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Accessible - Pump Handles

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|style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:pump_handles1pump_handles3.png|thumb|left|180px170px|Bent T-bar with tube which slips over the end of a standard pump handle. A screw keeps it in place]]

|style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:pump_handles2.png|thumb|left|280px|Prototype of adapted pump handle being trialled in conjunction with a concrete seat]]

|style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:pump_handles3pump_handles1.png|thumb|left|170px180px|P-handle with a hollow pipe that slides over the end of India MK II pump handle and is kept in place with screws]]

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|width="20%"|'''Cost / labour'''

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|style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|'''Bent T-bar with tube which slips over the end of a standard pump handle. A screw keeps it in place'''

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* Provides extra leverage which makes pumping easier

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|style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|'''Prototype of adapted pump handle being trialled in conjunction with a concrete seat'''

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* Can be operated from either side or the front, according to user preference

|High

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|style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|'''P-handle with a hollow pipe that slides over the end of India MK II pump handle and is kept in place with screws'''

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* A completely new handle is not needed

===Acknowledgements===

* Content and images: [http://www.wateraid.org/what-we-do/our-approach/research-and-publications/view-publication?id=aff6d098-00f2-42e5-b9a0-22ec2b264a5e Compendium of accessible WASH technologies] WaterAidand WEDC.[[Image:WaterAid logo.png|none|100px|link=http://www.wateraid.org/us]][[Image:WEDC logo.png|none|100px|link=http://wedc.lboro.ac.uk/index.html]]

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