RWSN Library
Resources
			
			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 			
			
			Handpump maintenance			
			
			guidelines for organising handpump maintenance systems			
			
			
			Downloads: 14			
				Author: Hofkes, EH 
			
			Year of Publishing: 1983 
				Publisher: IRC			
			
			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			
			
			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			
			
			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			
			
			Performance and prospects of rural drinking water services in francophone West Africa (EN/FR)			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 227			
				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			
			
			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			
			
			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			
			
			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			
			
			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			
			
			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			
			
			Groundwater and Drilling			
			
			Insights from over 50 countries			
			
			
			Downloads: 549			
				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			
			
			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			
			
			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			
			
			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			
			
			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			
			
			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			
			
			India Mark II Redesign 2007-2012			
			
			Concept Paper			
			
			
			Downloads: 171			
				Author: MATTHEWS-FREDERICK, R. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2012 
				Publisher: unpublished
				Institution: Nile Centre for Alternative Technology			
			
			Sudan Drilling Status Report 2012			
			
			Development of Code of Practice for Cost Effective Boreholes and Drilling Strategy			
			
			
			Downloads: 151			
				Author: Government of Sudan 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2012 
				Publisher: Government of Sudan
				Institution: Drinking Water and Sanitation Unit			
			
			Webinar Series 2014 (RAIN - RWSN)			
			
			Interactive webinars that aim promote sharing of knowledge and experience in rainwater harvesting			
			
			
			Downloads: 516			
				Author: FUREY S. G. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2014 
				Publisher: RAIN/RWSN
				Institution: RAIN/RWSN			
			
			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			
			
			L'évaluation des technologies d'eau et d'assainissement pour garantir leur durabilité			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 1			
				Author: Eau et Assainissement pour l’Afrique (EAA) 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2013 
				Publisher: WASHTech Project			
			
			Guide d’introduction des technologies d’eau et d’assainissement au Burkina Faso			
			
			TIP Guidelines			
			
			
			Downloads: 69			
				Author: EEA/WSA 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2013 
				Publisher: WASHTech Project			
			
			WASHTech Burkina embedding and learning alliances progress to date and challenges to address			
			
			WASHTech report: Burkina Faso			
			
			
			Downloads: 33			
				Author: WSA 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2013 
				Publisher: WASHTech Project
				Institution: Water and Sanitation for Africa			
			
			Webinar 2013 (WSP-RWSN): Financial Sustainability			
			
			24 September 2013			
			
			
			Downloads: 154			
				Author: LEGER, C. and KLUSTE, A. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2013 
				Publisher: RWSN
				Institution: WSP-RWSN			
			
			MSWG Meeting - Stockholm WWW 2013			
			
			Management and Support Working Group Meeting			
			
			
			Downloads: 123			
				Author: RWSN 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2013 
				Publisher: RWSN			
			
			Synthesis report on stakeholder baseline studies on technology selection process and the stakeholders’ attitudes			
			
			WASHTech - Deliverable 7.1			
			
			
			Downloads: 47			
				Author: PARKER, A. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2012 
				Publisher: WASHTech
				Institution: EU FP7			
			
			Learning Alliances in WASHTech			
			
			WASHTech - Deliverable 6.1 / D4			
			
			
			Downloads: 45			
				Author: IRC, CREPA, TREND and NETWAS (U) 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2011 
				Publisher: WASHTech
				Institution: EU FP7			
			
			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			
			
			Providing a basic level of water and sanitation services that last: COST BENCHMARKS			
			
			WASHCost Infosheet 1			
			
			
			Downloads: 179			
				Author: WASHCOST 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2012 
				Publisher: IRC
				Institution: WASHCOST			
			
			Synthesis Report (2010): Code of Practice for Cost-Effective Boreholes			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 69			
				Author: Kerstin Danert 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2010 
				Publisher: Rural Water Supply Network
				Institution: Skat Foundation			
			
			Supporting Rural Water Supply			
			
			Moving towards a Service Delivery Approach			
			
			
			Downloads: 475			
				Author: LOCKWOOD, H. and SMITS, S. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2011 
				Publisher: Practical Action Publishing Ltd.
				Institution: IRC/Aguaconsult			
			
			Le Programme national d’approvisionnement en eau potable et d’assainissement l’horizon 2015			
			
			Rapport Bilan Annuel Au Decembre 2011			
			
			
			Downloads: 31			
				Author: Direction Générale des Ressources en Eau 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2012 
				Publisher: Ministère de l'Agriculture et de l'Hydraulique			
			
			Well Construction Manual			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 360			
				Author: LJSSS 
			
			Year of Publishing: 1987 
				Publisher: Sarvodaya Rural Technical Services
				Institution: Lanka Jathika Sarvodaya Shramadana Sangamaya			
			
			Handpump Data 2009 (ARCHIVE - SEE UPDATE)			
			
			Selected Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa			
			
			
			Downloads: 1425			
				Author: RWSN 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2009 
				Publisher: RWSN			
			
			Who is going to drill the African Boreholes?			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 163			
				Author: ROBINSON, A., 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2006 
				Publisher: RWSN
				Institution: WSP, Skat			
			
			The Importance of Manual Drilling in Africa			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 82			
				Author: GAYA, S. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2009 
				Publisher: UNICEF			
			
			National Workshop on Cost-Effective Boreholes in Sudan			
			
			18-19 November 2009 Grand Holiday Villa Hotel, Khartoum, SUDAN			
			
			
			Downloads: 117			
				Author: RWSN 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2009 
				Publisher: UNICEF
				Institution: Public Water Corporation, MWRI			
			
			Private Sector Perspective, North Sudan			
			
			Paper presented at the National Workshop on Cost-Effective Boreholes, November 2009			
			
			
			Downloads: 47			
				Author: AZIEM, A. and A. OSMAN 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2009 			
			
			Low Cost Drilling in the Sudan - from an NGO Perspective			
			
			National Workshop on Cost Effective Boreholes in Sudan, Khartoum			
			
			
			Downloads: 72			
				Author: IAS 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2009 
				Publisher: International Aid Services			
			
			Hand Drilling in Southern Sudan			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 146			 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2009 
				Publisher: Department of Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (South Sudan)			
 Google Übersetzer
Google Übersetzer 
			 
						
			
		 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				