orgtype = NGO |
class = Network NGO|
keywork = research facilitationSelf Supply, <br /> technology developmentCost-effective boreholes, <br />commercial technology applicationSustainable handpumps, <br />consultancy Handpump Technologies|website = [http://www.rwsn.ch wwwrural-water-supply.net/en/ rwsn.ch]
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'''The Rural Water Supply Network''' (RWSN) functions as a global knowledge network with its secretariat hosted by a Skat Foundation, a resource centre based in Switzerland. It aims to facilitate the provision of safe water and sanitation to the poor and deprived through the promotion of sustainable technologies that are affordable and responsive to the needs of the users. RWSN blends a strong engineering capacity with the principles of balanced development, including institutional, financial and social aspects. The network acts as a depository of knowledge and provides support to sector partners; it pools the experience and expertise of its members and places the results of their work in the public domain through the production of publications and international specifications. RWSN concentrates on affordable, groundwater-related technologies that are easy to maintain and acts as a focal point for standardisation of low cost water supply technologies.
Assisting sector partners initiatives through knowledge sharing and dissemination is at the core of all RWSN activities. The organisation helps in cross-fertilisation of experiences and prevents "reinventing the wheel". RWSN concentrates on affordable, groundwater-related technologies that are easy to maintain and acts as a focal point for standardisation of low cost water supply technologies.
Assisting sector partners initiatives through knowledge sharing and dissemination is at As such, RWSN blends a strong engineering capacity with the core principles of all RWSN activitiesbalanced institutional, financial and social development. The organisation helps in cross-fertilisation network is able to act as a depository of experiences knowledge and prevents "reinventing the wheel"provides support to sector partners. Furthermore, RWSN helps in supports the preparation of case studies, technical notes and field monitoring reports. It provides technical back-up on low cost technologies and assists in the introduction of implementation procedures.
The following four themes are known as the flagships of RWSN: self supply, cost-effective boreholes, sustainable handpumps, handpump technologies.
=== Main activities ===
*Increase access to basic water and sanitation services
== External links = Links ===[http://www.practicafoundationrural-water-supply.nl Practica Foundation net/en/ The Rural Water Supply Network website]