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|heading1=Drought

|text1='''Effects of drought''': *Handpumps not repaired (weak effect?) <br> '''Underlying causes of effects''': <br>*Lack of household finance to contribute to repairs due to suffering household economy. <br> '''To increase resiliency of WASH system''': <br> *Choose simple technologies; Consider handpumps where a viable sustainable handpump option has been shown to work in an area; Promote increased levels of ownership & responsibility.}}

Overall, it seems sensible that handpumps should be installed only when a viable sustainable handpump option has been shown to work in the area. Depending on pump standardization in country and depth to water table, it is preferable to choose simple technologies that do not need specialist parts and that are repairable locally. The rural poor prefer in any case to have cheaper, shorter-life technologies despite the need to maintain them more frequently.

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