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Pumping water using a family rope pump, Ethiopia.

Groundwater, our hidden resource

Published on: 16/03/2022
As we (re)discover groundwater this World Water Day, let's not just look under our feet and think about the resource that lies down there.

World Water Day 2022 illustration from https://www.worldwaterday.org/share-2022

Safely managed sanitation to protect our groundwater resources

Published on: 10/03/2022
When realising safe sanitation avoid making pit emptying an afterthought.

Realising safely managed sanitation in Bhutan

Exploring existing regulatory frameworks around faecal waste management, faecal sludge accumulation rates, and associated pit filling rates.
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Emergency mapping and critical maintenance measures: the drought and boreholes in Somali Region

Published on: 14/03/2017
Under severe conditions of water scarcity, it is vital to keep motorised boreholes pumping across Ethiopia's Somali region.

World Water Day 2022 : factsheet on groundwater and self-supply

Why is self-supply important and what can WASH professionals, governments, academia, funders and implementers do to help self-supply reach its...
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Showing a bucket of dirty water

Ghana: Dodowa to host National World Water Day Celebration

Published on: 08/03/2022
Ghana joins World Water Day with several celebrations.

Realising safely managed sanitation in Lao PDR

Exploring existing regulatory frameworks around faecal waste management, faecal sludge accumulation rates, and associated pit filling rates.
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Progamme overview RWSN Late 2020 Webinar Series

RWSN Late Webinar Series 2020, 13 October - 01 December 2020

Published on: 19/10/2020
Running every Tuesday in English, French and/or Spanish.

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IRC endorses new strategy of the Rural Water Supply Network

Published on: 30/03/2018
Together with the World Bank, IRC is co-lead of RWSN's Sustainable Services theme.

Sanitation solutions for flood prone and high table water areas

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Decision-support for arsenic- and salt-mitigation in Bangladesh : the ASTRA approach

This paper describes how the ASTRA tool can help identify potentially appropriate technical solutions fro the delivery of arsenic and saline-free...
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Bangladeshi arsenic- and salt-mitigation sourcebook and decision-support tool : final report

What is the best technical solution to deal with arsenic-polluted and saline water in Bangladesh? When is it better to treat the water or to choose...
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Water security – Sanitation Nexus: Key to sustainable future - Lessons from Mazhapolima in Kerala, India

Presentation by Dr V. Kurian Baby, country director for India, at the India WASH Summit in New Delhi. 2-15 February 2015.
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SWIBANGLA : managing salt water intrusion impacts in coastal groundwater systems of Bangladesh : final report

The focus is on salt water intrusion in coastal groundwater systems, as groundwater is the main resource of drinking water and irrigation water for...
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Flooding events often bring salinization that makes surface water unusable. Photo by SWIBANGLA

The threat from salt water in Bangladesh – we may have been here before: 8,000 years ago

Published on: 15/09/2014
"We can see that what was happening six or seven thousand years ago is still affecting what is happening in the subsurface from a salinity point of view. If you want to know what is happening now, you have to go back in time and try to understand how the groundwater system works," says Oude Essink

ASTRA tool

A tool for water free from arsenic and salt

Published on: 26/06/2014
An action research project has developed a decision-support tool to help deliver arsenic- and salt-free drinking water in Bangladesh.

SWIBANGLA Workshop

The modelling and monitoring workshops of SWIBANGLA

Published on: 26/06/2014
The Managing Saltwater Intrusion Impacts in Bangladesh (SWIBANGLA) applied research project held two workshops in June 2014: one on groundwater modelling and one on groundwater quality monitoring.

River sections

Understanding the groundwater system of Bangladesh and its salinity related issues

Published on: 21/12/2013
A report on Fahad Khan Khadim's multifaceted visit from Bangladesh to The Netherlands.

Field Trip. Photo: Deltares

The fact-finding mission and first fieldwork measurements of SWIBANGLA

Published on: 20/09/2013
The first of three SWIBANGLA missions examines salinity problems in coastal Bangladesh.

WASH technology in Bangladesh

Introducing the ASTRA project

Published on: 08/07/2013
The BRAC WASH II research call for low-cost water technologies was won by PRACTICA Foundation, based in The Netherlands. Their project title is ASTRA, Aiding Sustainable Water Technology Realization in Arsenic and Salinity contaminated Areas of Bangladesh.

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