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The Transfer of Technology Occasioned by the Senegal Village Water‐Supply Project
Author(s) -
WENN J. M.,
HORSFIELD A.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
water and environment journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1747-6593
pISSN - 1747-6585
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-6593.1990.tb01570.x
Subject(s) - christian ministry , water transfer , water supply , technology transfer , business , engineering , rural development , economic growth , environmental engineering , environmental planning , environmental protection , water resource management , environmental science , geography , economics , political science , agriculture , archaeology , law , international trade
This paper describes the technology transfer of a rural water‐supply scheme in Senegal, West Africa, which was financed by a 6‐million grant from the Overseas Development Administration and carried out by direct labour during 1983–88. The prime objectives of the transfer of technology through this project were (a) to achieve the project construction at a reasonable cost, and (b) to leave a skill pool in Senegal at Ministry, engineer and village level, so that the project works could be operated, maintained, extended and replicated in the years after completion. The scheme provided a safe supply of clean drinking water to 85 000 people based in 18 village centres.