Portal:Water

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The water portal illustrates a selection of smart water technologies. We are working on making this portal comprehensive and contain full explanations on how to implement these technologies. In the meantime we hope the site can be a source of inspiration for those who are trying to improve access to clean water.

Water sources	Lifting and distribution	Storage and recharge	Treatment and testing	Use of water
Manual drilling general Hand auger - general Hand auger - Vonder rig Hand auger - driven wells Percussion - general Percussion - Stone hammer Sludging - Asian sludge Sludging - Rota sludge Sludging - Baptist method Pounder rig Jetting - general Jetting - EMAS method Jetting - Engine powered rotary jetting Small rotary machines Dug wells Fog water collection Tyrolean weir - Surface water collection Rainwater harvesting Spring water sources	Treadle pump Rope pump PVC pumps EMAS pump EMAS pedal pump Canzee pump Hydraulic Ram pump Small and efficient motor pumps Horse and wind powered pumps Solar pumps Gravity-driven water distribution Commercial systems	Rainwater harvesting and storage Wire-cement tank Plastic-lined tank Underground tank Brick cement tank Small household ferrocement watertanks Groundwater - Sand dam Groundwater recharge EMAS Cistern Classical ferrocement tank	Concrete Biosand Filter Kanchan Arsenic Filter Ceramic pot filter Siphon filter Chlorine (Sodium Hypochlorite) Chlorine (NaDCC) WATAsol Boiling Sodis (Solar disinfection) Testing - Hach Pathoscreen test Testing - Easygel Commercial systems	Irrigation - Lay flat hose Irrigation - Spray head Irrigation - Pepsi drip Irrigation - Nica drip Irrigation - Spate irrigation Pond farming Finger pond Spirulina farming Tippy Tap - sanitation

Acknowledgements

Much of the material in this section comes from the book Smart Water Solutions produced in collaboration with Netherlands Water Partnership, WASTE, PRACTICA, IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, SIMAWI, AGROMISA, NCDO, Aqua for All (A4A), and Partners voor Water