[[Image:diesel pump icon.png|right|100px]]
[[Image:biogas pump.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Biogas irrigation pump. Photo: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/djfulford/3156710354/in/set-72157612011013426 d.j. fulford.]]]
[[Image:biogas diagram.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A cross-section of a fixed-dome digester. For further information on how this works, and for other types of biogas digesters, see the Practical Answer's [http://practicalaction.org/biogas-answers technical briefs on biogas].]]
[[Image:biogas balloons.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Biogas balloon storage. Photo: [http://puxinbiogas.en.alibaba.com/product/385274656-210329529 Shenzhen Puxin Technology Co., Ltd.]]]
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Using biogas for pumps in irrigation is gaining in popularity in India and elsewhere, as the savings in petroleum fuel prices are great. A diesel pump can also be converted into a bio-gas pump used for pumping water. The cheapest way to get biogas, once a pump is obtained, is to build a biomass digester, which means biomass must be collected, cultivated, or found.
==Construction, operations and maintenance==
[[Image:biogas diagram.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A cross-section of a fixed-dome digester. For further information on how this works, and for other types of biogas digesters, see the Practical Answer's [http://practicalaction.org/biogas-answers technical briefs on biogas].]]
To get biogas, farmers are creating their own, by using cow dung and building a bio-digester. The end products are also a good source of fertilizer for crops. Making their own biogas saves hundreds of US$ per year in fuel costs for fuel that is used to run small water pumps.
==Manuals, videos, and links==
[[Image:biogas pump 2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Bio Gas Slurry / Cattle Dung Feed Pump. Used in cattle farms to pump out the cow dung/urine slurry to the biogas plant and the biogas slurry from the pit to the farm land. In use by the National Rural development Organisation and NGOs. Photo: [http://www.panchalpumps.com/panchal-sap-special-application-pump.html Panchal Pumps and Systems.]]]
[[Image:biogas balloons.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Biogas balloon storage. Photo: [http://puxinbiogas.en.alibaba.com/product/385274656-210329529 Shenzhen Puxin Technology Co., Ltd.]]]
* Article: [http://www.ecomena.org/tag/biogas/ Biomass Energy in Jordan.]