Rural Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene

According to World Vision, more than 80 percent of those lacking access to safe water and sanitation live in rural areas, especially in the rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Resources available in this sub-theme include assessments of interagency collaboration in rural water and sanitation projects and assessments of rural water supply and emergency needs worldwide, among other resources that support the rural access to water, sanitation, and hygiene.

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Rural Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Resources

Rain-fed Resources Development Project: Project Assistance Completion Report

Published: 
January 1, 1991
U.S. Agency for International Development
PACR for a project (9/82-9/91) to support community-based land and water management in upland forest, rain fed agricultural areas, and coastal zones in the Philippines. The project was divided into two cycles. Cycle I (1983-86) was mainly institution building for resource monitoring, policy...Read more
Regional focus: 
PhilippinesEast Asia and Pacific

Feasibility of Local Manufacture of the Aid Hand - Operated Water Pump and Other Technology Appropriate for Rural Water Supply Programs in the Philippines

Published: 
April 1, 1979
U.S. Agency for International Development
There is a need for effective rural water supply programs in the Philippines. During the next five years, the population is expected to increase by 1.3 million per year. Water and sanitation related to diseases remain a significant health problem. At the present time some 23.8 million people...Read more
Regional focus: 
PhilippinesEast Asia and Pacific

Evaluation of Rural Water Supply Project Using the Coconut Fiber/Burnt Rice Husks Filter (Frankel Filter) in the Bicol River Basin, Philippines

Published: 
April 1, 1977
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report describes the results of a six month monitoring program by the Bicol River Basin Development Program (BRBDP) covering the operation of three pilot coconut fiber/burnt rice husks filters (known as the Frankel Filter Project) in the barrios of Balagbag, Milaor; San Francisco (Bawa),...Read more
Regional focus: 
PhilippinesEast Asia and Pacific

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