Difference between revisions of "Accessible - Water Provision"
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| − | |style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:water_provision2.png|thumb|left|270px|]] | + | |style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:water_provision2.png|thumb|left|270px|Plastic water container hung high in bathroom, and tipped forward by pulling rope so water flows onto bather.]] |
| − | |style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:water_provision3.png|thumb|left|190px|]] | + | |style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:water_provision3.png|thumb|left|190px|Basin / bowl placed on wooden table to raise it to a convenient height for the bather.]] |
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|width="20%"|'''Cost / labour''' | |width="20%"|'''Cost / labour''' | ||
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| − | |style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|Elevated large water storage jar with flexible hose, with tap to smaller secondary jar placed next to bathing bench. Water fed by gravity. | + | |style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|'''Elevated large water storage jar with flexible hose, with tap to smaller secondary jar placed next to bathing bench. Water fed by gravity.''' |
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* User does not need to carry water | * User does not need to carry water | ||
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|Medium to high | |Medium to high | ||
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| − | |style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|Plastic water container hung high in bathroom, and tipped forward by pulling rope so water flows onto bather. | + | |style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|'''Plastic water container hung high in bathroom, and tipped forward by pulling rope so water flows onto bather.''' |
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* User does not need to carry water | * User does not need to carry water | ||
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|Medium | |Medium | ||
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| − | |style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|Basin / bowl placed on wooden table to raise it to a convenient height for the bather. | + | |style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|'''Basin / bowl placed on wooden table to raise it to a convenient height for the bather.''' |
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* Low cost | * Low cost | ||
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===Acknowledgements=== | ===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] WaterAid. | + | * 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] WaterAid and 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]] | ||
Revision as of 02:28, 31 January 2015
| Suitable for: people who have difficulty carrying water; people who prefer to sit while washing. |
| Construction | Advantages | Disadvantages | Improvements / variations | Cost / labour |
| Elevated large water storage jar with flexible hose, with tap to smaller secondary jar placed next to bathing bench. Water fed by gravity. |
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Medium to high |
| Plastic water container hung high in bathroom, and tipped forward by pulling rope so water flows onto bather. |
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Medium |
| Basin / bowl placed on wooden table to raise it to a convenient height for the bather. |
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Bathers are unable to fill basin themselves so are dependent on others to refill it each time they need it | Basin could be placed on large, flat stone, or a wooden stand
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Low |
Acknowledgements
- Content and images: Compendium of accessible WASH technologies WaterAid and WEDC.
