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{{Language-box|english_link= Rope and bucket | french_link= Coming soon | spanish_link= Coming soon | hindi_link= Coming soon | malayalam_link= Coming soon | tamil_link= Coming soon | korean_link= Coming soon | chinese_link=绳子与水桶 | indonesian_link= Coming soon | japanese_link= Coming soon }}[[Image:rope and bucket icon.png|right|80px]][[Image:RopeandBucketphoto.jpg|thumb|right|300px200px|Rope and bucket system. Fass Toucouleur, Kaolack Region, Senegal. Photo: [httphttps://appropriateprojectswatercharity.com/nodeSenegal/731 Fass Toucouleur %20Toucouleur%20Well%20Improvement%20Project%20-%20Senegal Well Improvement Project.]]]__NOTOC__ <small-title />
This device is mainly used with hand-dug wells. A bucket on a rope is lowered into the water. When the bucket hits the water it dips and fills, and is pulled up with the rope. The rope may be held by hand, run through a pulley, or wound on a windlass. Sometimes, animal traction is used in combination with a pulley. Improved systems use a rope through a pulley, and two buckets – one on each end of the rope. For water less than 10 m deep, a windlass with a hose running from the bottom of the bucket to a spout at the side of the well can be used. However, the hygiene of this system is poorer, even if the well is protected.
===Suitable conditions=== {{procontable | proborder="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="center"|-! width="50%" style="background:#efefef;" | Advantages! style="background:#f0f8ff;" | Disadvantages|-| valign="top" | - Simple technology which is inexpensive to build and maintain.<br>
- Can be operated at depths of up to 100 m.<br>
- Water Delivery from Animal Operated Rope and Bucket Water Lifter of over 200 l/min for double bucket system.<br>
| convalign= "top" | - Water Delivery from Human Operated Rope and Bucket Water Lifter is limited to 15 l/min.<br>
- Animals need to be maintained all year even when irrigation is not necessary.<br>
- Relatively low efficiency for traditional human and animal operated designs (10-40%).<br>
===Construction, operations and maintenance===[[Image:RopeandBucketdrawing.jpg|thumb|right|300px200px|Rope and bucket lifting device. Drawing: WHO.]]
Range of depth: 0–15 m (or more sometimes).
The bucket is lowered and raised by playing out and pulling in the rope, or by rotating the windlass. Care must be taken to prevent the rope or bucket from be- coming soiled. Preventive maintenance consists of greasing the bearings of the windlass or pulley.
Small repairs are limited to patching holes in the bucket and hose, reconnecting the hinge of the bucket, and fixing the windlass bearings or handle. All small repairs can be done by local people, and with tools and materials available in the community or area. Major repairs and replacements mainly consist of replacing the bucket, hose, rope, or part or all of the windlass. Woven nylon ropes may last for two years, but twined nylon or sisal ropes last only a few months. A good-quality hose may last for over two years, and most buckets last a year (depending on the material and quality). When people use their own rope and bucket, no extra organization is required. For community wells, a community committee usually organizes the maintenance and cleaning of the well, maintenance of the windlass, etc. Most repairs can be paid with ad hoc fund-raising.
Brikke and Bredero, in their publication ''[http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/hygiene/om/linkingintro.pdf Linking technology choice with operation and maintenance in the context of community water supply and sanitation: A reference document for planners and project staff]'', recommend the following O&M activities in the chart below:
[[File:rope and bucket OM.jpg]]
— The rope-and-bucket system is only suitable for limited depths.
===Costs===
From US$ 6 for a plastic bucket and 5 m of rope, to US$ 150 with a windlass, hose and closed superstructure, in Liberia (Milkov, 1987).
===Field experiences===
Area of use: All over the world.
==Reference manuals=Manuals, videos, and links===
* [http://www.fao.org/docrep/010/ah810e/AH810E05.htm 3. REVIEW OF PUMPS AND WATER LIFTNG TECHNIQUES]. FAO.
* [http://www.cd3wd.com/cd3wd_40/cd3wd/Practact/KnO-100410-human_animal_water_lifters.pdf HUMAN & ANIMAL POWERED WATER-LIFTING DEVICES FOR IRRIGATION] (full PDF). Practical Action.
* Extensive manual on water lifting methods: [http://docs.watsan.net/Downloaded_Files/PDF/Baumann-2010-WASH.pdf WASH technology information package.] UNICEF, 2010.
===Acknowledgements===* Brikke, François, and Bredero, Maarten. ''[http://www.googlewashdoc.cominfo/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CC0QFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.who.int%2Fwater_sanitation_health%2Fhygiene%2Fom%2Flinkingintro.pdf&ei=cwJpT-zaO-OiiQKCst2rBw&usg=AFQjCNEWOQhTgF3a7lzhuw5OA2KmbVGxcA&sig2=Rt2EURUyGVqDcwFg6p0xAw docsearch/title/117705 Linking technology choice with operation and maintenance in the context of community water supply and sanitation: A reference document for planners and project staff]''or ([http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/hygiene/om/wsh9241562153/en/ alternative link]). World Health Organization and IRC Water and Sanitation Centre. Geneva, Switzerland 2003.* [http://answers.practicalaction.org/our-resources/item/human-animal-powered-water-lifting-devices-for-irrigation Human & Animal-Powered Water Lifters for Irrigation.] Practical Action.