[[Image:rope and bucket icon.png|right|80px]][[Image:RopeandBucketphoto.jpg|thumb|right|300px200px|Rope and bucket system. Fass Toucouleur, Kaolack Region, Senegal. Photo:
[http://appropriateprojects.com/node/731 Fass Toucouleur Well Improvement Project.]]]
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! width="50%" style="background:#efefef;" | Advantages
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| valign="top" | - Simple technology which is inexpensive to build and maintain.<br>
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://http://www.google.com/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/water_sanitation_health/hygiene/om/linkingintro.pdf&ei=cwJpT-zaO-OiiQKCst2rBw&usg=AFQjCNEWOQhTgF3a7lzhuw5OA2KmbVGxcA&sig2=Rt2EURUyGVqDcwFg6p0xAw 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]]