Background documents

PRACTICA works on sharing knowledge on small scale technologies. For this purpose, PRACTICA publishes useful articles that relate to the technologies PRACTICA is working on. All articles are available in the original format and are not edited by PRACTICA.

Articles and background documentation from are categorized according to our field of work

Pumps & Filters
Ceramic water filters
Marketing first: Getting ceramic pot filters to the target group Field note; D.J. Stuurman M.W.M. Tielemans J.M.J. Nederstigt. Marketing first: Getting ceramic pot filters to the target group pdf (1,4 MB)
The Influence of Social Marketing on Adoption of Social Innovations: A Dyadic Study on Ceramic Pot Filters Thesis; Dirk Jaap Stuurman, Msc. The Influence of Social Marketing on Adoption of Social Innovations pdf (6,4 MB)
Ceramic water purifier Cambodia field test IDE Working Paper No. 1 October 2003 Michael Roberts, M.S.;International Development Enterprises Ceramic water purifier Cambodia field test pdf (262kB)
Ceramic silver impregnated pot filters for household drinking water treatment in developing countries MSc thesis Doris van Halem; November 2006 Delft University of Technology Sanitary Engineering Section Department of Water Management Faculty of Civil Engineering Ceramic silver impregnated pot filters for household drinking water treatment pdf (2.9MB)
Independent Appraisal of Ceramic Water Filtration Interventions in Cambodia Final Report; Joe Brown and Mark Sobsey University of North Carolina School of Public Health Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering Submitted to UNICEF – Cambodia, 5 May 2006 Independent Appraisal of Ceramic Water Filtration Interventions in Cambodia pdf (346kB)
Pumps

Drilling & Wells
The impact of manual drilling for the construction of sustainable water-points in Chad; PRACTICA, UNICEF, Enterprise Works/VITA Case study; 12 pages CHAD_Case_Study_Aug14_lowRes.pdf
Sustainable transfer of manual well driling to the private sector in Niger; PRACTICA, UNICEF, Enterprise Works/VITA Case study; 8 pages NIGER_Case_Study_Aug14_lowRes.pdf
The case for manual drilling in Africa; PRACTICA, UNICEF, Enterprise Works/VITA Technical note; 2 pages 1 The case for manual drilling in Africa English pdf 1_The case for manual drilling in Africa French pdf
Professionalizing manual drilling in Africa; PRACTICA, UNICEF, Enterprise Works/VITA 2_Professionalizing manual drilling in Africa; PRACTICA English pdf 2_Professionalizing manual drilling in Africa; PRACTICA French pdf
Selection of well construction methods; PRACTICA, UNICEF, Enterprise Works/VITA Technical note; 2 pages 3_Selection of well construction methods English pdf 3_Selection of well construction methods French pdf
Manual drilling techniques; PRACTICA, UNICEF, Enterprise Works/VITA Technical note; 2 pages 4_Manual drilling techniques English pdf 4_Manual drilling techniques French pdf
Mapping the potential for manual drilling; PRACTICA, UNICEF, Enterprise Works/VITA Technical note; 2 pages 5_Mapping the potential for manual drilling English pdf 5 Mapping the potential for manual drilling French pdf

Energy
Fuel efficient pump sets
Technology, innovation and promotion in practice; pumps, channels and wells Reducing fuel consumption, emissions and costs Gert Jan Bom; Ibrahim Hafeez ur Rehman; David van Raalten; Rajeshwar Mishra; Frank van Steenbergen © Tata Energy Research Institute, 2002, Technology, innovation and promotion in practice pdf (32MB)
Negotiating Technology; The role of local technicians in North – South technology transfer in North Bengal, India MSc thesis; Jan Nederstigt 2005 Negotiating Technology small pdf (2,1MB)

Background documents

Pumps & Filters

Ceramic water filters

Marketing first: Getting ceramic pot filters to the target group

The Influence of Social Marketing on Adoption of Social Innovations: A Dyadic Study on Ceramic Pot Filters

Ceramic water purifier Cambodia field test

Ceramic silver impregnated pot filters for household drinking water treatment in developing countries

Independent Appraisal of Ceramic Water Filtration Interventions in Cambodia

Pumps

Drilling & Wells

The impact of manual drilling for the construction of sustainable water-points in Chad; PRACTICA, UNICEF, Enterprise Works/VITA

Sustainable transfer of manual well driling to the private sector in Niger; PRACTICA, UNICEF, Enterprise Works/VITA

The case for manual drilling in Africa; PRACTICA, UNICEF, Enterprise Works/VITA

Professionalizing manual drilling in Africa; PRACTICA, UNICEF, Enterprise Works/VITA

Selection of well construction methods; PRACTICA, UNICEF, Enterprise Works/VITA

Manual drilling techniques; PRACTICA, UNICEF, Enterprise Works/VITA

Mapping the potential for manual drilling; PRACTICA, UNICEF, Enterprise Works/VITA

Energy

Fuel efficient pump sets

Technology, innovation and promotion in practice; pumps, channels and wells

Reducing fuel consumption, emissions and costs

Negotiating Technology; The role of local technicians in North – South technology transfer in North Bengal, India

Small scale irrigation