awa working group on tech assessment - update oct 2013
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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?