WASH Cluster – Groundwater Pumping GWP Session 1 Introduction 1 Handpumps for Drinking Water...

WASH Cluster – Groundwater Pumping GWP

Session 1Introduction

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Handpumps for Drinking Water

Session 1

Introduction

WASH Cluster – Groundwater Pumping GWP

Introduction to Module

• Session 1 – Handpumps• Session 2 – Motorised Pumps• Session 3 – Assessment• Session 4 – Water Distribution

WASH Cluster – Groundwater Pumping GWP

GroundwaterADVANTAGES• Fairly pure• Available all year round, close to

communities and in considerable quantities

DISADVANTAGES• Expensive to access• Usually requires a lifting device

which must be appropriate and sustainable

WASH Cluster – Groundwater Pumping GWP

Contamination

Source: Adapted from Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water Supply and Solid Waste Management Programs, Waste Disposal Practices and Their Effects on Groundwater (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977).

WASH Cluster – Groundwater Pumping GWP

Drawing Water

Well in Cameroun © LWF/J. Latva-Hakuni

WASH Cluster – Groundwater Pumping GWP

Drawing Water

WASH Cluster – Groundwater Pumping GWP

Drawing Water