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Accessible - Transporting Water

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|style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:transporting_water1.png|thumb|left|175px|Transporting a 20L jerrycan of water on wheelchair footrests]]

|style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:transporting_water2.png|thumb|left|300px|20L jerrycans carried on a rack under the seat of a tricycle]]

|style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:transporting_water3.png|thumb|left|210px|Small jerrycan carried using a hook attached to the crossbar of a crutch]]

|}

|width="20%"|'''Cost / labour'''

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|style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|'''Transporting a 20L jerrycan of water on wheelchair footrests'''

|Jerrycan is in an easy-to-access position

|

|Low

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|style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|'''20L jerrycans carried on a rack under the seat of a tricycle'''

|Weight is low down and no risk of tipping the chair

|Rack under the seat might be difficult to access

|Cost of tricycle is high

|-

|style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|'''Small jerrycan carried using a hook attached to the crossbar of a crutch'''

|Avoids difficulty of holding crutch and container at the same time

|Extremely difficult to lift if using only one crutch

===Acknowledgements===

* Content and images: [http://www.wateraid.org/what-we-do/our-approach/research-and-publications/view-publication?id=aff6d098-00f2-42e5-b9a0-22ec2b264a5e Compendium of accessible WASH technologies] WaterAidand WEDC.[[Image:WaterAid logo.png|none|100px|link=http://www.wateraid.org/us]][[Image:WEDC logo.png|none|100px|link=http://wedc.lboro.ac.uk/index.html]]

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