How to use this library
The foundation for this collection of documents related to water supply, hygiene and sanitation is the set of 160 publications developed by USAID titled, “Water For The World Technical Notes.”

Most documents are in the PDF format. Click here to download Adobe Acrobat for free if you don't already have it.

The original index of the USAID Technical Notes has been slightly modified to make it easier to add additional titles to the collection. The USAID publications can be recognized by their document code (such as RWS.2.D.5) whereas other publications identify the author and date. For copyright info see credits.

If you have a document that relates well to the topics covered in this library, or are able to help translate any of these documents, please contact us at info@lifewater.org

There are three ways to find documents in this collection:
1. Browse the Topical Index
2. Browse the Glossary for the documents in which selected key words occur
3. Search using your choice of key words.

Copyright Notice
Please consider the documents in this collection to be copyrighted by their respective authors.
Authored by USAID. Permission is hereby granted for individual USAID Water for the World Technical Notes to be reproduced and distributed in small quantities for non-commercial purposes.
Authored by Lifewater International. Permission is hereby granted for documents authored by Lifewater International to be reproduced and distributed in small quantities for non-commercial purposes.
Other Authors. Permission to reproduce or distribute documents by authors other than USAID or Lifewater must be obtained from the respective author. Unless otherwise indicated, Lifewater has only been granted permission to post their document on this web site.