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Useful Links

OpenSource Wiki for Water and Sanitation:

• http://www.akvo.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Appropedia water portal

• http://www.appropedia.org/Category:Water

Aquaeous Solutions: Open Source for Self-Reliance in drinking Water Systems

• http://www.aqsolutions.org/

Stockholm Environment Institute - Ecological Sanitation Research: Sustainable Sanitation for the developing world; not open source but most publications are free of charge and worth reading! part of the SIDA (see below again)

• http://www.ecosanres.org/

Build It Solar has a section on water, covering topics as:

• Rainwater Harvesting
• Fog Harvesting
• Conserving Water
• Greywater Reuse
• Solar Water Distillation (Solar Stills)
• Advanced Toilets
• Efficient Plant Watering
• Natural Swimming Pools
• Rainwater Gardens
• Random Water Ideas

That is out there too-links

Global Water Partnership: from the website: "founded in 1996 by the World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) to foster integrated water resource management (IWRM)..."

• http://www.gwpforum.org/servlet/PSP

provides a free Toolbox - Open Database:

• http://www.gwptoolbox.org/

Toolbox Manual on PDF, provided by Boku:

• http://www.wau.boku.ac.at/fileadmin/_/H81/H811/Skripten/811332/2008/integratedwaterresourcemanagementtoolbox.pdf

Free Repository of shared water information from Tufts University:

• http://wikis.uit.tufts.edu/confluence/display/aquapedia/Home;jsessionid=1E5E6F69194A3461A697A024397DC613

Lifewater Library: Lifewater is a religious organisation, the library is free, but copyright on the articles varies

• http://lifewater.org/resources/tech_library
• http://www.lifewater.org/technical-library