1. The SMART Centre approach An innovative way to reach SDG6 and create jobs by training local entrepreneurs
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Henk Holtslag
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2. Goals Reach “the last mile” Increase sustainability communal supply
Scale up Self-supply
Reduce rural poverty,
Increase food security
Create jobs
If you would get a large fund,
in which 3 actions would you invest to reach these goals?

3. The SMART Centre approach
Simple, Market based, Affordable, Repairable Technologies
Combination of:
Innovative technologies (SMARTechs)
Training the local private sector
Focus on Household Water Treatment
Scale up Self-supply

4. Examples of SMARTechs Manual drilling
Examples of SMARTechs Manual drilling. Sludging, Jetting, EMAS, Baptist, Mzuzu. Cost/well of 40 m. > $150

5. Pumps & storage EMAS, Rope, Solar pumps. Depths to 40 m
Pumps & storage EMAS, Rope, Solar pumps. Depths to 40 m. >$50 Wire cement tanks, 3R, Tube recharge

6. Irrigation, Household treatment Filters 2 x more effective than Chlorine

7. Self-supply water ladder worked in Europe, Can it work in Africa?
Motor pump
Electric pump
Protected
Unprotected

8. How to scale up? Learn from past Simple is not easy Invest in 3T’s
Training
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9. Effects SMART Centres Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique,.
40% cost reduction rural water supply From $ 4000 to $1500 per system
Increased functionality; % Communal 95% Self-supply
Increased Self–supply pumps sold to families. incomes, food
Profit based sustainability, private sector
45 SMEs, 150 new jobs directly new jobs indirectly