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

Field experiences

The following projects are utilizing water resource methods.

RSR Project 830 Scanning and Mapping the WASH Situation	RSR Project 469 Implementing an IWRM process in Mashuru	RSR Project 366 WASH Sustainability through Women Led MFI	RSR Project 488 Community-based WASH Project in Nepal	RSR Project 935 Community Health and Development Project

RSR Project 662 WASH Alliance Policy Influencing Programme	RSR Project 787 MWA-LAP: Guatemala	RSR Project 703 MWA-LAP: Mexico

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