Former Publications & Knowledge Manager | IRC Ethiopia
Approximately one in four handpumps in sub-Saharan Africa are non-functional at any point in time, which in 2015 was roughly equivalent to 175,000... Read more...
Without an improved asset maintenance, system it is likely that rural water systems in Ghana will continue to provide unsustainable services. Read more...
Data drawn from the Water Point Data Exchange on 11 countries, reveals that an average of 78% of water points (including handpumps, piped supplies... Read more...
This case study looks at district-based associations of hand pump mechanics in Uganda as a supporting mechanism for improved functionality. Presented... Read more...
External Support Agencies each choosing different hand pumps for their projects can lead to great difficulties for Village Level Operation and... Read more...
Short descriptions with illustrations are given of the following manually operated pumps which are suitable for small-scale irrigation: the rower... Read more...
The authors describe a piped water supply programme in 44 small towns in West-Java, Indonesia. Read more...
This series illustrates the importance of water in the Bahr al Ghazal province of the Sudan. Read more...
The Step Draw-Down Pumping Test (SDT) was developed by Jacob to determine aquifer transmissivity and well properties in cases where the standard... Read more...