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			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 			
			
			Evaluating Water Quality Assurance Funds in Tanzania:			
			
			Baseline Assessment			
			
			
			Downloads: 15			
				Author: REAL-Water 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2024 
				Publisher: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)			
			
			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: 186			
				Author: Wagner J., S. Merner, S. Innocenti, A. Geling, R. Hope 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2025 
				Publisher: Science Direct
				Institution: World Development			
			
			Handpump maintenance			
			
			guidelines for organising handpump maintenance systems			
			
			
			Downloads: 14			
				Author: Hofkes, EH 
			
			Year of Publishing: 1983 
				Publisher: IRC			
			
			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			
			
			Self-supply: Lessons from WaterAid’s experiences 2005–2023			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 36			
				Author: Bartnik T.  
			
			Year of Publishing: 2024 
				Publisher: WaterAid
				Institution: WaterAid			
			
			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			
			
			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			
			
			Tanzania Institutional Framework For Water Supply			
			
			REAL-Water Institutional Framework Report			
			
			
			Downloads: 7			
				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: 227			
				Author: REACH/RWSN  
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 			
			
			Water, Sanitation and Disability in Rural West Africa			
			
			Enhancing Access and Use of WASH facilities			
			
			
			Downloads: 30			
				Author: W. Ray Norman, Ph.D. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2010 			
			
			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			
			
			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			
			
			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			
			
			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			
			
			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			
			
			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			
			
			Professionnaliser l'eau et l'assainissement en milieu rural au Mali			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 861			
				Author: GIZ 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2020 
				Publisher: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)			
			
			Professionalising rural water & sanitation in Mali			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 129			
				Author: GIZ 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2020 
				Publisher: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)			
			
			REPUBLIQUE DU MALI - ETUDE DE FAISABILITE DES FORAGES MANUELS - IDENTIFICATION DES ZONES POTENTIELLEMENT FAVORABLES			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 29			
				Author: Fabio Fussi 
			
			Year of Publishing: 0000 
				Publisher: UNICEF, Practica Foundation and Enterprise Works/VITA
				Institution: UNICEF, Practica Foundation and Enterprise Works/VITA			
			
			REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA - FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR MANUAL DRILLING - MAPPING OF FAVOURABLE ZONES			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 22			
				Author: Fabio Fussi 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2012 
				Publisher: UNICEF, Practica Foundation and Enterprise Works/VITA
				Institution: UNICEF, Practica Foundation and Enterprise Works/VITA			
			
			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			
			
			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			
			
			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			
			
			Solar pumping for rural water supply: life-cycle costs from eight countries			
			
			40th WEDC International Conference			
			
			
			Downloads: 184			
				Author: A. Armstrong, J. Mahan & J. Zapor 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2017 
				Publisher: WEDC Conference 2017
				Institution: Water Mission			
			
			Assessing Community Management of Water Sources in Rural Tanzania			
			
			Masters Thesis Academic Year 2017			
			
			
			Downloads: 298			
				Author: Farré, L. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2017 
				Publisher: University of Basel			
			
			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			
			
			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			
			
			Water Point Mapping Solutions for Decision Making			
			
			Using Data for Equity and Investment. The Liberia Experience			
			
			
			Downloads: 34			
				Author: Koroma A.H. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2012 
				Institution: GoL			
			
			Domestic Rainwater Harvesting: Tanzania			
			
			Field Study Report 2009			
			
			
			Downloads: 154			
				Author: Paul Omondi, Mwanasha Ally and Evangline Wanyama 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2009 
				Publisher: EnterpriseWorks/VITA
				Institution: EnterpriseWorks/VITA			
			
			Drilling Procurement and Contract Management			
			
			Documents and Templates from UNICEF Mali			
			
			
			Downloads: 464			
				Author: UNICEF 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2015 
				Publisher: UNICEF
				Institution: Unicef Mali			
			
			Short report on Self-supply Seminar at the “My Water-my business” event			
			
			20th March 2015 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia			
			
			
			Downloads: 286			
				Author: OLSCHEWSKI, A. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2015 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation			
			
			A comparative study between “Rope pumps” and conventional piston pumps on water quality and other sustainability parameters			
			
			Appropriate technologies for rural water supply			
			
			
			Downloads: 152			
				Author: COLORU, B., S. MGAYA and R. POZZI-TAUBERT 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2012 
				Publisher: Fondazione ACRA-CCS, SHIPO			
			
			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			
			
			The Water Point Mapping Updating Methodology			
			
			A Guide by WaterAid Tanzania			
			
			
			Downloads: 229			
				Author: WaterAid 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2014 
				Publisher: WaterAid			
			
			WASH Sector Performance Report 2013 - Liberia			
			
			Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) Liberia			
			
			
			Downloads: 405			
				Author: Government of the Republic of Liberia 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2014 
				Publisher: Government of the Republic of Liberia
				Institution: Government of the Republic of Liberia			
			
			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			
			
			Self Supply in Tanzania: SHIPO’s Training of local drillers and rope pump producers in Makambako, 2012/2013			
			
			Report on Follow up of Training			
			
			
			Downloads: 137			
				Author: OLSCHEWSKI, A 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2013 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation
				Institution: Skat Foundation			
			
			Regulating and Monitoring the Technical & Financial Performance of Small Systems/Suivi technique & financier et régulation			
			
			Understanding, implementing and applying monitoring mechanisms to improve the quality and support the regulation of water services			
			
			
			Downloads: 189			
				Author: FAGGIANELLI, D & DESILLE, D 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2013 
				Publisher: Acqua-OING, programme Solidarité Eau
				Institution: Acqua-OING, programme Solidarité Eau			
			
			Capacity Development Plan 2012 - 2017			
			
			Liberia Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Sector			
			
			
			Downloads: 152			
				Author: NWSHPC 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2012 
				Publisher: Government of the Republic of Liberia			
			
			Capacity Development Needs Assessment July - Oct 2012 (Short Version)			
			
			Liberia Water, Sanitation and Hygiene			
			
			
			Downloads: 86			
				Author: NWSHPC 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2012 
				Publisher: Government of the Republic of Liberia			
			
			Tanzania Supply Chain Study Report			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 92			
				Author: BAUMANN E and LYIMO B 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2000 
				Institution: Skat			
			
			Accélérer l’auto-approvisionnement: Résumé des progrès accomplis dans l’introduction d’une nouvelle approche			
			
			RWSN Field Note 2011-6			
			
			
			Downloads: 43			
				Author: SUTTON, S. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2011 
				Publisher: RWSN			
			
			Rural Water for All - The river may be wide, but it can be crossed			
			
			Final Report April 2012			
			
			
			Downloads: 148			
				Author: DANERT, K. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2012 
				Publisher: RWSN
				Institution: Skat			
			
			The Walimi Handpump - Manufacturing Guidelines			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 55			
				Author: MIZRAY, E.C., KAWA, G. M. and K. ERPF 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2002 
				Publisher: RWSN (incl. HTN)
				Institution: Skat/Government of Tanzania			
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