Infrastructure Development

According to the UN, large numbers of people in developing countries still lack access to basic infrastructure services. Continued lack of access will constrain achievements of any development goals agreed for the post-2015 period. Resources available in this sub-theme include project summaries and successes of past infrastructure development projects, technical and field guidance on infrastructure development, and other resources that can help to develop effective WASH infrastructure.

Infrastructure Development Resources

USAID Hand pump Program in Tunisia

Publication date:
September 1, 1983
U.S. Agency for International Development
The AID hand pump is a single-action, reciprocating, positive displacement pump designed in 1966 by Battelle-Columbus Laboratories for the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID). Specifications for the design included long life under severe operating conditions, easy maintenance using...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Tunisia
Middle East and North Africa

Appropriate Technology Information for Developing Countries

Publication date:
November 1, 1979
Skoll Global Threats Fund
U.S. Agency for International Development
This publication was produced to inform the international development community about selected scientific and technical information available from NTIS which can be transferred, adapted, and applied to solve local development problems around the world. the selection was made from the NTIS data file...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

Animal - Driven Chain Pump

Publication date:
January 1, 1979
U.S. Agency for International Development
Construction time and labor resources required to complete this project will vary depending on several factors. The most important consideration in interpreting the time frame given is the availability of the local people interested in doing this project. The project may in many circumstances be a...Read more

Minimum Design Standards for Community Water Supply Systems

Publication date:
July 1, 1965
U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose is to set forth Minimum Design Standards acceptable to FHA for water supply production, treatment, pumping, storage, and distribution facilities to serve properties offered as security for mortgage insurance.Read more

Geologic and Hydrologic Aspects of Test Well Drilling

Publication date:
April 1, 1962
U.S. Agency for International Development
U.S. Geological Survey
Information on test-well drilling was compiled in 1957 in the Resources Div., U.S. Geological Survey, Tucson, Arizona, for use in the training of participants from foreign countries. The data pertains largely to the geologic and hydrologic aspects of test-well drilling and supplement instructions...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States

Status. of Aid Type Hand pump in the Dominican Republic

U.S. Agency for International Development
The USAID/Washington through its Office of Health requested the Water and Sanitation for Health (WASH) Project to provide technical assistance for the USAID Mission to the Dominican Republic and the State Secretariate for Public Health and Social Assistance (SESPAS). This technical as assistance...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Dominican Republic
Latin America and the Caribbean

Project Activities Completion Report: Rural Water and Sanitation

U.S. Agency for International Development
PACR of a project (1980-89) to provide potable water and sanitation systems in rural Honduras. The targeted 430 water systems were completed, and 420 are working satisfactorily; watershed deterioration is to blame for those not functioning. However, the water delivered by these functioning systems...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Honduras
Latin America and the Caribbean

Aid Grant No. Aid/Asia/G-1198 to Cooperative American Relief Everywhere (CARE) to Establish Potable Water Systems in a Minimum of Six Korean Villages

U.S. Agency for International Development
Grant is provided CARE to develop replicable integrated potable water systems for low-income residents in large Korean towns. CARE will construct the systems in nine towns chosen with the aid of County and Provincial Governments. Each system will consist of a pumping station, filtration and...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
South East Asia

USAID Hand-Operated Water Pump: A Classic Example of Technology Transfer

Publication date:
January 1, 1981
U.S. Agency for International Development
A.I.D.'s technology transfer efforts have enabled various developing nations to produce their own hand-operated water pumps, thereby providing them with improved rural health, a source of pride and employment, and an alternative to costlier imported pumps. This report describes an A.I.D...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Global

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