Description of Challenge
To provide an available low tech solution to operate and maintain a pumpAn alternative reliable hand pump is needed for communal and private use to supply clean drinking water and irrigation.
Solution
Low cost modern materials as plastic pipe and rope are used in a rotating hand pump system. The rope pump works on the principle of the chain pump with the chain replaced by rope and the rotating chain drum by a specially constructed rubber disk wheel. Such a rubber wheel can be made from used car tires. Other needed materials can be found at little or no cost.
