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[[Image:swing basket2.jpg|thumb|250px|Lifting the water: a swing basket--a simple but very energetic method. Photo: [http://www.greatmirror.com/index.cfm?navid=169 India Themes: Irrigation 1: Ancient Methods.]]]

[[Image:swing basket2.jpg|thumb|250px|Lifting water from irrigation channel using a swing basket. Photo: [http://www.ilo.org/safework_bookshelf/english?content&nd=857170774 MANUAL OPERATIONS IN FARMING.]]]

The swing basket is made from cheap materials like woven bamboo strips, leather, or iron sheet to which four ropes are attached. Two people hold the basket facing each other, they dip the basket into the surface water and the basket is lifted by swinging it and emptied into an irrigation channel from which point the water flows to the fields. This lifter can be used at depths of up to 1.2 m. Typical flow rates of 60 to 80 l/min are obtained at depths of 0.75 m.

==Suitable conditions==

[[Image:swing basket3.jpg|thumb|250px|Lifting water from irrigation channel using a swing basket. Photo: [http://www.ilo.org/safework_bookshelf/english?content&nd=857170774 MANUAL OPERATIONS IN FARMING.]]]

[[Image:swing basket.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Using a swing basket to dump water into an irrigation canal. Drawing: [http://www.cd3wd.com/cd3wd_40/cd3wd/Practact/KnO-100410-human_animal_water_lifters.pdf Practical Action.]]]

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