Publications

Here you will find several thought provoking and informative publications on sustainable rural water supplies by RWSN as well as rural water supply professionals and practicioners.

RWSN Perspectives Series (2009)

In order to stimulate your thinking and encourage debate, here are three perspectives on operation and maintenance from different rural water supply professionals.

May-day! May-Day! Our handpumps are not working! By Erich Baumann
Operation and Maintenance of Rural Water Supplies by Richard Carter
Sustainable Operation and Maintenance of Rural Water Supplies: Are we moving in the right direction? By Peter Harvey

RWSN Member Experiences Series

This new series from RWSN provides members with the opportunity to share their field experiences with others. The first publication in the Series provides you with some encouraging experiences with respect to operation and maintenance from the NGO Inter Aide in Malawi:

InterAide Support to Operation and Maintenance of rural Water Supplies in Malawi in 2008 by Bertrand de Saint Méloir

Articles

Here are some other useful articles and papers on sustainable rural water supplies

Management for Sustainability - Practical lessons from three studies on the management of rural water supply schemes by WaterAid Tanzania, June 2009.
Promising management models of rural water supply services. Outcomes of the 24th AGUASAN Workshop, Gwatt, Switzerland, 13th to 17th October 2008.
Briefing Note on Artisan Associations in Zambia, 2007, UNICEF Zambia
Spare Part Supplies for Handpumps by Harold Lockwood, RWSN/WSP Field Note 2006
Do operation and maintenance pay? by Erich Baumann - article published in Waterlines Vol. 25 No. 1 July 2006
Operation and Maintenance for Rural Water Services by Julie Fisher, Well Briefing Note No. 15, 2005
Rural Water Supply in Africa: Building blocks for handpump sustainability by Peter Harvey and Bob Reed, 2004, WEDC, Loughborough University, UK.

Supply Chain Issues for WES Facilities by Karl Erpf and Erich Baumann - issue paper for RWSN, April 2004
Pondering over Supply Chains by Erich Bauman - personal reflections from 2004

Specific Studies

Supported by WaterAid Tanzania:

Addressing the Sustainability Crisis - Lessons from research on managing rural water projects by Alexia Haysom, Cranfield University/WaterAid Tanzania, 2006.
Private operation in rural water supply in Central Tanzania: Quick fixes and slow transitions by Sam Moon, 2006, WaterAid Tanzania
Management and regulation for sustainable water supply schemes in rural communities by Nkongo, Diana, 2009

Supported by the the International Finance Corporation (IFC):

Private Operators and Rural Water Supplies: Can it work? by Elizabeth Kleemeier, 2010, International Finance Corporation
Private Operators and Rural Water Suplies: A Desk Review of Experience by Elizabeth Kleemeier, 2010, International Finance Corporation

Triple S - Sustainable Water Services at Scale

Supporting Rural Water Supply: Moving towards a Service Delivery Approach, a multi-country synthesis by Harold Lockwood and Stef Smit, IRC/Triple-S/Practical Action Publishing 2011

Service Delivery Indicators and Monitoring to Improve Sustainability of Rural Water Supplies – Triple-S Briefing 2011

Lessons for Rural Water Supply – Triple-S Country Reports for Benin, Burkina Faso, Colombia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Honduras, India, Mozambique, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, USA, and Uganda.

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