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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			
			
			Toolkit for Enterprises Managing Rural Water Supply Systems			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 23			
				Author: McNicholl, D. 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2019 
				Publisher: WaterAid and Aguaconsult			
			
			Management manual for community participation in the activities of Oromia rural water supply and sanitation projects			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 29			
				Author: Oromia Water 
			
			Year of Publishing:  
				Publisher: Oromia Water, Mineral and Energy Resources Development Bureau (Ethiopia)			
			
			Guidelines for the development of small-scale rural water supply and sanitation projects in Ethiopia			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 0			
				Author: Warner, DB, C. Abate, G 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2003 
				Publisher: CRS - Catholic Relief Services			
			
			Community Managed Programme Implementation Manual for Community Water Supplies			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 6			
				Author: COWASH 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2017 
				Publisher: COWASH			
			
			COWASH Disability Inclusion Guideline			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 4			
				Author: COWASH 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2017 
				Publisher: COWASH			
			
			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			
			
			Open source tools and skills for climate information flows			
			
			Story of change: Key findings & emerging impacts			
			
			
			Downloads: 7			
				Author: REACH 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2023 
				Publisher: REACH
				Institution: University of Oxford			
			
			Improving management of intermittent piped water systems in Ethiopian small towns			
			
			Briefing Note			
			
			
			Downloads: 21			
				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			
			
			Improving water security through Sustainable Land Management			
			
			Story of change: Key findings & emerging impacts			
			
			
			Downloads: 21			
				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			
			
			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			
			
			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			
			
			Improving water security through Sustainable Land Management			
			
			Story of change: Key findings & emerging impacts			
			
			
			Downloads: 43			
				Author: REACH 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2022 
				Publisher: University of Oxford
				Institution: REACH Programme			
			
			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			
			
			Report on Capacity Building Proiect in Africa			
			
			The HTN Africa lnitiative			
			
			
			Downloads: 15			
				Author: Mudgal, A. K. and E. Baumann 
			
			Year of Publishing: 2002 
				Publisher: Skat Foundation
				Institution: HTN			
			
			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			
			
			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 - Oromo version			
			
						
			
			
			Downloads: 21			
				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 			
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