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Sustainability of rural water supply

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    Contending With Water Shortages in the Pacific: Performance of Private Rainwater Tanks Versus Communal Rainwater Tanks in Rural Vanuatu (2021)
    Journal Paper

  • Cover for Rural water supply services in Vanuatu in need of significant improvements

    Rural water supply services in Vanuatu in need of significant improvements (2020)
    Report

  • Functionality of the handpump

    Functionality of handpump water supplies: a review of data from sub-Saharan Africa and the Asia-Pacific region (2020)
    Journal Paper

  • Comparative performance evaluation of handpump water-supply technologies in northern Kenya and The Gambia cover

    Comparative performance evaluation of handpump water-supply technologies in northern Kenya and The Gambia (2019)
    Journal Paper

  • Factors associated with operational sustainability of rural water supplies in Cambodia cover

    Factors associated with operational sustainability of rural water supplies in Cambodia (2018)
    Journal Paper

  • Risk factors associated with rural water supply failure: A 30-year retrospective study of handpumps on the south coast of Kenya cover

    Risk factors associated with rural water supply failure: A 30-year retrospective study of handpumps on the south coast of Kenya (2018)
    Journal Paper

  • Evaluating waterpoint sustainability and access implications of revenue collection approaches in rural Kenya cover

    Evaluating waterpoint sustainability and access implications of revenue collection approaches in rural Kenya (2017)
    Journal Paper

  • Preliminary results from an evaluation of the Blue Pump in Turkana, Kenya cover

    Preliminary results from an evaluation of the Blue Pump in Turkana, Kenya (2016)
    Conference Proceeding

  • An Evaluation of the BluePump in Kenya and the Gambia cover

    An Evaluation of the BluePump in Kenya and the Gambia (2016)
    Report

Water quality and health

  • Seperation and Purification Tech report

    Insight into the role of polydopamine nanostructures on nickel foam-based photothermal materials for solar water evaporation (2022)
    Journal Paper

  • Cover for Faecal contamination of groundwater self-supply in low- and middle income countries: Systematic review and meta-analysis

    Faecal contamination of groundwater self-supply in low- and middle income countries: Systematic review and meta-analysis (2021)
    Journal Paper

  • Multiple water source use in rural Vanuatu: are households choosing the safest option for drinking? cover

    Multiple water source use in rural Vanuatu: are households choosing the safest option for drinking? (2018)
    Journal Paper

  • Does the source of water for piped supplies affect child health? Evidence from rural Vanuatu cover

    Does the source of water for piped supplies affect child health? Evidence from rural Vanuatu (2019)
    Journal Paper

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    Faecal contamination of groundwater in rural Vanuatu: prevalence and predictors (2018)
    Journal Paper

Climate change and rural water supply

  • Water practice and tech report

    Review of water safety planning processes and options for improved climate resilient infrastructure in Vanuatu (2022)
    Journal Paper

  • Analysing the capacity to respond to climate change: a framework for community-managed water services cover

    Analysing the capacity to respond to climate change: a framework for community-managed water services (2019)
    Journal Paper

  • Social-ecological system resilience for WASH cover

    Social-ecological system resilience for WASH (2019)
    Book Chapter

  • Climate change vulnerability and resilience of water, sanitation, and hygiene services: a theoretical perspective cover

    Climate change vulnerability and resilience of water, sanitation, and hygiene services: a theoretical perspective (2017)
    Journal Paper

  • Sustaining rural water services against climate change in Vanuatu: A project brief cover

    Sustaining rural water services against climate change in Vanuatu: A project brief (2018)
    Report

  • Responding to climate change to sustain community-managed water services in Vanuatu – PhD thesis cover

    Responding to climate change to sustain community-managed water services in Vanuatu – PhD thesis (2018)
    Thesis

  • Facilitators guide for supporting community adaptation to water shortages in Kiribati cover

    Facilitators guide for supporting community adaptation to water shortages in Kiribati
    Report

Service delivery models

  • Cover for Self-supplied drinking water in low- and middle-income countries in the Asia-Pacific

    Self-supplied drinking water in low- and middle-income countries in the Asia-Pacific (2021)
    Journal Paper

  • A service delivery approach for rural water supply in Timor-Leste: Institutional options and strategy cover

    A service delivery approach for rural water supply in Timor-Leste: Institutional options and strategy (2012)
    Report

  • A critical mass analysis of community-based financing of water services in rural Kenya cover

    A critical mass analysis of community-based financing of water services in rural Kenya (2017)
    Journal Paper

  • Policy Brief 1: Sustainability of rural water systems in Indonesia cover

    Policy Brief 1: Sustainability of Rural Water Systems in Indonesia                                                                                                                                                                                     Report (English) | Report (Bahasa Indonesia) 

  • Transitioning to safely-managed water services in self-supply contexts cover

    Transitioning to safely-managed water services in self-supply contexts
    Website

Equity, rights and participation

  • Sustainable services for whom? Ensuring rural water service delivery supports equality cover

    Sustainable services for whom? Ensuring rural water service delivery supports equality (2020)
    Report | Report Summary |  Blog Post

  • Participation and Power Dynamics Between International Non-Governmental Organisations and Local Partners: A Rural Water Case Study in Indonesia cover

    Participation and Power Dynamics Between International Non-Governmental Organisations and Local Partners: A Rural Water Case Study in Indonesia (2019)
    Journal Paper

  • Monitoring the human rights to water and sanitation: an analysis of policy in Pacific island countries cover

    Monitoring the human rights to water and sanitation: an analysis of policy in Pacific island countries (2016)
    Journal Paper

  • Groundwater and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa cover

    Groundwater and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa (2017)
    Report

Private sector roles

  • Cover for Life-cycle costs approach for private piped water service delivery: a study in rural Viet Nam

    Life-cycle costs approach for private piped water service delivery: a study in rural Viet Nam (2020)
    Journal Paper

  • Political economy influences on enterprise engagement in Indonesia, Vietnam and Timor-Leste cover

    Political economy influences on enterprise engagement in Indonesia, Vietnam and Timor-Leste (2015)
    Conference Proceeding

  • Reducing or increasing inequalities? The role of private water enterprises in rural Viet Nam cover

    Reducing or increasing inequalities? The role of private water enterprises in rural Viet Nam (2016)
    Journal Paper

  • Policy Brief 5: Life-cycle costs approach for sustainable piped water service delivery (English) cover

    Policy Brief 5: Life-cycle costs approach for sustainable piped water service delivery (English) (2018)
    Report

  • Research Report 10: Supporting sustainable rural water service delivery through district Associations of CBOs in Indonesia cover

    Research Report 10: Supporting sustainable rural water service delivery through district Associations of CBOs in Indonesia (2018)
    Report | Report Summary (English) | Report Summary (Bahasa Indonesia)

  • Policy Brief 3: Rural water supply systems and the role of the private sector cover

    Policy Brief 3: Rural water supply systems and the role of the private sector (English)
    Report (English) | Report (Vietnamese)

  • Working Paper 4: Traits, drivers and barriers of water and sanitation entrepreneurs and enterprises in Indonesia, Vietnam and Timor-Leste cover

    Working Paper 4: Traits, drivers and barriers of water and sanitation entrepreneurs and enterprises in Indonesia, Vietnam and Timor-Leste (2019)
    Working Paper

  • Working Paper 4: Traits, drivers and barriers of water and sanitation entrepreneurs and enterprises in Indonesia, Vietnam and Timor-Leste cover

    Research Report 3: Motivators and barriers for water and sanitation enterprises in Indonesia (2015)
    Report | Report Summary (English) | Report Summary (Bahasa Indonesia)

  • Research Report 4: Motivators and barriers for water enterprises in Vietnam cover

    Research Report 4: Motivators and barriers for water enterprises in Vietnam (2015)
    Report | Report Summary (English) | Report Summary (Vietnamese)

  • Research Report 6: Motivations, barriers and opportunities for water and sanitation enterprises in Timor-Leste cover

    Research Report 6: Motivations, barriers and opportunities for water and sanitation enterprises in Timor-Leste (2015)
    Report | Report Summary (English) | Report Summary (Tetum)

  • Research Report 7: Access to piped water services from private water enterprises in rural Viet Nam cover

    Research Report 7: Access to piped water services from private water enterprises in rural Viet Nam (2016)
    Report | Report Summary

  • Research Report 9: Enablers and barriers to female water entrepreneurs’ empowerment in Cambodia cover

    Research Report 9: Enablers and barriers to female water entrepreneurs’ empowerment in Cambodia (2018)
    Report | Report Summary (English) | Report Summary (Khmer)

  • Enterprise in WASH cover

    Enterprise in WASH
    Website

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