[[Image:No. 6 icon.png|right|80px]]
[[Image:No. 6 pump.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The No. 6 pump used in Bangladesh and India. Photo: [http://www.rural-water-supply.net/en/implementation/handpump-overview/no-6-pump RWSN.]]]
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The No. 6 Pump is a lever operated suction pump for shallow wells. Typically, No. 6 Pumps are installed in collapsible tube wells with the screen extending to the coarse sand aquifer.
The advantage of suction pumps is that the cylinder is normally above the level of the soil (above ground). For maintenance, the replacement of seals and valves can be easily performed with few tools.
===Suitable conditions===
[[Image:No. 6 pump parts.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Labeled parts of the No. 6 pump. Drawing: [http://www.rural-water-supply.net/en/implementation/handpump-overview/no-6-pump RWSN.]]]
===Construction, operations and maintenance===
[[Image:No. 6 pump diagram.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Diagram of the No. 6 pump mechanics. Drawing: [http://www.rural-water-supply.net/en/implementation/handpump-overview/no-6-pump RWSN.]]]
[[Image:No. 6 specs.jpg|thumb|none|400px|A guide for specifying options. Chart: [http://www.rural-water-supply.net/en/implementation/handpump-overview/no-6-pump RWSN.]]]
===Acknowledgements===
* [http://www.rural-water-supply.net/en/implementation/handpump-overview/no-6-pump Implementation • Handpump Technology: No. 6 pump] RWSN, 2009.