rural water wells to science education			
			
			
			Downloads: 16			
				Author: Holm, R., Singini, W. and Gwayi, S. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2016 
				Publisher: Applied Economics, 2016, 48(47), pages 4573-4583. DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2016
				Institution: Mzuzu University			
			
			The handpump choice is yours: A pilot study in Rumphi District, Malawi.			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 11			
				Author: Holm, R., Kamangira, A., Kasulo, V., Kaponda, P., Hara, E., Carney-Filmore, C. and Nhlema, M. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2017 
				Publisher: Waterlines, 2017, 36 (4), pages 358-366.
				Institution: Mzuzu University			
			
			Where are the rural groundwater quality data for the assessment of health risks in northern Malawi?			
			
			A thought leadership piece			
			
			
			Downloads: 31			
				Author: Holm, R. H., Kunkel, G. and Nyirenda, L. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2018 
				Publisher: Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 2018, 7, pages 157-163.
				Institution: Mzuzu University			
			
			Using irrigation to kick-start multiple-use water services for small-scale farmers in Malawi:			
			
			a case study of the Nkhata Bay district, Malawi			
			
			
			Downloads: 22			
				Author: Stedman, S. Mnyimbiri, A. M., Kawonga, Z., Malota, M., Njera, D., Hall, R. P. and Holm, R. H. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2018 
				Publisher: Irrigation and Drainage, 2018, 67(5), pages 645–653
				Institution: Mzuzu University			
			
			Drinking water quality and human dimensions of cholera patients to inform evidence-based prevention investment in Karonga District, Malawi			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 18			
				Author: Kaponda, P., Muthukrishnan, S., Barber, R and Holm, R. H. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2019 
				Publisher: Water Supply, 2019,19.7, pages 2079-2087.
				Institution: Mzuzu University			
			
			Do rope and washer pumps provide safe water and satisfied users? A case study piloting new rural water supply technology in Rumphi District, Malawi.			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 20			
				Author: Mkandawire, J. C., Tembo, M., Nhlema, M., Luhanga, J. and Holm, R. H. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2019 
				Publisher: Water SA, 2019, 45(3), pages 456-463.
				Institution: Mzuzu University			
			
			Front-line rural health clinics: Water, sanitation and hygiene access in Ntcheu District (Malawi)			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 19			
				Author: Mmanga, M., Holm, R. H. and Di Bella, V. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2020 
				Publisher: Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C Volume 116, April 2020, 102862
				Institution: Mzuzu University			
			
			Measuring functionality and performance levels			
			
			Technical brief			
			
			
			Downloads: 248			
				Author: Fallas, H. C., MacDonald, A.M., Casey, V., Kebede, S., Owor, M., Mwathunga, E., Calow, R., Cleaver, F., Cook, P., Fenner, R.A., Dessie, N., Yehualaeshet, T., Wolde, G., Okullo, J., Katusiime, F., Alupo, G., Berochan, G., Chavula, G., Banda, S., Mleta, P., 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2018 
				Publisher: British Geological Survey (BGS)
				Institution: UPGro Hidden Crisis Consortium			
			
			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: 24			
				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 			
			
			Making Rights Real - Portuguese version			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 63			
				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 			
			
			Water Supply Borehole Drilling Supervision Training - Water Futures Programme			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 200			
				Author: Mannix, N. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2018 
				Publisher: Climate Justice Fund
				Institution: Climate Justice Fund			
			
			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			
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