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, complete with lots of reference manuals and links.

For help with selecting the right water technologies below, try our new Water Compass! It is a decision support tool.
To help manage drought, using water resource technologies and other strategies: Resilient WASH systems in drought-prone areas.

Sources & Recharge	Water Lifting Devices	Treatment & Testing	Storage & Distribution	Productive Use
Rainwater harvesting - general Surface water - general Groundwater recharge - general Ground Catchment - general Groundwater access - general Manual drilling or digging - general	Bucket and basket lifts - general Household and community pumps - Shallow, 0-20m Household and community pumps - Medium, 20-50m Household and community pumps - Deep, 50-100m Powered pumps - general Gravity-powered Irrigation pumps - general	HWTS - Chemical - general HWTS - Filtration - general HWTS - Physical - general CT - Chemical - general CT - Filtration - general CT - Physical - general Testing - general Commercial treatment and testing systems Centralized treatment	Elevated storage tanks - general Surface level tanks - general Below ground tanks - general Natural storage basins - general Distribution - general Solar water heater tank	Surface irrigation - general Bucket / Farm kits and Drum systems Localized irrigation Finger pond Spirulina farming Pond farming Tilapia farming Contour ridges

Field experiences

[ RSR Project 830] Scanning and Mapping the WASH Situation	[ RSR Project 469] Implementing an IWRM process in Mashuru

Acknowledgements

Much 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, SIMAVI, AGROMISA, NCDO, Aqua for All (A4A), and Partners voor Water