The document summarizes a meeting of the Accord WASH Alliance working group that is developing a tool to assess WASH technology options. The group selected hand pumps as the first product category to focus on. They established a process of researching existing options, defining criteria, developing evaluation questions, drafting the tool, gathering input from other organizations, and revising the tool. New leadership encouraged expanding the tool to cover additional categories like water purification and sanitation technologies. They also suggested improving the user interface and incorporating feedback from the Rural Water Supply Network.

1. WASH
Technology
Assessment
an
Accord
WASH
Alliance
working
group
update
October
30,
2013
//
Grand
Rapids,
MI

2. Stephen
Clarke,
Ronnie
Kaweesa
Rose
McPherson
Brent
Hample,
Dean
Rees
Jordan
Smoke
Jonathan
Mitchell
Sarah
Young
ParMcipants

3. Purpose
Develop
a
tool
that
assesses
the
opMons
in
each
WASH
technology
product
category
and
offers
decision
guidance.
Product
Categories
of
Interest
Hand
Pumps
Water
Purifica,on
Sanita,on
Tech
So2ware
Approaches

4. Process
• Select
one
product
category
-­‐
Handpumps
• Research
exisMng
opMons/resources
• Establish
criteria
categories
• Develop
key
evaluaMve
quesMons
• First
draV
of
tool
• Cross-­‐organizaMonal
input
–
parMcularly
from
field
perspecMve
– Rural
Water
Supply
Network
• Incorporate
input
into
second
draV
of
tool
• Deliver
draV
tool
to
Accord
WASH
Alliance
members

5. Product

6. New
leadership
encouraged
• Develop
assessment
tools
for
other
product
categories
idenMfied
last
year:
Water
PurificaMon,
SanitaMon
Technology,
etc.
• Improve
the
user
interface
of
the
tool
and
integrate
separate
product
categories
into
larger
tool
• Incorporate
newer
hand
pump
opMons
into
the
Hand
Pump
SelecMon
tool?
• CollaboraMon
through
RWSN?
–
further
development
of
hand
pump
tool,
develop
similar
resource
for
Boreholes,
Manually
Drilled
Wells.
• Related
tool:
h^p://washtechnologies.net/en/
• Others?