<small-title />[[Image:TippyTap_icon.png|right|95px80px]][[Image:tippytap3.jpg|thumb|right|175px200px|The Tippy Tap.]][[Image:tippytap4.jpg|thumb|right|175px200px|The Tippy Tap in use.]]
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The Tippy Tap is a simple device for hand washing with running water. A container of 5 liter with a small hole near the cap is filled with water and tipped with a stick and rope tied trough a hole in the cap. As only the soap is touched with the hands, the device is very hygienic. A gravel bed is used to soak away the water and prevent mosquitos.
Different models are being used, all under the name "Tippy Tap".
===Suitable conditions===
Recommended to install in schools and family houses next to the latrine.
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- If installed near a school, someone must be responsible for filling the container
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===Costs===
The construction costs of the Tippy Tap are in the range of 0$ if second hand materials are used, 2-4 US$ if new materials are purchased.
===Field experiences===
<b>Mozambique</b><br>
Some 100 are in use in Zambia, Monze region. More follow-up needed. Sometimes a problem with acquiring good containers.
==Manuals, videos, and links==Akvo RSR Projects====<br>{|style="border: 2px solid #e0e0e0; width: 40%; text-align: justify; background-color: #e9f5fd;" cellpadding="2"<!--rsr logo here-->|- style="vertical-align: top"|[[Image:akvorsr logo_lite.png|center|60px|link=http://akvo.org/products/rsr/]]* VIDEO <!- -project blocks here-->|- style="vertical-align: bottom"|[[Image:project 360.jpg |thumb|center|140px|<font size="2"><center>[http://rsr.akvo.org/project/360/ RSR Project 360]<br>WASH Facilities at Kajiado Schools</center></font>|link=http://wwwrsr.youtubeakvo.org/project/360/ ]] |[[Image:project 467.jpg |thumb|center|140px|<font size="2"><center>[http://rsr.akvo.comorg/watch?v/project/467/ RSR Project 467]<br>Community Water and Sanitation Project</center></font>|link=http://rsr.akvo.org//project/467/ ]] |} <br> ===Manuals, videos, and links==={||{{#ev:youtube|P-Lk-GJtTbM |200|auto|<center>How to make a Tippy Tap.]</center>}}* VIDEO - [http|{{#ev://www.youtube.com/watch?v=|OvSc_7h9w6g |200|auto|<center>Different model, movie bij Bij Zenrainman]</center>}}|}
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* [http://www.pseau.org/outils/biblio/index.php?d=4999&l=fr&vue_pgm_o_tout=1&motclef%5B%5D=129&tri1=titre A l'eau les mains! Quand te laver les mains? Comment te les laver?]* [https://www.wsp.org/sites/wsp/files/Sanitation%20Marketing%20Toolkits/hwws-toolkit/hwws-tk-home?utm_source=Newsletter_May_2013&utm_campaign=Wasrag+February+2013Newsletter&utm_medium=email .html Handwashing with Soap Toolkit]
* [http://www.wsp.org/wsp/featuresevents/features/researching-use-tippy-taps-uganda WSP: A Case Study on the Tippy-Tap in Uganda.]
* [http://www.wot.utwente.nl/publications/tippy-tap.pdf How to make a Tippy Tap, Construction manual.]
* [http://www.wotircwash.utwente.nl/publications/tippy-tap.pdf IRC, The Netherlands]* [http://www.irc.nlorg/pagesites/13215 IRC article on Tippy Tap 1]* [http:default/files/www.irc262.nl/page/44941 IRC article on Tippy Tap 2]* [http://www.kwaho.org/t-tipitap92GU-9599.html Kenya Water for Health Organisation (KWAHO) (different model)pdf Guidelines For Operation and Maintenance of Public Standposts For TAP Committees]
* [http://www.appropedia.org/Handwashing#Appropriate_Technology_Handwash_Station.2C_Thailand Appropriate Technology Handwash Station, Thailand] - foot-operated, similar to the model shown here.
* [[Solution_of_the_week_1|Akvo water solution of the week 1]]
===Acknowledgments===