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rwsn rural water supply network notice translation of text on this website is automated so please note that some organisation names may not display correctly and that translation of some technical terms may not be completely accurate close sprache auswählen deutsch afrikaans albanisch amharisch arabisch armenisch aserbaidschanisch assamesisch aymara bambara baskisch belarussisch bengalisch bhojpuri birmanisch bosnisch bulgarisch cebuano chichewa chinesisch traditionell chinesisch vereinfacht dänisch dhivehi dogri esperanto estnisch ewe filipino finnisch französisch friesisch galizisch georgisch griechisch guarani gujarati haitianisch hausa hawaiisch hebräisch hindi hmong igbo ilokano indonesisch irisch isländisch italienisch japanisch javanisch jiddisch kannada kasachisch katalanisch khmer kinyarwanda kirgisisch konkani koreanisch korsisch krio kroatisch kurdisch kurmandschi kurdisch sorani lao latein lettisch lingala litauisch luganda luxemburgisch maithili malagasy malayalam 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lao latin latvian lithuanian macedonian malay maltese maori marathi mongolian nepali norwegian persian polish portuguese punjabi romanian russian serbian slovak slovenian somali spanish swahili swedish tamil telugu thai turkish ukrainian urdu vietnamese welsh yiddish yoruba zulu about rwsn vision mission and strategy rwsn people the rwsn story rwsn financial info contact terms of use data privacy policy themes self supply sustainable groundwater development leave no one behind sustainable services data for action multiple use water services mus water quality and safety knowledge library events webinars book a sponsored webinar regions countries rwsn blog join and collaborate join as an individual or organisation rwsn member organisations partners collaborations projects rwsn activities and services mentoring programme sirwash webinar series enabling environments for rural water and sanitation lessons across regions rwsn annual report 2025 everything that we did together in 2025 all collaborations join or support rwsn popular resources on rwsn all publications events 17 08 2026 21 08 2026 africa water sanitation systems leadership symposium accelerating water and sanitation transformation for sustainable impact kigali convention centre in rwanda more sanitation circle newsbox published on 27 05 2026 by rwsn events africa water sanitation systems leadership symposium published on 12 12 2025 by rwsn news remembering erich baumann founder of rwsn 1944 2025 a pragmatic out of the box thinker and leading authority on the design manufacture and maintenance of handpumps in low income countries erich was a forceful advocate for the community ownership and management of small scale water schemes and an indefatigable trainer of government engineers and village level operatives erich was born and grew up in switzerland after graduating as a mechanical engineer he began his career designing tractors but the 1970s were a bad time for the industry and many factories including his closed so in 1979 he moved to bangladesh where he began work at the mirpur agricultural workshop and training school mawts where his focus moved from tractors to expanding the manufacturing capacity of factories to produce and sell the simple rower pump which was ideal for low cost irrigation it was through this that he met ken gibbs unicef and tim journey world bank who were working on improvements to direct action handpumps for domestic water supply in 1984 erich turned down a job at the world bank to return to switzerland and join skat which was then an association affiliated with the university of st gallen he rose to become managing director and navigated the organisation through the tricky transition of becoming an independent consulting company skat consulting ltd in 1997 and establishing skat foundation in 2002 before handing over the reins to jürg christen his attention to detail and quality was applied to getting iso 9000 accreditation in quality management within the organisation published on 19 08 2025 by rwsn news rwsn secretariat at the world water week 2025 we are excited to share the list of sessions and events the rwsn secretariat co organises and speaks at as well as some interesting sessions below published on 07 09 2023 by sswm articles m4 lecture 8 genomic techniques for assessing microbial diversity in the arctic published on 07 09 2023 by sswm articles m4 lecture 7 wastewater in cold climate experiences in the andes published on 07 09 2023 by sswm articles m3 lecture 5 water supply in greenland text about the news box cycle network and a clear message to join and participate you want to add your news get involved content provided by our focus themes self supply supporting incremental improvements to water supplies that are mainly financed by the users themselves self supply library self supply technologies technology applicability framework rainwater harvesting household water treatment safe storage sustainable groundwater development finding using and protecting groundwater resources sustainable groundwater development library groundwater professional water well drilling stop the rot corrosion infrastructure quality manual drilling groundwater abstraction handpump technologies solar pumping groundwater management upgro unlocking the potential of groundwater for the poor leave no one behind access to safe affordable drinking water is a universal human right leave no one behind library lnob integrity and corruption african women in wash awards sustainable services supporting incremental improvements to water supplies that are mainly financed by the users themselves sustainable services library sustainable services real water usaid rural evidence and learning for water external reach improving water security for the poor external piped gravity and spring fed supplies myths of rural water supply training and capacity data for action supporting incremental improvements to water supplies that are mainly financed by the users themselves data for action library data for action multiple use water services mus supporting incremental improvements to water supplies that are mainly financed by the users themselves multiple use water services mus library multiple use water services mus mus group ext website the nepal multiple use water system mus network ext website iwmi publications on mus ext website water quality and safety supporting incremental improvements to water supplies that are mainly financed by the users themselves water quality and safety regions countries sub saharan africa commonwealth of independent states southern asia south eastern asia latin america rwsn blog 06 october 2026 have we found the missing link in rural water financing 30 september 2026 change our views blog 2 confessions of a systems thinker and engineers as we listen 16 september 2026 change our views blog 1 fixing pumps and perceptions a systems love story 10 august 2026 african women shaping africa s water future leadership 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