“…Water engineers have documented the impact of war on water infrastructure from Afghanistan to Angola (Nembrini, 2001(Nembrini, , 2002, and highlighted the difficulties of partnering in external reconstruction efforts (Pinera and Reed, 2009). The Water and Habitat Department of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is arguably the leading organisation in this field (see ICRC, 1994ICRC, , 2000ICRC, , 2009.…”