WASH  Technology  Assessment  an  Accord  WASH  Alliance  working  group  update  

   

October  30,  2013    //    Grand  Rapids,  MI  

Stephen  Clarke,  Ronnie  Kaweesa  

Rose  McPherson  

Brent  Hample,  Dean  Rees  

Jordan  Smoke  

Jonathan  Mitchell  

Sarah  Young  

ParMcipants  

Purpose  Develop  a  tool  that  assesses  the  opMons  in  each  WASH  technology  product  category  and  offers  decision  guidance.    Product  Categories  of  Interest  Hand  Pumps  Water  Purifica,on  Sanita,on  Tech  So2ware  Approaches  

Process  •  Select  one  product  category  -­‐  Handpumps  •  Research  exisMng  opMons/resources  •  Establish  criteria  categories  •  Develop  key  evaluaMve  quesMons  •  First  draV  of  tool  •  Cross-­‐organizaMonal  input  –  parMcularly  from  field  perspecMve  –  Rural  Water  Supply  Network  

•  Incorporate  input  into  second  draV  of  tool  •  Deliver  draV  tool  to  Accord  WASH  Alliance  members  

Product  

New  leadership  encouraged  •  Develop  assessment  tools  for  other  product  categories  idenMfied  last  year:  Water  PurificaMon,  SanitaMon  Technology,  etc.  

•  Improve  the  user  interface  of  the  tool  and  integrate  separate  product  categories  into  larger  tool  

•  Incorporate  newer  hand  pump  opMons  into  the  Hand  Pump  SelecMon  tool?  

•  CollaboraMon  through  RWSN?  –  further  development  of  hand  pump  tool,  develop  similar  resource  for  Boreholes,  Manually  Drilled  Wells.      

•  Related  tool:  h^p://washtechnologies.net/en/  •  Others?