Sustainability

According to Global Water Challenge, sustainability is one of the most pressing issues facing the WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) sector today. More than 30 percent of WASH projects fail after two to five years. Resources available to help address this challenge include guidance on operations and maintenance approaches, tools to estimate long-term costs, and other resources to support sustainability.

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Sustainability Resources

Training Video: Drilling Zones 1 and 2

Published: 
January 1, 2012
Water4
This 11-minute training video provides an overview of drilling zones 1 and 2. After an appropriate site for hand drilling has been selected the drilling begins. During the drilling process, several different geological zones will be encountered: top soil, dirt, dry sand, sand & clay mix, clay...Read more
Regional focus: 
Global

Training Video: Drilling Zone 3

Published: 
January 1, 2012
Water4
This 8-minute video provides a brief overview of drilling through zone 3, hard layers. A hard layer is defined as any layer in which the 6" auger or 5" auger will not work. When you encounter a hard layer your first option is a 4" auger. One geological zone where it would be...Read more
Regional focus: 
Global

Training Video: Well Completion

Published: 
January 1, 2012
Water4
This 13-minute training video provides an overview of well completion, once you have the appropriate amount of water volume and recharge in the borehole.Read more
Regional focus: 
Global

Video: Promoting Local Supply Chains with SolutionMUS

Published: 
May 1, 2015
Winrock International
Whenever clients' water needs can be addressed by local entrepreneurs, SolutionMUS seeks to catalyze scalable, market-based solutions taking demand and supply into account. See how SolutionMUS enhances the scalability and sustainability of water services by working across the supply chain of...Read more
Regional focus: 
Global

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