Instead of using a hand pump for drawing up clean water, there is a new system in Africa that uses a merry-go-around to pump water.
While children have fun spinning on the PlayPump, clean water is pumped from underground into a 2,500L tank, standing seven meters above the ground. A tap on the others side makes it easy for people to draw water. The Excess is diverted from the storage tank back down into the borehole.
The design of the water system makes it highly effective, easy to operate and very economical, keeping costs and maintenance to the minimum.
The Play Pump is:
1. able to produce up to 1,400L of water per hour
2. at 16rpm
3. able to work from a depth of 40m up to 100m.
Emily Li
Water For People, the current of change. "How PlayPump Works." http://www.waterforpeople.org/extras/playpumps/how-playpumps-works.html (accessed November 19, 2010).
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