Water Portal

The water studio illustrates a selection of smart water technologies. We are working on making this studio comprehensive and contain full explanations on how to implement these technologies, complete with lots of reference manuals and links.

For information on managing 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 Aquifer recharge - general Ground Catchment and Storage - general Groundwater - general Manual drilling - general	Rope and bucket Household and community pumps - general Powered pumps - general Gravity-powered Irrigation pumps	HWTS - Filtration - general HWTS - Chemical - general HWTS - Physical - general Centralized treatment CT - Filtration - general CT - Chemical - general CT - Physical - general Commercial treatment and testing systems Testing - general	Elevated storage tanks - general Surface level tanks - general Below ground tanks - general Natural storage basins - general Distribution - general	Surface irrigation - general Bucket kits - general Drum Systems - general Farm kits - general Localized irrigation Finger pond Spirulina farming Pond farming Contour ridges 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