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'''The Rural Water Supply Network''' (RWSN) functions as a global knowledge network with its secretariat hosted by a Skat Foundation, a resource centre based in Switzerland. It aims to facilitate Assisting sector partners initiatives through knowledge sharing and dissemination is at the provision core of all RWSN activities. The organisation helps in cross-fertilisation of safe water experiences and sanitation to prevents "reinventing the poor and deprived through wheel". RWSN helps in the promotion preparation of sustainable case studies, technical notes and field monitoring reports. It provides technical back-up on low cost technologies that are affordable and responsive to assists in the needs introduction of the usersimplementation procedures. RWSN blends a strong engineering capacity with the principles of balanced development, including institutional, financial and social aspects. The network acts as a depository of knowledge and provides support to sector partners; it pools the experience and expertise of its members and places the results of their work in the public domain through the production of publications and international specifications. RWSN concentrates on affordable, groundwater-related technologies that are easy to maintain and acts as a focal point for standardisation of low cost water supply technologies. The following four themes are known as the flagships of RWSN: *Self Supply (SS) – private investments and household initiatives are incorporated into national and international strategies for rural water supply improvement. *Cost-effective boreholes (CEB) – policies are adopted and practices are followed which bring about cost-effective borehole provision. *Sustainable handpumps (SH) – the percentage of functioning handpumps is increased through the application of improved policies and practices. *Handpump Technologies (HT) - sustainable technologies that are affordable and responsive to the needs of the users are utilised.