IF PIGS COULD FLY: Helping Hillside Haiti

www.ifpigscouldflyhaiti.org

Contact: Trudy Reagan trudymyrrh@earthlink.net tel: 650-856-9593

Eric Sabelman esabelamn@aol.com cell: 650-207-0311

Rural Haiti has many needs. Even water is hard to come by. A solar-powered water pump for a community in the mountains of Haiti is an example of how solar technology offers a low-cost solution to an acute problem, and frees women's energies for other projects to improve their lives. Volunteers have devised a means to help the rural community of Zoranje obtain water for cooking, drinking and bathing. at present, water is carried in buckets on the heads of residents -usually women and children - from springs and rivers, taking as much as 60 minutes round-trip. The 2010 earthquake altered underground water flow, making old sources unreliable. A simple, reliable solar pump, pipe and storage tank will bring water much closer to the point of use (but not into individual homes ) Dr. Randy Mont-Reynaud has been the inspiration behind “If Pigs Could Fly – Helping Hillside Haiti”, established in 2001, with the support of Palo Alto Friends Meeting. It is now a tax-exempt organization, with an all-volunteer staff of 3 and goals have been to bring new technologies and infrastructure to this mountain zone, relatively isolated since 1804. The non-profit focuses on communities of one region, Zoranje, above the plain of Leogane. The nearest town, Darbonne, is a three hour hike down winding rocky paths; there are no roads up the mountains. Darbonne itself is some 30 miles from the capital of Haiti, Port au Prince. Darbonne was mostly leveled in the earthquake.

REQUIREMENTS: • Unattended operation • Simple maintenance • Provide a kit containing all

parts not locally available • Assembly with simple tools • Position solar panel above

vegetation • Moveable to different water

sources • Anchored against high wind • Tilt & lay flat before hurricane • Raise water 230 feet • 2-stage for 460 ft rise • Length of pipe up to 1000 feet • Pump 400 gallons per day • Use excess water for irrigation • Use excess power for

charging batteries

IF PIGS COULD FLY: Helping Hillside Haiti

www.ifpigscouldflyhaiti.org

Contact: Trudy Reagan trudymyrrh@earthlink.net tel: 650-856-9593

Eric Sabelman esabelamn@aol.com cell: 650-207-0311

SOLAR WATER PUMPING SYSTEMS FOR HAITI

component description quantity

gallons per 5 hr day 1.36 gpm 408 gal

pump

ShurFlo submersible 9325-043-101

1 $794

solar panel Sharp Ne-170Uc1 170 Watt Panel - 24 Volt

1 $457

#16 cable (ft) & connectors 50 $60

tripod mount 1 see below

power control ShurFlo 902-100 1 $140

10A DC breaker 1 $10

weatherproof box 1 $17

plumbing pipe, 13/4inch sched 40 PVC, ft 500 $345

couplings, 3/4 inch slip 50 $14

foot valve, PVC 1 included

float switch (low water cutout) 1 $37

inlet screen 1 $40

fittings, misc PVC $25

SUBTOTAL $1,959

storage tank US Plastic #9780 300 gal $309

TOTAL $2,268

Solar panel tripod fittings $46

steel sheet $50

more fittings $50

footings (demo only) 3 $7

conduit 1 1/2 inch 3 $40

conduit 1 inch 2 $15

conduit 3/4 inch 6 $26

subtotal $233