Difference between revisions of "Rope pump videos"

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• Video #1: Rope pumps around the world. Movie made by Mark Tiele Westra, Connect International, The Netherlands.

• Video #2: Small scale irrigation with a rope pump, Zambia. Connect International, The Netherlands. Small scale irrigation with a hand drilled borehole and rope pump in Mazambuka, Zambia. The farmer irrigates 400 m2 of tomatoes, and the pump supplies water to an additional 10 families.

• Video #3: Hand drilled borehole and rope pump in Tanzania]. Connect International, The Netherlands. Hand drilled borehole and rope pump in Tanzania. The borehole was drilled in 3 days, to a depth of 28 meters. Total cost of the borehole, including pump: 500 US$. Smart Tec Center Shipo, Tanzania.

• Video #4: Windmill powered rope pump in Nicaragua. S.J. Batchelor, 1999. An innovative low-cost windmill for water pumping used in Nicaragua for small-scale irrigation, cattle watering and domestic use. The design is based on a Dutch model developed by CWD consultancy wind energy developing countries. The windmill drives a rope pump, similar to the hand rope pump of which 70.000 are installed in Nicaragua. Of the wind rope pump, up to now, 400 have been installed, produced by the enterprise AMEC in Managua.

• Video #5: Rope Pump animation. Resource Development International Cambodia, RDI. A short video animation, demonstrating a Rope Pump.

• Video #6: Motorized rope pump on platform in Ethiopia. Motor rope pump being used to fill overhead tank.

• Video #7: Motorized rope pump installed in a field in Burkina Faso, used for small-scale irrigation.

• Video #8, #9: Rope pump part 1 & 2. A Rope pump plays a major role in helping the villagers avoid unsafe ground water that is contaminated with arsenic.