Research and knowledge is critical to improving rural water services worldwide. At RWSN we act as bridge between research, policy and practice. In recent RWSN newsletters, we have collated the latest in academic research. We have moved that list here to make it more accessible (and the newsletter shorter!). If we have missed anything, then please do let us know.
Note that access to many papers is restricted and has to be purchased. Some are open access so that articles are free to download.
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- Moral equality and success of common-pool water governance in Namibia
- Lake drying and livelihood dynamics in Lake Chad: Unravelling the mechanisms, contexts and responses
Self-supply
Groundwater
- Access to groundwater and link to the impact on quality of life: A look at the past, present and future public health needs in Mzimba District, Malawi
- Automatic estimation of aquifer parameters using long-term water supply pumping and injection records
- Integrated Groundwater Management: Concepts, Approaches and Challenges: http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-319-23576-9
UPGro – Unlocking the Potential of Groundwater for the Poor
- Grönwall, J. (2016) “Self-supply and accountability: to govern or not to govern groundwater for the (peri-) urban poor in Accra, Ghana” J. Environ Earth Sci 75: 1163. doi:10.1007/s12665-016-5978-6
- Walker, D., Forsythe, N., Parkin, G. and J. Gowing (2016) “Filling the observational void: Scientific value and quantitative validation of hydrometeorological data from a community-based monitoring programme” Hydrology Journal, Volume 538, July 2016, Pages 713–725
Sustainable Services
- Looking beyond headline indicators: water and sanitation services in small towns in Ethiopia
- When behavior change fails: evidence for building WASH strategies on existing motivations
- The Effects of School Facilities on Educational Quality. The Case of Public Primary Schools in Kupe-Muanenguba Division, South-West Region of Cameroon
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- Microbial quality and suitability of roof-harvested rainwater in rural villages for crop irrigation and domestic use
- Policy intervention for arsenic mitigation in drinking water in rural habitations in India: achievements and challenges
- Fecal contamination of drinking water in Kericho District, Western Kenya: role of source and household water handling and hygiene practices
- Standardised survey method for identifying catchment risks to water quality
- Measuring the willingness to pay for drinking water quality improvements: results of a contingent valuation survey in Songzi, China
- Improved water and household water purification practices among orphans and vulnerable children in a multi-sectoral empowerment program in Eastern province, Kenya
- Methods of conducting effective outreach to private well owners – a literature review and model approach
- Well water quality in rural Nicaragua using a low-cost bacterial test and microbial source tracking
- Groundwater abstraction management in Sana’a Basin, Yemen: a local community approach
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