Water Portal

The water portal illustrates a selection of smart water technologies. We are working on making this portal comprehensive and contain full explanations on how to implement these technologies. In the meantime we hope the site can be a source of inspiration for those who are trying to improve access to clean water.

Water Access	Pumps & distribution	Storage & recharge	Treatment & tests	Irrigation & other uses
94px Hand auger - general 94px Hand auger - Vonder rig 94px Hand auger - driven wells 94px Percussion - general Percussion - Stone hammer 94px Sludging - Asian sludge 94px Sludging - Rota sludge 94px Sludging - Baptist method 94px Pounder rig 94px Jetting - general Jetting - EMAS method 94px Jetting - Engine powered rotary jetting 94px Small rotary machines Dug wells Fog water collection Tyrolean weir - Surface water collection Rainwater harvesting Spring water sources Rooted Reservoir Well	Treadle pump Rope pump PVC pumps 94px EMAS pump 94px EMAS pedal pump Canzee pump Hydraulic Ram pump 94px Small and efficient motor pumps Horse and wind powered pumps Solar pumps Gravity-driven water distribution Remote Manual Pumping (EMAS) Household Installation (EMAS) 94px Commercial systems	Rainwater harvesting and storage Wire-cement tank Plastic-lined tank Underground tank Brick cement tank Small household ferrocement watertanks 94px Groundwater - Sand dam Groundwater recharge EMAS Cistern Horizontal Cistern Classical ferrocement tank	Slow Sand Filter Concrete Biosand Filter 94px Kanchan Arsenic Filter Ceramic pot filter Siphon filter Chlorine (Sodium Hypochlorite) Chlorine (NaDCC) WATAsol Boiling Sodis (Solar disinfection) Testing - Hach Pathoscreen test Testing - Easygel Chlorine Dispenser 94px Plation Float Ceramic candle filter 94px Commercial systems	Irrigation - Lay flat hose Irrigation - Spray head Irrigation - Pepsi drip Irrigation - Nica drip Irrigation - Spate irrigation Pond farming Finger pond Spirulina farming Tippy Tap - sanitation

Acknowledgements

essay writing|research paper to buy|essay writing help online|write my research papers|buy custom essaysMuch of the material in this section comes from the book Smart Water Solutions produced in collaboration with Netherlands Water Partnership, WASTE, PRACTICA, IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, SIMAWI, AGROMISA, NCDO, Aqua for All (A4A), and Partners voor Water