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With over a million handpumps in sub-Saharan Africa and new installations every day, handpump standardisation is still vital for the policy and practices of governments and implementing organisations.

TitleHandpump standardisation in Sub-Saharan Africa : seeking a champion
Publication TypeLiterature Review
Year of Publication2015
AuthorsMacArthur, J
Secondary TitleRWSN publication
Issue2015-1
Pagination15 p. : 6 boxes, 3 fig., 3 tab.
Date Published01/2015
Publisher Rural Water Supply Network, Skat Foundation
Place PublishedSt.Gallen, Switzerland
Publication LanguageEnglish
ISBN Number978- 3-908156- 56-7
Keywordsstandards
Abstract

Handpump standardisation is the formal or informal mechanism that governs the varieties of community handpumps used within a particular country. In a handful of countries this also includes standard handpump designs. With over a million handpumps in subSaharan Africa and new installations every day, handpump standardisation is still vital for the policy and practices of governments and implementing organisations. While rural water practitioners are polarised about the future of formal standardisation, the extent of informal standardisation is of significant importance to the sustainability of handpumps across the continent. Of the thirty-five countries in sub-Saharan using handpumps, formal standardisation has emerged in fifteen through regulations (nine countries), and endorsements (six countries). However in the remaining countries, informal standardisation determines what handpumps are installed where, either through recommendations (fourteen countries), or de facto standardisation (six countries) [author abstract]

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