Water Mission Partners with UNICEF to Author New Solar-Powered Water Systems Design and Installation Guide
January 27, 2021
Community members stand near a solar-powered safe water project in VIlla Maria, Indiana, Peru.[/caption]
To bridge this gap, Water Mission recently partnered with UNICEF to author the Solar Powered Water Systems Design and Installation Guide. This first-of-its-kind resource provides detailed instruction for fulfilling the internationally recognized technical standards for implementing solar powered water systems in rural contexts. The document has undergone extensive reviews by UNICEF, the Global Solar Water Initiative, IOM, Oxfam, Practica Foundation, and the University of Texas at Austin.
The guide draws on Water Mission’s 13 years of experience installing more than 1,400 solar-powered solutions, offering step-by-step information for every aspect of the design, installation, and commissioning process. It also addresses common issues such as inadequate water protection, vandalism and theft, premature equipment failure, groundwater depletion, and includes a special section on using solar-powered solutions in disaster response efforts.
Water Mission team members work to install solar panels in Thulodhading, Nepal.[/caption]
This resource is now translated into three languages (English, Spanish, and French) and offered for free exclusively by the Global Water Center—a new organization created by Water Mission to bring water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) organizations together to end the global water crisis.
As part of its collaborative platform, the Global Water Center is helping safe water implementers share informational resources, like this guide, to support each other’s work in the field and accelerate their collective impact.
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