Category Archives: Water supply

Using the TAF to evaluate handpumps in different contexts

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Carmen da Silva Wells

One of the exciting outputs from the WASHTech project has been the piloting the use of the Technology Applicability Framework (TAF) to assess the India Mark II in Burkina Faso, Uganda (U2) and Ghana (Ghana Modified) and the Rope Pump … Continue reading →

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Tools for sustainable service delivery

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Carmen da Silva Wells

What sort of tools do you need to support more sustainable service delivery? Sustainable Services at Scale, the Triple-S project- has developed a tools survey to inventorise the kinds of tools that could help improve water service delivery. The survey complements … Continue reading →

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1st WASHTech webinar attracts 25 participants and lots of questions

Posted on July 2, 2013 by dietvorst

How were community members engaged in the piloting of the Technology Applicability Framework (TAF) for the rope pump in Ghana? This was one of the questions asked during the Webinar “Investing in effective technologies with the Technology Applicability Framework”, which … Continue reading →

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Understanding the Technology Applicability Framework (TAF)

Posted on April 10, 2013 by awumbei

“Let’s invite WASHTECH to apply the TAF tool on this Household Water Treatment and Storage (HWTS) technology, the communities choices system, to determine whether it needs to be scaled up”. This came up at the 26th edition of the National … Continue reading →

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Assessing the potential of solar powered pumping for domestic water supply in Uganda

Posted on April 3, 2013 by sekumapter

In Kanungu district of south western Uganda, the Technology Applicability Framework  (TAF) work was used to assess the potential of solar powered water pumping in the country.The exercise involved representatives from the Ministry of Water and Environment, Technical Support Units … Continue reading →

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Sustainability of solar water pumping in Uganda

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Jonga Micheal

This video highlights steps of using the Technology Applicability Framework (TAF) to assess the potential solar powered water pumping for domestic supply in Kanungu district of south western Uganda

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TAF Experiences from Ghana

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Jonga Micheal

Kassim Yakububu Al-Hassan of Water Aid in Ghana presented the experiences from Ghana after applying TAF to rope pump in Ghana. The presentation covered the detailed roles of the partners. Prior to testing two trainings were carried out firstly for … Continue reading →

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Experiences with TAF testing in Burkina Faso

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Jonga Micheal

Coulibaly Yacouba Noel of Water and Sanitation for West Africa shared the experiences from Burkina Faso. In his presentation Noel eluded that during TAF testing, the focus group discussions generated rich discussions. Many people approached during the testing were enthusaiatic … Continue reading →

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Experiences of Testing TAF in Uganda.

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Jonga Micheal

Geofrey Kidega of WaterAid Uganda shared the Ugandan experiences with using TAF in Iganga and Mayuge districts on the rope pump technology. Kidega deliberated on methods, composition of study teams and challenges.   The insights from applying TAF will feed into … Continue reading →

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Reviewing the Technology Applicability Framework.

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Jonga Micheal

5/29/2012. Vinny Casey of Water Aid officially opened the Technology Applicability Framework (TAF) review workshop at lake Victoria Hotel in Entebbe Uganda that has brought together all the WASHTech consortium members to reflect on outcomes of testing of TAF in the … Continue reading →

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