Handpumps: issues and concepts in rural water supply programmes

Prepared by IRC in cooperation with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada (1988)

A survey of handpumps and their use in water supply programmes for rural communities. The key factor is community involvement in all project phases. Ways of organizing and funding the maintenance of handpump water supply systems are discussed.

Target audience: programme staff, planners and policy makers concerned with technically progressive low-cost technologies; project management staff.

This document is available in the IRC WASH Library by clicking on the link.

Also available in French [TP 25-F]

- Series:

Technical Paper no. 25. xii, 163 pages. 108 references. Illustrated. ISBN 90-6687-010-9.

- Price:

€ 13.00

- Order code:

TP 25-E