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Casey, V., Carter, R. & Yeo, D., 2012. Water security framework, London, UK: WaterAid. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Casey-2012-Water.pdf.

Published on: 25/07/2012

WaterAid have published a water security framework which links sustainable WASH services to livelihood, environmental and food security water uses....

Parker, A. et al., 2012. Synthesis report on stakeholder baseline studies on technology selection process and the stakeholders’ attitudes, The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Parker-2012-Synthesis.pdf.

Published on: 10/05/2012

This report describes the baseline of the technology approval process in Uganda, Ghana and Burkina Faso. The WASHTech consortium, through the...

Bunclark, L. et al., 2011. Managing water locally : an essential dimension of community water development, S.l.: ICE Publishing. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Bunclark-2011-Managing.pdf.

Published on: 16/01/2012

Communities are frequently excluded from important aspects of environmental management. But they can play a fundamental role in the management of...

Parker, A. et al., 2011. Africa wide water, sanitation and hygiene technology review, Cranfield, UK: Cranfield University at Silsoe. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Parker-2011-Africa.pdf.

Published on: 15/12/2011

WASHTech has published a literature review focusing on 14 technologies used in Africa...

Oluwasanya, G., Smith, J. & Carter, R., 2011. Self supply systems : urban dug wells in Abeokuta, Nigeria. , ppp. 172–178. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Oluwasanya-2011-Self.pdf.

Published on: 18/10/2012

Self supply systems are privately owned household water sources. The systems are generally perceived as playing a role in water service delivery to...

Carter, R., Palakudiyil, T. & Harvey, E., 2011. WaterAid Sanitation framework, London, UK: WaterAid. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/WaterAid-2011-Sanitation.pdf.

Published on: 07/07/2011

This document sets out a framework for the enhancement of sanitation services in low-income countries. It is intended primarily to guide WaterAid...

Carter, R., Casey, V. & Harvey, E., 2011. Sustainabilty framework, London, UK: WaterAid. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/WaterAid-2011-Sustainability.pdf.

Published on: 11/11/2011

This document sets out a framework for sustainable water supply and sanitation services and hygiene behaviour change in low-income countries. It is...

Carter, R., Harvey, E. & Casey, V., 2010. User financing of rural handpump water services : paper presented at the IRC symposium ‘ Pumps, Pipes and Promises: Costs, Finances and Accountability for Sustainable WASH Services' in The Hague, The Netherlands from 16 - 18 November 2010, The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Carter-2010-User.pdf.

Published on: 17/02/2011

It is probable that at least one billion people rely on water supplied by handpumps. Over the last 20 years it may be that double that number of h...

Smits, S. et al., 2010. Proceedings of the international symposium on rural water services : providing sustainable water services at scale, 13-15 April 2010, Kampala, Uganda, , The Hague, The Netherlands: Thematic Group on Scaling Up Rural Water Services. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Smits-2010-Proceedings.pdf.

Published on: 09/12/2010

Carter, R., 2006. Investigating options for self-help water supply : from field research to pilot interventions in Uganda , (Field note / WSP) Nairobi, Kenya: Water and Sanitation Program - African Region. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Carter-2006-Investigating.pdf.

Published on: 02/04/2007

In sub-Saharan Africa, households and communities have taken their own initiatives to improve water-supply services by constructing and managing a...

Carter, R., 2006. Ten-step guide towards cost-effective boreholes : case study of drilling costs in Ethiopia, (Field note / WSP) Nairobi, Kenya: Water and Sanitation Program - African Region. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Carter-2006-Tenstep.pdf.

Published on: 02/04/2007

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Carter, R. & Byers, M., 2006. Landscaping of technologies : an output of the project "Landscaping and Review of Approaches and Technologies for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: Opportunities for Action", Delft, The Netherlands: IRC. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Carter-2006-Landscaping.pdf.

Published on: 03/05/2007

This landscaping document was prepared as part of a broader review of the water, sanitation and hygiene (WS&H) sector commissioned by the Bill ...

Carter, R. et al., 2006. Reducing the costs of borehole drilling in Africa : insights from Ethiopia. , ppp. 7-9 : 1 box, 4 photogr., 1 tab. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Carter-2006-Reducing.pdf.

Published on: 01/09/2006

Baumann, E. & Carter, R., 2006. The rural water supply network. , ppp. 2-3 : 1 photogr. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Baumann-2006-Rural.pdf.

Published on: 31/08/2006

Carter, R., Mpalanyi, J. & Ssebalu, J., 2005. Self-help initiatives to improve water supplies in Eastern and Central Uganda, with emphasis on shallow groundwater : a case study of the RWSN Self-.., Kampala, Uganda: WaterAid. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Carter-2005-Selfhelp.pdf.

Published on: 22/11/2005

A small study into rural water self-supply describes locally initiated improvements to domestic water services, carried out in mid-2005 in central...

Carter, R., Howsam, P. & Tyrrel, S., 1999. Assumptions and realities in water and sanitation programmes. , ppp. 2-5 : 1 box, 1 photogr., 2 tab. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Carter-1999-Assumptions.pdf.

Published on: 01/01/1970

Water supply and sanitation programmes are based on many assumptions. Whilst there is much that is truth, the need to question them has never been...

Carter, R. et al., 1998. Biological removal of iron from well-handpump water supplies. , ppp. 29-31 : 2 fig., 3 photogr. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Tyrrel-1998-Biological.pdf.

Published on: 30/12/2004

Carter, R., 1993. Small-scale irrigation : the need for thorough feasbility studies. , ppp. 12-14: 2 fig., photogr. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Stern-1993-Small.pdf.

Published on: 30/12/2004

Carter, R., 2019. Keeping community managed handpump systems going, (In: All systems go! WASH Systems Symposium, The Hague, the Netherlands, 12-14 March 2019) The Hague, the Netherlands: IRC. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/084-201906carter-rc.pdf.

Published on: 11/03/2019

This paper proposes a framework of elements that need to be in place for continued handpump functioning, and then turns this into a diagnostic device...

Bonsor, H. et al., 2018. The need for a standard approach to assessing the functionality of rural community water supplies. Hydrogeology journal, 26(2), pp367-370.

Published on: 07/05/2018

Communal groundwater supplies are likely to remain the main source of improved water supplies for many rural areas in Africa and South Asia for...

Carter, R. et al., 2014. Siting of drilled water wells : a guide for project managers, (Publication / RWSN 2014-11) St. Gallen, Switzerland: Rural Water supply Network (RWSN), SKAT Foundation. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/1-187-34-1418982468.pdf.

Published on: 05/05/2015

A step by step guide on the siting of drilled water wells, from consideration of the user needs up to engaging a drilling contractor to construct the...