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<ul><li>Significantly cheaper (up to 5 times) than piston pumps.<br/li><li>If made well, one pump can supply up to 250 people as experiences in Nicaragua, Ghana and other countries indicate.<br/li><li>Easy to maintain.<br/li><li>Easy to train on maintenance.<br/li><li>Can be made locally by workshop.<br/li><li>Ideal to be used by one or two families in a shallow well on their own yard.<br/li><li>Can be used for irrigation.</li></ul>
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The rope pump is "too simple", therefore it is easy to copy, but experience indicate "Simple is not easy".<br>