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Assisting sector partners initiatives through knowledge sharing and dissemination is at the core of all RWSN activities. The organisation helps in cross-fertilisation of experiences and prevents "reinventing the wheel". RWSN supports the preparation of case studiesconcentrates on affordable, technical notes groundwater-related technologies that are easy to maintain and field monitoring reports. It provides technical back-up on acts as a focal point for standardisation of low cost water supply technologies and assists in the introduction of implementation procedures.

As such, RWSN blends a strong engineering capacity with the principles of balanced institutional, financial and social development. The network is able to act as a depository of knowledge and provides support to sector partners. Furthermore, RWSN supports the preparation of case studies, technical notes and field monitoring reports. It provides technical back-up on low cost technologies and assists in the introduction of implementation procedures.

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) *Cost-effective boreholes (CEB) *Sustainable handpumps (SH)*Handpump Technologies (HT)