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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			
			
			Scaling for impact			
			
			Lessons learnt from funding water and sanitation enterprises			
			
			
			Downloads: 6			
				Author: SFF 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2020 
				Publisher: The Stone Family Foundation
				Institution: The Stone Family Foundation			
			
			What drives the performance of rural piped water supply facilities in Ghana			
			
			A mixed methods observational study			
			
			
			Downloads: 48			
				Author: REAL-Water 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2024 
				Publisher: USAID
				Institution: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Rural Evidence and Learning for Water Project.			
			
			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			
			
			Hand Pump Test Programme - Final Report (1981) + Follow-up reports (1986)			
			
			3000 Well Drilling Programme in Southern and Central Ghana			
			
			
			Downloads: 35			
				Author: IDC 
			
			Year of Publishing: 1981 
				Publisher: IDC International Drilling Consultants
				Institution: Republic of Ghana, Ghana Water and Sewerage Corporation			
			
			Centralized or Onsite Testing? Examining the Costs of Water Quality Monitoring in Rural Africa			
			
			Journal article			
			
			
			Downloads: 3			
				Author: REAL-Water 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2024 
				Publisher: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)			
			
			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: 188			
				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			
			
			Evaluating Water Quality Assurance Funds In Ghana			
			
			Baseline Assessment			
			
			
			Downloads: 4			
				Author: REAL-Water 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: United  States Agency for International Development (USAID) Rural Evidence and Learning for Water Project			
			
			Evaluation of Water Safety Plans in Rural Ghana			
			
			Baseline Assessment			
			
			
			Downloads: 2			
				Author: REAL-Water 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: United  States Agency for International Development (USAID) Rural Evidence and Learning for Water Project			
			
			Implementation Manual: Water Quality Assurance Fund			
			
			REAL Water Manual 			
			
			
			Downloads: 9			
				Author: REAL-Water 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: Rural Evidence and Learning for Water Project.
				Institution: USAID			
			
			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			
			
			Ghana WASH Sector Development Programme (GWASHSDP) 2021-2030			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 81			
				Author: MoSWR 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources
				Institution: Government of Ghana			
			
			Financial Innovations for Rural Water Supply in Low-Resource Settings			
			
			REAL-Water Innovation Overview			
			
			
			Downloads: 153			
				Author: REAL-Water 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Rural Evidence and Learning for Water.			
			
			National Water Policy			
			
			MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES, WORKS AND HOUSING			
			
			
			Downloads: 14			
				Author: Government of Ghana 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2007 
				Publisher: Government of Ghana
				Institution: Government of Ghana			
			
			Community Water and Sanitation Agency			
			
			Water Safety Framework			
			
			
			Downloads: 24			
				Author: GOVERNMENT OF GHANA 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2010 			
			
			Community Water and Sanitation Agency			
			
			SMALL COMMUNITIES SECTOR GUIDELINES (Operation and Maintenance Guidelines)			
			
			
			Downloads: 1			
				Author: GOVERNMENT OF GHANA 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2010 			
			
			Ghana Modified India Mark II			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 118			 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2002 
				Publisher: Community Water and Sewerage Agency, Ghana
				Institution: Community Water and Sewerage Agency, Ghana			
			
			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			
			
			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: -			
			
			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.			
			
			Modular Building Project			
			
			How data-driven and disruptive technologies can improve the sustainability of water services in rural Africa			
			
			
			Downloads: 57			
				Author: van Kinderen, I. and W. de Vries 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2021 
				Publisher: Practica Foundation
				Institution: Project Maji			
			
			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.			
			
			Operation & Maintenance of Handpumps in Ghana			
			
			Discussion Paper			
			
			
			Downloads: 19			
				Author: Baumann E. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 1992 
				Publisher: World Bank
				Institution: UNDP/World Bank			
			
			Catalogue on ‘Learn Harvesting Rainwater’			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 23			
				Author: Nissen-Petersen, E. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2021 
				Publisher: ASAL Consultants Ltd.			
			
			Report on The Performance of Afridev and Nira Pumps			
			
			COWAP Field Paper 27			
			
			
			Downloads: 9			
				Author: Mathisen S. and Nampusuor R. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2000 
				Publisher: Cowater			
			
			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			
			
			Evaluation of Maintenance Systems in Ghana			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 22			
				Author: Fonseka J, & E. Baumann 
			
			Year of Publishing: 1994 
				Publisher: Skat			
			
			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 			
			
			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			
			
			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			
			
			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: 986			
				Author: DANERT, K, FUREY, S, MECHTA, M and GUPTA, S 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2016 
				Publisher: World Bank
				Institution: World Bank			
			
			District Monitoring			
			
			Water Point Mapping and Monitoring Series			
			
			
			Downloads: 144			
				Author: Pearce, J, E. Greggio, and E. Stephens 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2015 
				Publisher: RWSN			
			
			Service delivery indicators and monitoring to improve sustainability of rural water supplies in Ghana			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 52			
				Author: Adank, M., Le Gouais, A., Lockwood, H., Dzansi, P. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2011 			
			
			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			
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