Reliable, low-cost maintenance handpumps are the key for sustainable rural water supply

In Africa, out of the 350,000 handpumps installed, on average 35% is not working; some 150,000 handpumps are disfunctional and still counting. Every day more handpumps are abandoned than new ones are installed. In areas with deeper groundwater the situation is even worse and often 4 out of 5 are not...

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Main Author: Paul van Beers
Format: Default Conference proceeding
Published: 2011
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/28806
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