Sustainable water supply for a remote rural community in Mozambique: Oxfam Australia and the Chicomo rural development project. From: Greener Management International | Date: June 22, 2003| Author: Mann, Elizabeth | COPYRIGHT 2003 Greenleaf Publishing. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Southern Africa is littered with broken hand pumps that the users are ill equipped to repair. Providing a sustainable water supply to isolated rural populations neither begins nor ends with drilling a borehole and installing a hand pump. While appropriate technology is essential, it is only one factor to be taken into account when designing a water project. Other key factors that need careful consideration include government policy, access to spare parts and training of local commu...

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