Water | Sanitation | Hygiene

Thanks for your contributions, this truly is a great conversation and has got me interested again in both augering and Vonder Rigs. Mark, I find it really inspiring that a Vonder Rig that was purchased in 1990 is still churning out boreholes. Fascinating to hear that you have managed to adapt it to ...

Our school model is as follows: We place the Afripump system on top of a small building, with a watertank inside the building. Paul, does this mean the women or childen have to climb onto the roof to collect the water? Or only have to climb onto the roof when noone has been pumping for a while and ...

I was playing around with this free software from Sud Solutions for rainwater harvesting simulation and lifecycle analysis. The software seemed to be well thought out and useful for a lot of rainwater harvesting project design work. RainCycle Rainwater Harvesting Software Now Available for FREE Down...

I was playing around with this free software from Sud Solutions for rainwater harvesting simulation and lifecycle analysis. The software seemed to be well thought out and useful for a lot of rainwater harvesting project design work. RainCycle Rainwater Harvesting Software Now Available for FREE Down...

There was a lot of discussion on low-cost drilling about 10 years ago with the aim of reducing borehole and equipment costs to the point where local rigs were affordable, made locally, and drilling would make money for local people rather than the overseas drilling rig manufacturers. Anyone hve any ...

I'm curious if anyone has had any experience with onsite latrine additives or enhancers (either the chemical or biological types) to accelerate digestion of biosolids, break up scum, or rejuvenate a clogged soil absorption system? Do they really work - I understand that there is some debate on their...

I'm curious about Merlin's reference to the susceptability of water and sanitation infrastructure to climate change. In some of our programs in Pakistan and Afghanistan we are seeing water tables falling at the rates of 50-60cm per year. What happens when water tables hit that magic 50m deep well ha...