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The Bush Pump is a robust conventional lever action handpump, developed and standardised in Zimbabwe (SAZ 881:2004). It is designed for heavy-duty use, serving communities of 300 persons.

==Suitable conditions==

 

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|Ø75 mm cylinder:

|for depths from 3 - 25 m

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|Ø63.5 mm cylinder:

|for depths from 20 - 45 m

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|Ø50 mm cylinder:

|for depths from 40 - 80 m

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|Maximum Stroke:

|200 - 250 mm

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|Approx. discharge <br>(75 watt input, <br>63.5 mm cylinder):

| at 10 m head: 1.4 m³/hour<br>

at 15 m head: 1.1 m³/hour<br>

at 25 m head: 0.8 m³/hour<br>

at 30 m head: 0.7 m³/hour

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|Pumping lift:

|5 - 80 m

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|Population served:

|~ 300 people

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|Households:

|30 - 50 households

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|Water consumption:

|15 - 20 l/per capita

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|Type of well:

|borehole or dug well

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==Construction, operations and maintenance ==

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