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Horse and wind powered pumps

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== Capacity ==
40 * Horse rope pump: 120 litres / min from (10 meters depthm head). * Wind rope pump: 60 litres/min (10 m head).
== Costs ==
 * US$ 20-120 depending on model. == Applying conditions ==<ul><li><b>Numbers:</b> 50(AMEC,000 in Nicaragua, 20,000 in Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Tanaznia, Senegal.</li><li><b>Range of depth:</b> 1-35 meter (60 m with two cranks).</li><li><b>Application</b> Communal wells, houshold, irrigation. </li><li><b>Cost of introduction* Horse rope pump:</b> US$ 10,000-20,000 per project, including 20 pumps, engineering and hands-on training350. * Wind rope pump: US$ 60,000-100,000 per project, including 1,000 pumps, production workshop and hands450 -on training.</li></ul> == Rope pump building manual == PRACTICA foundation and the Technical Training Programme of the ETC Foundation (TTP/ETC) have put together a really [http://www.greenocean.org/akvo/PRACTICA_180306_Rope_pump_manual_Ethiopia_March_2006_complete.pdf excellent manual on how to build rope pumps] (PDF, 2.5 Mbyte). It is an 86 page long document with detailed instructions800.
== External links ==
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