The document summarizes the Technology Assessment Framework (TAF), a decision-making tool developed by the WASHTech Project to assess the applicability and sustainability of specific WASH technologies in different contexts. The TAF gathers perspectives from users, regulators, and providers through field surveys and workshops to evaluate a technology's potential, readiness for scale-up, and impact. It has been successfully piloted in several countries to rate technologies and support monitoring and evaluation of introductions. Stakeholders see value in the participatory process and tools to help select appropriate technologies for sustainable water and sanitation services.

1. Sekuma Simon Peter
NETWAS Uganda
HPMA LEARNING JOURNEY TO KABALORE

2.  Water & sanitation services fail due to choice
of technology e.g. a good percentage of rural
water supply schemes in Uganda are not
functioning
 Promising technologies frequently do not go
beyond the pilot stage.
 WASHTech Project has 2 main outputs;
TAF, Technology Introduction Process (TIP)
guide

4. TAF- A decision making tool on the applicability and sustainable use of
a specific WASH technology and on its readiness for introduction
within a specific context
Use
 To stimulate discussion about a WASH technology
 To assess the potential of a particular WASH technology in a
specific geographic and socio-economic context
 Assess readiness of a sector to scale up a technology
 Support M& E systems for technology introduction
Design
 Participatory tool that brings together user, regulator, and
producer/provider perspective
 Field data is collected by a diverse stakeholder group and verified in
workshops
 Designed to assess a single WASH technology

7.  Collection of relevant information for
specific technology.
 Orientation workshop/ Training of field
staff
 Field survey using guiding questions-
User, producer, regulator perspectives
 Preliminary analysis and validation &
scoring in a workshop
 National level scoring workshop

9. Country Technology Original rating New rating
Burkina Faso Rope Pump Promising Successful
VIP Latrine Successful Successful
India Mark II Successful Successful
UDDT Successful Successful
Sand Dam New Promising
Water Harvesting Tank New Promising
Ghana Rope Pump Promising Promising
Pour Flush Promising Promising
Enviroloo Failed Failed
Ghana Modified India Mark II Successful Successful
Biofil Toilet New Promising
Slow Sand Filter Successful Successful
Uganda Rope Pump Failed Failed
UDDT Successful Failed
Solar Water Pump New Promising
U2 Pump Successful Successful
Ferro Cement Tank Promising Successful
Tippy Tap No conclusion No conclusion

10.  TAF is well received in Uganda
 Global WASH professionals contacted confirm value of
processes & tools for evaluating & monitoring
 Embedding process resulted in agreed TAF hosts; Uganda- the
Appropriate Technology Centre (ATC) under the Ministry of
Water & Environment
 Tools have the potential to be used for urban water & sanitation
technologies
 Training Institutes to consider processes & TAF in their syllabi
 TAF recommended for adaptation in other countries for
sustainable WASH services

11. For more info:
Visit www.washtechafrica.wordpress.com
www.rural-water-supply.net/en
www.netwasuganda.org
www.washuganda.net