Water Supply

2009 Peace Corps Malawi

For projects relating to protection of sustainable water supplies, these resouces contain information concerning low-cost well drilling, hand pumps, and rainwater harvesting. There is also a well-cap repair resource and a checklist for work with water committees.

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Rainwater Harvesting Toolkit

No Date | WELL

http://www.rainwater-toolkit.net/index.php?id=11

A web-based toolkit with information on how to size rainwater harvesting systems for collecting water from roofs as well as surface runoff for drinking and agricultural use.

No Date | WELL | 4 pages

http://www.lboro.ac.uk/orgs/well/resources/technical-briefs/33-maintaining-handpumps.pdf

WELL Technical Brief 33: Maintaining Hand Pumps

No Date | WELL | 4 pages

http://www.lboro.ac.uk/orgs/well/resources/technical-briefs/39-upgrading-traditional-wells.pdf

WELL Technical Brief 39: Upgrading Traditional Wells

No Date | WELL | 4 pages

http://www.lboro.ac.uk/orgs/well/resources/technical-briefs/52-water-quality-or-quantity.pdf

Good technical background for estimating (and understanding estimates of) the quantity (liters per day) of household water needs. While this is good background information that you can use for rough estimates, be sure to check with technical experts for design norms established for your country.

2003 | WaterAid | 4 pages

Uganda hygiene behavior ch WaterAid 2003.pdf

This four-page document provides evidence-based recommendations to inform organizations promoting sustained good hygiene behaviors.

2001 | Department for International Development [DFID] | 15 pages

http://wedc.lboro.ac.uk/docs/research/WEJW2/Workshop_Report.doc

An excellent resource describing the consensus from a workshop on factors contributing to sustainability of hand pump projects in Africa.

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El Manejo de Acueductos Rurales: Una Guía para la Capacitación de los Comités de Agua

No Date | Peace Corps/Panama | 106

MARManual.doc

“El Manejo de Acueductos Rurales” es un programa para la capacitación de los Comités de Agua en comunidades rurales.

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Ferrocement Tank Construction Video

No Date | Peace Corps/Bolivia

Tin Tin Video on construction process.flv

This construction video, accompanied by local music, shows the construction of a ferrocement tank in Mizque, Bolivia. To watch: right click on the link and save the flash video directly onto your computer or hard drive. Watch from there.

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Fog Harvesting

No Date | Peace Corps/Cape Verde

http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/multimedia/videos/fog/

While perhaps limited in applicability, this world wise schools videos demonstrates a Volunteer project to harvest fog as a clean water source in Cape Verde.

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Low-Cost Well Drilling

No Date | Peace Corps/Bolivia | 55 pages

An English description of the low-cost drilling method used and promoted by Volunteers in Bolivia, and a video of this drilling method. Words are in Spanish, but it is mostly music.

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Well-Cap Repair

No Date | Peace Corps/Mali | 2 pages

TechAid.Top Well Repair.doc

A two-page document with photos showing how to repair a well top.

1980 | Peace Corps/Washington DC | 282 pages

M0009_Wells_Construction.pdf

This manual was designed as a working and teaching tool for development workers in their field activities. It brings together the principles of well construction and the practical techniques being used and tested in the early 1980s around the world. While dated, this book is useful for some posts as the structures and processes are still relevant in many countries.

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