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Open Knowledge Ecosystem & Attributions

SafeWater.wiki stands on the shoulders of the global open-access appropriate technology and WASH research movement. We synthesize, structure, and curate technical knowledge in collaboration with the wider open-source ecosystem.

Key Partner Initiatives & Open Repositories

1. Appropedia (appropedia.org)

  • License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC-BY-SA 4.0 / 3.0).
  • Contribution to Sector: Over 600 open-source water, sanitation, and sustainable development articles documenting DIY innovations, Papa ram pumps, solar pasteurizers, and low-cost filtration molds.
  • Cross-Link: We direct engineers looking for community-edited DIY prototypes to Appropedia's Water portal.

2. CAWST (cawst.org)

  • Contribution to Sector: The gold-standard open manuals on BioSand filtration construction, water quality testing, and sanitation training manuals available under open non-commercial educational licenses.

3. Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) (rural-water-supply.net)

  • Contribution to Sector: International standard specifications for the Afridev, India Mark II, manual drilling field guides, and sustainable groundwater governance frameworks.

4. WEDC Loughborough (lboro.ac.uk/wedc)

  • Contribution to Sector: 40+ years of peer-reviewed engineering technical briefs, water distribution handbooks, and humanitarian field guides.

5. Akvopedia & Akvo.org (akvo.org)

  • Contribution to Sector: Open portal for smart water harvesting, groundwater mapping, and rural WASH monitoring.