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|<font size="3">'''Suitable for:''' all, especially people with weak legs or the use of only one hand. </font>
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|width="20%"|'''Construction'''
|width="20%"|'''Advantages '''
|width="20%"|'''Disadvantages'''
|width="20%"|'''Improvements / variations'''
|width="20%"|'''Cost / labour'''
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|style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|5L jerrycan with hole(s) pierced near the top, hung from a rail. Jerrycan is tipped by pressing a foot on a stick attached by a string to the lid.
|Easy to construct using local materials
|Difficult to use if person cannot use their feet
|Needs to be regularly filled with water
|Low
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|style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|Suspended gourd; large hole for filling, small hole in plug for pouring
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* Locally available
* Easy to make
|Not very durable
|Needs to be regularly filled with water
|Low
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|style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|Cut-away jerrycan; water is scooped out with a ‘ladle’ made of a plastic aerosol lid fixed to a stick
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* Made with locally available materials
* Operated with hands instead of feet
|Open to contamination
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* Put lid or cover on top, e.g. using cut out section of can
* Ladle could be pierced with holes so water trickles out when it is suspended. It can then be used with one hand.
|Low
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|style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|1L plastic bottle with ballpoint pen casing inserted via a hole near the bottom. Water flows when lid is loosened, stops when lid tightened.
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* Easy to make using locally available materials
* Operated with hands instead of feet
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* Needs constant refilling
* Difficult to refill
* Bottle top gets lost
|The bottle could be replaced with a jerrycan to reduce the frequency of refilling, as long as the lid was tight-fitting.
|Low
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===Acknowledgements===
* Content and images: [http://www.wateraid.org/what-we-do/our-approach/research-and-publications/view-publication?id=aff6d098-00f2-42e5-b9a0-22ec2b264a5e Compendium of accessible WASH technologies] WaterAid.
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