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[http://www.monoflo.com/nov-monoflo%C2%AE-and-water-all-bring-clean-water-rural-african-communities NOV MONOFLO® and Water For All bring clean water to rural African communities.]
 
[http://www.monoflo.com/nov-monoflo%C2%AE-and-water-all-bring-clean-water-rural-african-communities NOV MONOFLO® and Water For All bring clean water to rural African communities.]
 
====The Play Pump====
 
[[Image:PlayPump.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Play Pump. <br>Photo: [http://www.waterforpeople.org/extras/playpumps/update-on-playpumps.html PlayPumps International.]]]
 
 
Trevor Field of South Africa teamed up with an inventor and came up with the "play pump" -- a children's merry-go-round that pumps clean, safe drinking water from a deep borehole every time the children start to spin. Soup to nuts, the whole operation takes a few hours to install and costs around $7,000. Field's idea proved so inventive, so cost-efficient and so much fun for the kids that World Bank recognized it as one of the best new grassroots ideas.
 
 
Video of the [http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/watch/player.html?pkg=entrepreneur&seg=13&mod=0 Play Pump.]
 
 
[http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2005/10/south_africa_th.html South Africa: The Play Pump, Turning water into child's play.]
 

Latest revision as of 09:45, 1 June 2012

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The Fun Pump.
Photo: Monoflo.com

The Fun Pump

In a rare collaboration between a global company and an African NGO, Monoflo and Water For All worked together to develop the new “Fun Pump”, a unique water system that is made up of an electric pump powered by a solar panel and a special merry-go-round. The electricity generated from both the power of the sun and children at play provides a significant increase in water production over manually operated pumps.

Depending on the depth and yield of the borehole, the Fun Pump’s solar panel can produce a minimum of 5,000 litres of water per day. When the children are playing, production increases by approximately 20 percent. The system comes with a pump, a 160 Watt solar panel, generator, merry-go-round, storage tank and tap.

In addition to the Fun Pump, Monoflo and Water For All have also worked together to develop the Sun Pump, a 480 Watt solar pump that is capable of producing 8,000-30,000 litres of water a day based on the specifications of the borehole. The Sun Pump comes with several pump options, allowing it to work in a variety of settings and depths.

NOV MONOFLO® and Water For All bring clean water to rural African communities.