Water Portal

The water portal illustrates a selection of smart water technologies. We are working on making this portal comprehensive and contain full explanations on how to implement these technologies, complete with lots of reference manuals and links.

For help with selecting the right water technologies below, try our new Water Compass! It is a decision support tool.
To help manage drought, using water resource technologies and other strategies: Resilient WASH systems in drought-prone areas.

Sources
& Recharge

Water
Lifting Devices

Treatment
& Testing

Storage
& Distribution

Productive
Use

Rainwater
harvesting

Surface water

Groundwater
recharge

Ground
Catchment

Groundwater
access

Drilling or digging

Bucket and
basket lifts

Household and community pumps - Shallow, 0-20m

Household and community pumps - Medium, 20-50m

Household and community pumps - Deep, 50-100m

Powered pumps

Gravity-powered

Irrigation pumps

HWTS - Chemical

HWTS - Filtration

HWTS - Physical

CT - Chemical

CT - Filtration

CT - Physical

Testing

Commercial treatment
and testing systems

Centralized
treatment

Elevated
storage tanks

Surface
level tanks

Below
ground tanks

Natural
storage basins

Distribution

Solar water
heater tank

Suranga

Surface
irrigation

Bucket / Farm kits
and Drum systems

Localized
irrigation

Finger pond

Spirulina farming

Pond farming

Tilapia farming

Contour ridges

Field experiences

The following projects are utilizing water resource methods.


RSR Project 830 Scanning and Mapping the WASH Situation	RSR Project 469 Implementing an IWRM process in Mashuru	RSR Project 366 WASH Sustainability through Women Led MFI	RSR Project 488 Community-based WASH Project in Nepal	RSR Project 935 Community Health and Development Project