Links on Water Supply

Links on Water Supply

Directories / Overviews
Subject Pages:
Organizations

Directories / Overviews

Arsseau : l'annuaire des chercheurs en sciences sociales dans le domaine de l'eau (France)

Maintained by the six French water agencies (agences de l'eau) and the Water Department of the French Ministry of the Environment. Provides brief information on water management policies in France, water supply in the areas serviced by 6 water agencies, and the hydrological cycle. It also gives access to "Fontaine" a database containing over 10,000 bibliographical references to documents held by the above organizations.

InfrastructureNet!

Water & wastewater product and supplier directories (USA) + searchable database of articles in Water & Wastes Digest, Water Engineering and Management, and Water Quality Products.

Interwater

Provides sources of information about water and sanitation in developing countries. It is maintained by a group of partner institutions in the water and sanitation sector under the auspices of the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council. Includes the Interwater Guide to Information Sources which includes listings of Organizations, Directories, Databases, Dictionaries and glossaries, Thesauri and Bibliographies and literature reviews relating to water supply and sanitation in developing countries. It includes sources available on the Internet and through e-mail as well as those published in conventional formats.

Southern Africa Environment Page: Water

This subpage of the Southern Africa Environment Page ("a service of the Southern Africa Environment Project") provides links and other resources, current news, and background and analysis on water supply, water quality, water delivery, and sanitation in Southern Africa.

Utility Connection

Provides links to 3,870 electric, gas, water and wastewater utilities, utility associations, organizations, news, magazines, utility financial resources, and related state & federal regulatory and information sites.

Uwin home page

Vewin: Uw waterleidingbedrijf

Maintained by VEWIN, the Netherlands Waterworks Association, this site meant for the general public has links to:

a directory of Dutch water companies
household water conservation
hydrological cycle
water quality/hardness
Salamander game (requires Shockwave)

The Water Librarians' Home Page

Water Online

Water Organizations

Water Organizations in Developing Countries (UNDP/TCDC list)

Water Pages: UK Water Industry Water-Wastewater Web World Wide Water

Subject Pages

Water Collection Systems

Groundwater - Well Construction

Consallen Group: Includes information on the following products/technologies: Forager 200 well drilling equipment, Modified Chicago Method (MCM) for well casing in hand dug wells, Tripods
Lifewater Drill & Handpump Manual: In-depth instructions are provided on using the LS-100 drill machine and Bush (modified Zimbabwe) handpumps. Links to other well drilling techniques are included in the Technical Resources section.

Rainwater - Rainwater Harvesting and Rainwater Storage

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) - Rainwater Harvesting Campaign
The DTU Roofwater Harvesting Programme: Maintained by Development Technology Unit (DTU) of Warwick University (UK) and the Roofwater Harvesting Research Group (RHRG) a four nation research partnership based in Sri Lanka. This site includes information on designs, experiences and health aspects of roof catchment systems for rainwater harvesting. There are design examples from Thailand, Uganda, Honduras, Sri Lanka and India. In August 1998, the RHRG, started a 3 year European Union funded, programme titled: “Domestic Roofwater Harvesting in the Humid Tropics”.
Garnet Topic Network on Rainwater Harvesting
IT Publications: Books on water harvesting-storage
Water Resources in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas: Maintained by ICIMOD - International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (Nepal). Provides links to ICIMOD activities and publications on water resources management, especially on water harvesting.

Water Lifting Devices

Handpumps

Consallen hand pump
Handpump Technology Network (HTN) - SKAT
Lifewater Drill & Handpump Manual: In-depth instructions are provided on using the LS-100 drill machine and Bush (modified Zimbabwe) handpumps. Information on and links to over 25 handpumps for shallow and deep wells are included in the Technical Resources section.
Rural Water Systems (Netherlands): Dutch organization promoting the Volanta handpump.
SE3WE / TAT - Senioren für die Dritte Welt, Emmenbrücke Team für angewandte Technologien (Switzerland): Swiss NGO of "senior citizens" that has developed a small-scale pedal irrigation pump (treadle pump) for developing countries. Has technical drawings. In German, French and English.

Water Quality

GARNET Water Quality Node

Water Treatment

General

The Water Treatment FAQ: Maintained Culligan Solutions, manufacturer of water filters.
WaterNet-Water Technology magazine: Provides information on the (mainly US) water treatment industry. Requires (free) password. Includes news, calendar, listserver archive, and extensive list of links.

Desalination

Corbus, D. (1998). Desalination for Villages. (RSVP project brief ; 7/98). Golden, CO, USA, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Renewables for Sustainable Village Power Project
Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC): MEDRC, based in Oman, was conceived out of the Middle East Multilateral Peace Process as an international organization, which is dedicated to basic, applied and sponsored research in the area of desalination technology.

Iron and Mangenese Removal

GARNET Topic Network on Iron and Manganese Removal

Arsenic Removal

Arsenic Crisis Information Resources: Water Treatment: Maintained by: West Bengal India & Bangladesh Arsenic Crisis Information Centre
Arsenic Website Project at Harvard and MIT: Remediation Page

Disinfection

GARNET Topic Network on Solar Disinfection and Distillation
SODIS - Solar Water Disinfection: Provides information on laboratory and field research undertaken by EAWAG/SANDEC (Switzeralnd) on solar water disinfection for low-cost water treatment.

Filtration

Roughing Filter Technology (SANDEC)

Water Use

The Bottled Water Web [3 Oct 2000]: Maintained by Best Cellars, LLC (USA). A “portal” for the bottled water industry with FAQs, statistics, a glossary, regulations, bottled water prices, news, manufacturers, and e-commerce.

Organizations

ABES - Associação Brasileira de Engenharia Sanitária e Ambiental (Brazil)
AGHTM - Association Générale des Hygiénistes et Techniciens Municipaux (France)
AIDIS - Asociación Interamericana de Ingeniería Sanitaria y Ambiental (Brazil)
AIDIS-USA - Inter-American Association of Sanitary Engineering and Environmental Sciences-USA
Approtech Asia- Asian Alliance of Appropriate Technology Practitioners (Philippines): Appropriate technology information and resource centre based in the Philippines. Programme priorities: Energy; Water and Sanitation; Agriculture; Biodiversity; Shelter. Includes directory of members from Asian countries.
American Water Relief
American Water Works Association
Aquassistance (France): Aid with Water and the Environment to deprived peoples (Aquassistance) is a voluntary association of the staff of the Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux Group, set up in 1994.
Associates in Rural Development (ARD) (USA)
Australian Water & Wastewater Association
CAPART - Council for Advancement of People's Action and Rural Technology (India): A national agency under the under the aegis of the Ministry of Rural Areas and Employment promoting rural development in India, assisting over 6,300 voluntary organizations. CAPART has divisions on: Drinking Water, Rural Sanitation and Watershed Development
CAPRE - Comité Coordinador de Instituciones de Agua Potable y Saneamiento de Centroamérica, Panamá y República Dominicana (Costa Rica)
Care - Water and Sanitation Projects: Provides summaries of 26 water and sanitation projects in 13 countries. Has links to country pages (brief country statistics with summaries of all Care projects per country)
CEHA – Regional Centre for Environmental Health Activities (Jordan)
CEPIS (Lima, Peru)
CETESB -Companhia de Tecnologia de Saneamento Ambiental (Brazil)
CINARA
Collaborative Council
CREED - Citizens alliance in Reforms for Efficient and Equitable Development (Pakistan): NGO campaigning against privatization in Karachi
CWWA Canadian Water & Wastewater Association
Development Promotion Group (DPG) (India): NGO based Chennai (Madras), India, which supports and conducts community development programmes (including water and sanitation) in southern India. Activities includes research, training, awareness raising and consultancy services.; EC - European Commission
Development - Water Supply and Sanitation Projects
Environment - EU Water Policy
EHP - Environmental Health Project (USA)
ENSIC - Environmental Systems Infomation Centre
EPA - Environmental Protection Agency (USA) - Office of Water
GARNET
GARNET Local Network Centre, South Asia Region
Global Water
NGO based in the US, with two main programmes in developing countries: 1. water well drilling; and 2. water treatment and storage
Global Water Partnership
Globetree and Future Vessel (Sweden) - Our Uniting Water
IAMSLIC homepage
IAWQ International Association on Water Quality
IDE - International Development Enterprises (USA)
Promotes low-cost irrigation systems, esp. Treadle Pump
IHE Delft
India. Ministry of Rural Areas & Employment
Manages Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission (RGNDWM) and the Million Wells Scheme
International Desalination Association
International Network on Water, Environment and Health (UNU/INWEH)
International Office for Water (IOW) / Office International de l'eau (OIEau)
International Office for Water Education (IOWE)
International Private Water Association (IPWA)
IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre
ISW - International Secretariat for Water (Canada)
IWSA - International Water Services Association
IWSD - Institute of Water and Sanitation Development (Zimbabwe)
KIWA
KwaZulu Natal Water Research Network
Laboratoire de Géochimie des Eaux (LGE) (France)
Lifewater Canada
Lifewater Canada is a non-profit organization of volunteers involved in project implementation (mainly well construction in in Liberia), training, promotion and applied research (Bush pump) related to appropriate water technologies in developing countries. The site includes online training manuals on well drilling and handpump installation, and links to information on water collection (springs, rainwater, well drilling), handpumps, water quality and water treatment, and sanitation.
Lifewater International (USA)
Lifewater International is a non-profit organization of Christian water specialists in USA and Canada, with over forty volunteer well drillers, hydrogeologists, mechanical engineers, environmental scientists and businessmen. Lifewater's volunteers travel to developing countries and train nationals to improve their water supplies.
Malaysian Water Association
Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC)
MEDRC, based in Oman, was conceived out of the Middle East Multilateral Peace Process as an international organization, which is dedicated to basic, applied and sponsored research in the area of desalination technology.
Middle East Water Information Network
Mvula Home Page
The Mvula Trust is an is an independant organisation which aims to improve the health and welfare of poor and disadvantaged South Africans in rural and peri-urban communities by increasing access to safe and sustainable water and sanitation services.
National Drinking Water Clearinghouse
National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) - India
NETWAS International (Kenya)
NEWAH - Nepal Water for Health
A national level NGO established in 1992, specializing in rural water supply, sanitation and health promotion. NEWAH has over 145 professional staff working throughout rural Nepal from its headquarters in Kathmandu and five regional offices. NEWAH implements 50-60 development project every year, conduct research, and provides training and advisory services. Its major share of funds comes from WaterAid (UK).
NGO Forum for Drinking Water Supply & Sanitation
NGO Forum is the apex networking and service delivery agency of Bangladeshi NGOs which implement water and sanitation programmes. The website concentrates on the arsenic pollution mitigation activities of the organization's Arsenic Cell.
NSF International -- Ann Arbor, Michigan
NWP - Netherlands Water Partnership
Palestinian Hydrology Group (PHG)
Established in 1987 as an independent specialized institution dedicated to develop and protect the water and environmental resources; to insure more public accessibility to adequate water supply sources and sanitary conditions, especially in the rural areas; and to develop a Palestinian water information system. Includes brief information on actvities and publications.
PAHO - Drinking Water and Sanitation
Robens Institute Home Page
Rural Water Systems (Netherlands)
SANDEC - Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries
SANITEC -Centro de Tecnología Apropiada en Sanemiento (Cuba)
Founded in 1996 in Guantánamo, Cuba, by the Instituto Nacional de Recursos Hidráulicos and UNICEF, under the auspices of the Consejo de la Administración Provincial de Guantánamo, to develop appropriate technologies for water supply, basic sanitation and environmental protection. Technologies include: simplified sewerage, slow sand filtrartion, domestic filters and latrines.
Simavi (Netherlands)
SKAT Homepage
SMALSYS
International interest and action group on small water treatment systems
SOAS: Geography: Water Issues Group
SOPAC
The South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission gathers new data to assist member countries to assess their natural resources, and to build national capacities in the geosciences. Programme activities include water resources and sanitation.
South Africa Department of Water Affairs and Forestry
South Africa. Ministry of Water Affairs and Forestry
Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)
Organizes Stockholm Water Symposium
Sunmotor International Ltd. (Canada)
Solar pump manufacturer
Tampere Univ. of Technolgy - Inst. of Water and Environmental Engineering - Home Page
UNEP - Water Programme
Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (Bolivia) - IIS - Instituto de Ingenieria Sanitaria
USEPA Water Protection Homepage
VWN - Vereniging voor Waterleidingbelangen in Nederland
Water Environment International (WEI) (Canada)
WEI is concerned with water resources development and water quality in developing countries, particularly in Asia (Bangladesh and Viet Nam).WEI also maintains an International Water Environment Consultants Registry (not available online).
Water for People (USA)
WfS - Water for Survival (New Zealand NGO)
Water Partners International Home Page
Water Research Commission (South Africa)
WaterAid
WaterCan / EauVive
WEDC
WELL - Water and Environmental Health at London and Loughborough
WHO - Water, sanitation and health
WISA: Water Institute of Southern Africa
World Bank: Transportation, Water & Urban Development Dept.
World Council for Infrastructure Development
An advocacy and research advisory service dedicated to promoting speed, cost-effectiveness and transparency in sustainable infrastructure development worldwide. The World Council is comprised of corporate executives in infrastructure development and global investment, ministers from emerging market countries, and participants from multilateral banks and export credit agencies. Activities include a Water Task Force.
World Neighbors (USA) - Water and Sanitaton
World Water Council
World Wide Water Foundation, Ltd (WWWF) (USA)
This humanitarian organization supports well drilling and water resource projects by transporting water equipment and other humanitarian goods with its own 3000 ton ship. The ship, which can provide entry to inaccessible areas, has two 225,000 lb cranes and a complete machine workshop
WRc -Water Research Centre (UK)
WRTC - Water Research and Training Centre for a new Burma
WSP - World Bank Water and Sanitation Program (formerly UNDP-Water Bank Water and Sanitation Program)
The Program has three focus areas: Rural Water Supply and Sanitation, Urban Environmental Sanitation, and Participation and Gender. For each of these areas there is a brief introduction paper, project examples, publications, videos, and Internet links. The Participation and Gender section includes a brief description of the Participatory Development Fund (PDF), the PROWWESS Project and the Participatory Hygiene and Sanitation Transformation (PHAST) Initiative. The site also gives contact addresses for the Program’s regional offices. Languages: English, French and Spanish.
EHP - Environmental Health Project (USA)
ENSIC - Environmental Systems Infomation Centre: EPA - Environmental Protection Agency (USA) - Office of Water
GARNET
GARNET Local Network Centre, South Asia Region
Global Water: NGO based in the US, with two main programmes in developing countries: 1. water well drilling; and 2. water treatment and storage
Global Water Partnership
Globetree and Future Vessel (Sweden) - Our Uniting Water
IAMSLIC homepage
IAWQ International Association on Water Quality
IDE - International Development Enterprises (USA): Promotes low-cost irrigation systems, esp. Treadle Pump
IHE Delft
India. Ministry of Rural Areas & Employment: Manages Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission (RGNDWM) and the Million Wells Scheme
International Desalination Association
International Network on Water, Environment and Health (UNU/INWEH)
International Office for Water (IOW) / Office International de l'eau (OIEau)
International Office for Water Education (IOWE)
International Private Water Association (IPWA)
IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre
ISW - International Secretariat for Water (Canada)
IWSA - International Water Services Association
IWSD - Institute of Water and Sanitation Development (Zimbabwe)
KIWA
KwaZulu Natal Water Research Network
Laboratoire de Géochimie des Eaux (LGE) (France)
Lifewater Canada: Lifewater Canada is a non-profit organization of volunteers involved in project implementation (mainly well construction in in Liberia), training, promotion and applied research (Bush pump) related to appropriate water technologies in developing countries. The site includes online training manuals on well drilling and handpump installation, and links to information on water collection (springs, rainwater, well drilling), handpumps, water quality and water treatment, and sanitation.
Lifewater International (USA): Lifewater International is a non-profit organization of Christian water specialists in USA and Canada, with over forty volunteer well drillers, hydrogeologists, mechanical engineers, environmental scientists and businessmen. Lifewater's volunteers travel to developing countries and train nationals to improve their water supplies.
Malaysian Water Association
Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC): MEDRC, based in Oman, was conceived out of the Middle East Multilateral Peace Process as an international organization, which is dedicated to basic, applied and sponsored research in the area of desalination technology.
Middle East Water Information Network
Mvula Home Page: The Mvula Trust is an is an independant organisation which aims to improve the health and welfare of poor and disadvantaged South Africans in rural and peri-urban communities by increasing access to safe and sustainable water and sanitation services.
National Drinking Water Clearinghouse
National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) - India
NETWAS International (Kenya)
NEWAH - Nepal Water for Health: A national level NGO established in 1992, specializing in rural water supply, sanitation and health promotion. NEWAH has over 145 professional staff working throughout rural Nepal from its headquarters in Kathmandu and five regional offices. NEWAH implements 50-60 development project every year, conduct research, and provides training and advisory services. Its major share of funds comes from WaterAid (UK).
NGO Forum for Drinking Water Supply & Sanitation: NGO Forum is the apex networking and service delivery agency of Bangladeshi NGOs which implement water and sanitation programmes. The website concentrates on the arsenic pollution mitigation activities of the organization's Arsenic Cell.
NSF International -- Ann Arbor, Michigan
NWP - Netherlands Water Partnership
Palestinian Hydrology Group (PHG): Established in 1987 as an independent specialized institution dedicated to develop and protect the water and environmental resources; to insure more public accessibility to adequate water supply sources and sanitary conditions, especially in the rural areas; and to develop a Palestinian water information system. Includes brief information on actvities and publications.; PAHO - Drinking Water and Sanitation
Robens Institute Home Page
Rural Water Systems (Netherlands)
SANDEC - Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries
SANITEC -Centro de Tecnología Apropiada en Sanemiento (Cuba): Founded in 1996 in Guantánamo, Cuba, by the Instituto Nacional de Recursos Hidráulicos and UNICEF, under the auspices of the Consejo de la Administración Provincial de Guantánamo, to develop appropriate technologies for water supply, basic sanitation and environmental protection. Technologies include: simplified sewerage, slow sand filtrartion, domestic filters and latrines.
Simavi (Netherlands)
SKAT Homepage
SMALSYS: International interest and action group on small water treatment systems
SOAS: Geography: Water Issues Group
SOPAC: The South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission gathers new data to assist member countries to assess their natural resources, and to build national capacities in the geosciences. Programme activities include water resources and sanitation.
South Africa Department of Water Affairs and Forestry
South Africa. Ministry of Water Affairs and Forestry
Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI): Organizes Stockholm Water Symposium
Sunmotor International Ltd. (Canada): Solar pump manufacturer
Tampere Univ. of Technolgy - Inst. of Water and Environmental Engineering - Home Page
UNEP - Water Programme: Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (Bolivia) - IIS - Instituto de Ingenieria Sanitaria
USEPA Water Protection Homepage
VWN - Vereniging voor Waterleidingbelangen in Nederland
Water Environment International (WEI) (Canada): WEI is concerned with water resources development and water quality in developing countries, particularly in Asia (Bangladesh and Viet Nam).WEI also maintains an International Water Environment Consultants Registry (not available online).
Water for People (USA)
WfS - Water for Survival (New Zealand NGO)
Water Partners International Home Page
Water Research Commission (South Africa)
WaterAid
WaterCan / EauVive
WEDC
WELL - Water and Environmental Health at London and Loughborough: WHO - Water, sanitation and health
WISA: Water Institute of Southern Africa
World Bank: Transportation, Water & Urban Development Dept.
World Council for Infrastructure Development: An advocacy and research advisory service dedicated to promoting speed, cost-effectiveness and transparency in sustainable infrastructure development worldwide. The World Council is comprised of corporate executives in infrastructure development and global investment, ministers from emerging market countries, and participants from multilateral banks and export credit agencies. Activities include a Water Task Force.
World Neighbors (USA) - Water and Sanitaton
World Water Council
World Wide Water Foundation, Ltd (WWWF) (USA): This humanitarian organization supports well drilling and water resource projects by transporting water equipment and other humanitarian goods with its own 3000 ton ship. The ship, which can provide entry to inaccessible areas, has two 225,000 lb cranes and a complete machine workshop
WRc -Water Research Centre (UK)
WRTC - Water Research and Training Centre for a new Burma
WSP - World Bank Water and Sanitation Program (formerly UNDP-Water Bank Water and Sanitation Program): The Program has three focus areas: Rural Water Supply and Sanitation, Urban Environmental Sanitation, and Participation and Gender. For each of these areas there is a brief introduction paper, project examples, publications, videos, and Internet links. The Participation and Gender section includes a brief description of the Participatory Development Fund (PDF), the PROWWESS Project and the Participatory Hygiene and Sanitation Transformation (PHAST) Initiative. The site also gives contact addresses for the Program’s regional offices. Languages: English, French and Spanish.