This article seems to focus on urban water supply and piped systems. However over 70% of the SDG6.1 target group lives in rural areas where piped systems are (more) expensive or just not possible. A solution there can be the use of SMARTechs, being innovative market-based technologies that can be produced locally. Examples are manual drilling of tube wells, locally produced hand or solar pumps, Groundwater tube recharge, underground storage tanks and household waterfilters etc. With a combination of these options "Basic service" is possible in areas with > 200mm rain/year at an investment cost of $25/ person.
Published by henk holtslag, Free lance - Advisor Low cost technologies
This article seems to focus on urban water supply and piped systems. However over 70% of the SDG6.1 target group lives in rural areas where piped systems are (more) expensive or just not possible. A solution there can be the use of SMARTechs, being innovative market-based technologies that can be produced locally. Examples are manual drilling of tube wells, locally produced hand or solar pumps, Groundwater tube recharge, underground storage tanks and household waterfilters etc. With a combination of these options "Basic service" is possible in areas with > 200mm rain/year at an investment cost of $25/ person.