New water source options poster

Training to communities on the operation and maintenance of their water supply helps ensure sustainability.

Credit: WaterAid / Marco Betti

WaterAid has produced a new poster resource that rates different water supply technology options in relation to their relative capital cost, operational cost, water quantity supplied and water quality supplied.

The poster also provides information on the situations in which certain water supply technologies are most applicable.

Levels of appropriateness are colour coded based on different combinations of the above variables.

The resource can be printed as a poster on A4, A3 or A2. You can download it here:

Water source options – a comparison ( PDF 93KB)

WaterAid makes use of a wide range of water supply technologies. Choices are made based on:

• The needs of the community
• Available water sources
• Local financial conditions
• Local geographical conditions
• Local availability of materials for construction
• Local availability of labour for construction
• Local availability of spare parts

Our partners try to ensure sustainability by training communities on the operation and maintenance of their water supply options and by using methods that are affordable for those communities to maintain.

Find out more about other technologies used by WaterAid