[[Image:RopeandBucketphoto.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Rope and bucket system. Fass Toucouleur, Kaolack Region, Senegal. Photo:
[http://appropriateprojects.com/node/731 Fass Toucouleur Well Improvement Project.]]]
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This device is mainly used with hand-dug wells. A bucket on a rope is lowered into the water. When the bucket hits the water it dips and fills, and is pulled up with the rope. The rope may be held by hand, run through a pulley, or wound on a windlass. Sometimes, animal traction is used in combination with a pulley. Improved systems use a rope through a pulley, and two buckets – one on each end of the rope. For water less than 10 m deep, a windlass with a hose running from the bottom of the bucket to a spout at the side of the well can be used. However, the hygiene of this system is poorer, even if the well is protected.
===Suitable conditions===
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===Construction, operations and maintenance===
[[Image:RopeandBucketdrawing.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Rope and bucket lifting device. Drawing: WHO.]]
Range of depth: 0–15 m (or more sometimes).
— The rope-and-bucket system is only suitable for limited depths.
===Costs===
From US$ 6 for a plastic bucket and 5 m of rope, to US$ 150 with a windlass, hose and closed superstructure, in Liberia (Milkov, 1987).
===Field experiences===
Area of use: All over the world.
===Manuals, videos, and links===
* [http://www.fao.org/docrep/010/ah810e/AH810E05.htm 3. REVIEW OF PUMPS AND WATER LIFTNG TECHNIQUES]. FAO.
* [http://www.cd3wd.com/cd3wd_40/cd3wd/Practact/KnO-100410-human_animal_water_lifters.pdf HUMAN & ANIMAL POWERED WATER-LIFTING DEVICES FOR IRRIGATION] (full PDF). Practical Action.
* Extensive manual on water lifting methods: [http://docs.watsan.net/Downloaded_Files/PDF/Baumann-2010-WASH.pdf WASH technology information package.] or ([http://artplatform.unicef.org/wash/UNICEF_WASH_Technology_web.pdf alternative link]). UNICEF, 2010.
===Acknowledgements===
* Brikke, François, and Bredero, Maarten. [http://www.washdoc.info/docsearch/title/117705 Linking technology choice with operation and maintenance in the context of community water supply and sanitation: A reference document for planners and project staff] or ([http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/hygiene/om/wsh9241562153/en/ alternative link]). World Health Organization and IRC Water and Sanitation Centre. Geneva, Switzerland 2003.
* [http://practicalaction.org/practicalanswers/product_info.php?products_id=378&attrib=1 Human- & Animal-Powered Water Lifters for Irrigation.] Practical Action.