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.

For information on managing drought, using water resource technologies and other strategies: Resilient WASH systems in drought-prone areas.

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 94px Traditional hand-dug wells Fog water collection Tyrolean weir Rainwater harvesting Springwater collection 94px 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 94px Solar pumps Gravity-powered Remote Manual Pumping (EMAS) Household Installation (EMAS) Commercial systems	Rainwater harvesting Wire-cement tank Plastic-lined tank Underground tank Brick cement tank Small household ferrocement tanks (jars) 94px Sand dam Groundwater recharge EMAS cistern 94px 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 UV treatment / Solar disinfection (SODIS) Testing - Hach Pathoscreen test Testing - Easygel Chlorine Dispenser Plation float Ceramic candle filter Commercial systems	Irrigation - Lay flat hose Irrigation - Spray head Drip Irrigation - Pepsi and Nica Irrigation - Spate Pond farming Finger pond Spirulina farming Tippy Tap - sanitation

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