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The Rural Water Supply Network
01.07.2006
There is more to improving rural water supplies in Africa than just concentrating on handpumps. The Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) has broadened its original focus and now has three areas of research and information provision: self-supply, cost-effective boreholes and sustainable handpumps. -
Do operation and maintenance pay?
01.07.2006
Life-cycle costing can help planners estimate not only how much handpumps cost to install, but how much they cost to maintain. This article shows how it is done, and demonstrates that spending more on regular maintenance often works out cheaper in the long run. -
Reviews and Resources
01.04.2008