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			The Untapped Potential of Decentralized Solutions to Provide Safe, Sustainable Drinking Water at Large Scale			
			
			The State of the Safe Water Enterprises Market			
			
			
			Downloads: 6			
				Author: Bhatnagar, N., Lampert, S., Goyal, V. Mehta, R., Rai, R. and Chandrasekhar A.  
			
			Year of Publishing: 2017 
				Publisher: Dalberg Global Development Advisors			
			
			RWSN Annual Report 2024			
			
			Professional Rural Water Services for All			
			
			
			Downloads: 248			
				Author: RWSN 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2025 
				Publisher: RWSN
				Institution: Skat Foundation			
			
			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			
			
			Guideline for WASH SDG project staff to support LGIs in rolling out the Pro-Poor Strategy for Water and Sanitation Sector in Bangladesh			
			
			WASH Alliance International (WAI) sub-programme Bangladesh, WASH SDG Consortium			
			
			
			Downloads: 3			
				Author: Dey, D, Walter, E 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2021 
				Publisher: WASH Alliance			
			
			Guidelines for rural drinking water supply projects in Afghanistan			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 10			
				Author: Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA) 
			
			Year of Publishing: 1996 
				Publisher: Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA)			
			
			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			
			
			Karnataka Sustainable Rural Water Supply Program			
			
			Program Information Documents (PID)			
			
			
			Downloads: 39			
				Author: The World Bank 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: The World Bank 
				Institution: Water Global Practice			
			
			Bangladesh Rural Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Human Capital Development Project			
			
			Project Information Document (PID)			
			
			
			Downloads: 30			
				Author: The World Bank 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2020 
				Publisher: The World Bank 
				Institution: Water Global Practice			
			
			Data Audit | 2022–2023.			
			
			Uptime summary report			
			
			
			Downloads: 1			
				Author: Armstrong, A., Nilsson, K. and Tretheway, F.  
			
			Year of Publishing: 2024 
				Publisher: Uptime 			
			
			The SafePani model: Delivering safe drinking water in schools and healthcare centres in Bangladesh			
			
			Story of change: Key findings & emerging impacts			
			
			
			Downloads: 10			
				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			
			
			Cost estimates for safe drinking water in schools and healthcare centres in Khulna District, Bangladesh			
			
			Briefing note: January 2023			
			
			
			Downloads: 11			
				Author: REACH 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: REACH
				Institution: University of Oxford			
			
			An experiment in the use of PVC pipe as a pump rod in Zimbabwe’s B type Bush Pump			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 17			
				Author: Morgan, P. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2024 			
			
			Indian Tara - Final Report			
			
			Consumer Research Laboratory			
			
			
			Downloads: 1			
				Author: Devereux S. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 1993 
				Institution: Consumer Research Laboratory			
			
			Dry bearings at elevated temperatures and humidity 			
			
			Consumer Research Laboratory			
			
			
			Downloads: 3			
				Author: Roberts J. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 1988 
				Institution: Consumer Research Laboratory			
			
			Cylinder Test			
			
			Consumer Research Laboratory			
			
			
			Downloads: 2			
				Author: Devereux S. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 1991 
				Institution: Consumer Research Laboratory			
			
			Handpumps for Community Water Supply			
			
			Report of the Research and Development Coordination Meeting and an Agenda for Action			
			
			
			Downloads: 16			
				Author: The Consumer Research Laboratory, UK 
			
			Year of Publishing: 1987 
				Institution: UNDP, World Bank, Rural Water Supply Handpumps Project			
			
			Planning for India's Rural Drinking Water in the Jal Jeevan Mission Era			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 9			
				Author: REAL-Water 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Rural Evidence and Learning  for Water			
			
			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			
			
			Solar Water Pump Durability Research Memo			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 147			
				Author: Nathaniel Faith, Kaileigh Vincent-Welling, Tyler Bernard, Arne Jacobson 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2020 
				Publisher: Schatz Energy Research Center
				Institution: Schatz Energy Research Center			
			
			Guidance Note on Mainstreaming Water Resilience in Asia and the Pacific			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 15			
				Author: Asian Development Bank 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2022 
				Publisher: Asian Development Bank			
			
			Results-based funding for safe drinking water services			
			
			How a standard contract design with payment for results can accelerate safe drinking water services at scale			
			
			
			Downloads: 60			
				Author: Charles, K., Nowicki, S., Armstrong, A., Hope, R., McNicholl, D. and Nilsson, K. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: University of Oxford and Uptime Global
				Institution: REACH Programme			
			
			What Makes a Drinking Water Technology Resilient to Climatic Hazards?			
			
			REACH Programme Poster			
			
			
			Downloads: 38			
				Author: Esha A. A., Rahman M. R., Salehin M., Chowdhury A. I. A. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: Durham University
				Institution: REACH Programme			
			
			Rehabilitation of Drinking Water Wells in Coastal Orissa			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 16			
				Author: Raj Kumar Daw, L.V.R. Reddy 
			
			Year of Publishing: 1993 			
			
			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			
			
			A Recent History of Rural Drinking Water Supply in India			
			
			By Tube Wells & Hand Pumps & Some Perspectives			
			
			
			Downloads: 11			
				Author: Kumar Daw, R 
			
			Year of Publishing: 1993 
				Publisher: unpublished			
			
			Toilet and water supply demonstrations in the back yard			
			
			A display of the various toilet and water supply systems in my back yard demonstration area where toilet and water supply technology development work has taken place over the years.			
			
			
			Downloads: 94			
				Author: Morgan, P. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2022 
				Publisher: Aquamor			
			
			Self-supply of water in Asia and the Pacific: Country Profiles			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 110			
				Author: Foster, T. and Gonzalez, D. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2022 
				Publisher: Sydney: UTS.
				Institution: Sydney: UTS.			
			
			Lead in drinking-water: Health risks, monitoring and corrective actions			
			
			Technical brief			
			
			
			Downloads: 58			
				Author: WHO 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2022 
				Publisher: World Health Organization			
			
			RWSN Member Organisations learning and networking events			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 107			
				Author: RWSN Secretariat 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: RWSN
				Institution: RWSN			
			
			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			
			
			Guidelines for Planning MUS			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 44			
				Author: Adank, M., van Koppen, B. and Smits, S. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2012 
				Publisher: IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre and International Water Management Institute
				Institution: IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre and International Water Management Institute			
			
			Guidelines for Planning for Water for Livelihoods			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 54			
				Author: ZIMWASH 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2010 
				Publisher: ZIMWASH
				Institution: ZIMWASH			
			
			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			
			
			A Compendium of Good Practices in Rural Water Supply Schemes			
			
			Taking on New Challenges			
			
			
			Downloads: 91			
				Author: World Bank; India Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2016 
				Publisher: World Bank
				Institution: WSP India			
			
			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			
			
			Specification for Deep Well Handpump (Second revision - 1984) - historic			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 18			
				Author: ISI 
			
			Year of Publishing: 1984 
				Institution: Indian Standards Institution/UNICEF			
			
			Rower Pump			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 28			
				Author: Klassen, G. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 1979 
				Publisher: Mirpur Agricultural Workshop And Training School			
			
			INSPECTION AND EXAMINATION CHARTS FOR PUMP HEAD AND  “DOWN THE HOLE” COMPONENTS OF B TYPE BUSH PUMP			
			
			Extract from National Standards Specifications - SAZS 881:2013 (Appendix B and C)			
			
			
			Downloads: 32			
				Author: Government of Zimbabwe 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2013 
				Publisher: The Zimbabwe Government
				Institution: The Zimbabwe Government			
			
			Bush Pump. Zimbabwe Standard Specification 2013			
			
			ZWS 881:2013			
			
			
			Downloads: 113			
				Author: Government of Zimbabwe 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2013 
				Publisher: Government of Zimbabwe
				Institution: Government of Zimbabwe			
			
			The Zimbabwe Bush Pump (“B”type)			
			
			Useful templates and tools for examining the pump head			
			
			
			Downloads: 55			
				Author: Peter Morgan 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2012 
				Publisher: Aquamore
				Institution: Aquamore			
			
			Cast Iron No. 6 Suction Hand Pump			
			
			Production Manual			
			
			
			Downloads: 94			
				Author: UNICEF-DPHE 
			
			Year of Publishing: 1993 
				Publisher: UNICEF/Gov of Bangladesh
				Institution: Department of public Health Engineering (DPHE),			
			
			UNICEF Hand Pump R&D Project			
			
			Concluding Report			
			
			
			Downloads: 29			
				Author: Meera & Ceiko Pumps Pvt. Ltd 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2001 
				Publisher: Meera & Ceiko,
				Institution: UNICEF			
			
			Evaluation of India Mark II handpumps in India			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 13			
				Author: UNICEF 
			
			Year of Publishing: 1986 
				Publisher: UNICEF
				Institution: UNICEF			
			
			The Tara Handpump			
			
			Production Manual and Drawings			
			
			
			Downloads: 29			
				Author: DPHE/UNICEF 
			
			Year of Publishing: 1987 
				Publisher: DPHE			
			
			REACH/ RWSN 100M initiative			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 586			
				Author: REACH and RWSN 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2021 
				Publisher: REACH and RWSN
				Institution: REACH and RWSN			
			
			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			
			
			Swajal - A Community Led Approach to Rural Piped Drinking Water Supply			
			
			Guidelines			
			
			
			Downloads: 137			
				Author: MDWS 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2018 
				Publisher: Government of India
				Institution: Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation			
			
			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			
			
			My Garden Laboratory			
			
			Experiments in technical approaches to rural water supply, sanitation and hygiene carried out in my garden and home and then in the world beyond			
			
			
			Downloads: 147			
				Author: Morgan, P. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2020 
				Publisher: Aquamor			
			
			Afridev Handpumps in Pakistan			
			
			Developing Private Sector Supply Chains to Deliver Rural Water Technology			
			
			
			Downloads: 20			
				Author: Robinson, A. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2000 
				Publisher: World Bank
				Institution: WSP			
			
			Summary of RWSN E-discussion Responding to the Current COVID-19 Crisis: Questions, Resources, and Implications for Rural Water Supply at the Operational Level			
			
			Répondre à la crise COVID-19 actuelle: questions, ressources et implications pour l'approvisionnement en eau en milieu rural au niveau opérationnel			
			
			
			Downloads: 115			
				Author: Fisher, M. (UNC); Behnke, N. (UNC); Kelly E. (UNC); McNaughton A. (UNC); Furey S. (RWSN); Fürst, S. (RWSN) 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2020 
				Publisher: RWSN
				Institution: RWSN, UNC			
			
			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			
			
			WASH Capacity Development Resources			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 144			
				Author: RWSN Secretariat 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2019 
				Publisher: RWSN/Skat
				Institution: RWSN/ Skat			
			
			Professional Management of Water Well Drilling Projects & Programmes			
			
			Online Course 2019 Process Report			
			
			
			Downloads: 351			
				Author: Danert, K. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2020 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation
				Institution: RWSN			
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