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[[Image:Springwater Collecting.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Kenyan boy gathers water from a protected spring in Busiaबुसिया के संरक्षित झरने से पानी इकट्ठा करता एक केन्याई लड़का. <br> Photoफोटो : [http://www.povertyactionlab.org/evaluation/cleaning-springs-kenya The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Labद अब्दुल लतीफ जमील पोवर्टी एक्शन लैब.]]][[Image:Springwater collection 2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Children collecting spring water in Lamahaiलमहाई, Nepalनेपाल में झरने का पानी इकट्ठा करते बच्चे. Photoफोटो : [http://worldwildlife.org/places/eastern-himalayas WWF डब्लूडब्लूएफ.]]]
There are several types of systems that can be built to exact water from a '''spring'''. The most common is to build a spring box, but a lower cost and simpler in design alternative is the [http://www.lboro.ac.uk/well/resources/technical-briefs/34-protecting-springs.pdf protection of a spring with no box]. Protecting a spring without a box is cheaper than digging a well or borehole, but spring boxes are more useful as storage when demand is greater than the flow, to prevent contamination, and providing the spring with an easy way to flow into a pipe.
