DFID staff and registered members can submit requests for technical support to the resource centre. DEW Point can help with:
- The development of terms of reference, concept development, literature reviews, short technical enquiries.
- The identification, contracting and management of individual and teams of specialists to undertake specific programme assignments, research and training on behalf of DFID and its development partners.
Here is a selection of the topics of past enquiries that DEW Point received:
- Soap making
- VIP latrines
- Treatment of fluoride in groundwater
- Pipes for submersible electrical pumps
- Iron in groundwater
- Rural latrines construction
- Construction of school buildings
- Arsenic and water quality
- Maintenance and repair of the India Mark II handpump
- Sullage water in septic tanks
- Sanitation systems for urban slums in Indonesia
- Water quality testing kits
- Latrines in high groundwater tables and flood-prone areas
- Plants for small treatment gardens
- Wells disinfection
- Handling of old batteries
- Use of copper in emergency water treatment
- Use of oil to hamper mosquito breeding in water storage tanks
- Small-scale and low-cost desalination and solar distillation
- Resources on well-drilling
- Long-term impact of WASH initiatives
- Methodologies for baseline surveys in the WASH sector
- Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) surveys in WASH projects
- Impacts of climate change on health, with a focus on water supply, sanitation and hygiene
- Cost-effective apron slabs for borehole-equipped handpumps
- Household-level sanitation in rural sub-Saharan Africa
- Bibliography on inclusive/ universal design for WASH services.
All DEW Point members can access the outputs of these enquiries via their member homepage. To become a member, click on the Register button on the right on the screen.
Further enquiries are accessible to DFID staff only. To consult them, you will need to be registered as a DFID DEW Point member.