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Contents

Introduction of Company .............................................................................................................................. 3

Pump Aid ...................................................................................................................................................... 3

Elephant Pump .............................................................................................................................................. 4

What is the problem the project is addressing?............................................................................................. 4

How will this project solve the problem? ..................................................................................................... 4

What is the potential long-term impact of this project?................................................................................ 5

Results........................................................................................................................................................... 5

Social Impact ................................................................................................................................................ 5

Facts .............................................................................................................................................................. 5

PROBLEMS OF ELEPHANT WATER PUMP:.......................................................................................... 6

Analysis Of Problem..................................................................................................................................... 7

Solution Of Problem ..................................................................................................................................... 8

MAJOR PROBLEM ..................................................................................................................................... 9

RECOMMENDATION FOR SOLUTION ................................................................................................ 10


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Introduction of Company

Pump Aid is an international water and sanitation charity based in Africa and the UK. The

charity establishes sustainable supplies of clean water and mechanisms to create safer sanitation,using innovative yet simple technologies that can be locally maintained. Pump Aid works to

improve health and support the local agriculture and economies. Rural community members can

utilise the clean water source for drinking, washing, and irrigationwhich can lead to generating

income from their vegetable crops.

As of 2010, Pump Aid had offices in Zimbabwe, Malawi, Liberia, and London, and employed

more than 200 people, most of whom are national staff in Zimbabwe and Malawi trained in well-

digging and water-pump installation.

The charity's 2010 turnover was 3,600,000 pounds sterling.

Pump Aid

Motto: Water for Life

Formation: 1998

Type:Non-governmental organisation

Legal status: Registered charity Purpose/focus Water and sanitation

Headquarters:32-36 Loman Street LocationLondon,United Kingdom

Region served: Africa

Chief Executive: Gwen Vaughan Main organ s

Staff: 200

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Elephant Pump

Elephant pump is a rope pump designed by Pump Aid. It can be used for wells of depths of up to

30m. Its design is simple and communities are able to maintain the pumps after short training.

The pump components are built in local workshops and using local workforce, but it appears that

the communities that are supposed to use Elephant pumps are not sufficiently involved in the

construction phase of the project, and thus do not develop sufficient sense of ownership.

Moreover, Pump Aid marks the pumps with a logo of a donor, which creates a belief among

villagers, that it is the donor who should take care of the pump.

Reference: (http://pumpaid.org/smartweb/how-we-work/the-elephant-pump)

What is the problem the project is addressing?

In Malawi diarrheal disease is the 3rd biggest killer of young children. The impact of diarrheal

disease on children is greater than the combined impact of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

An infant born in Sub-Saharan Africa is 520 times more likely to die from disease than a child

born in the United States or Europe - all because of a lack of clean water. This project will

improve the health of up to 100 people in rural Malawi by providing clean and safe water for the

community.

How will this project solve the problem?

This project will install an Elephant Pump in a rural community. The project also includes the

training of community members in pump operation and maintenance to ensure that once Pump

Aid has left, the community members themselves have the knowledge and the ability to maintain

their Elephant Pump for many years. The community also receives hygiene and sanitation

training as part of the project, which further contributes to improving the community's health.


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What is the potential long-term impact of this project?

This project will provide a rural community with reliable access to clean water, improving

people's health. By providing access to clean and safe water an improvement in water quality and

quantity contributes to a 15-25% reduction of childhood deaths caused by diarrhea having access

to a water pump can greatly reduce distance walked and time spent by women and girls fetching

water. It helps reduce violence against women, as well as giving them more time for education

and economic activities.

Results

By 2008, over 4000 Elephant Pumps had been built and these supplied clean water to over 1

million people across Zimbabwe and Malawi. About 80 Elephant Pumps were built each monthand each pump provided water to around 250 people. In 2008, over 1,300 pumps were installed,

improving water access for over 345,000 people...

Social Impact

According to experts, the Elephant Pump project had made a significant social impact by

contributing to an improvement in education, food, and clothing of the people in rural Africa.

The project brought about positive implications with respect to saving on time and labor, gender

equality, quality, and quantity of water

Facts

Train other NGOs to implement similar program so that many other people can get clearwater

Establish 7650 nutrition guidance Implement a program to plant 1425000 productive tree so that people can do trade Install 32,000 pumps so that max people can get clean water Provide clear water to 9 million people


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PROBLEMS OF ELEPHANT WATER PUMP:

1) Low Life Span:

2) Installation Cost:3) Low Sucking Capacity4) High Cost of Maintaining:5) Low Pumping depth Comparatively6) Hard Labor Work and wet thread rope


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Analysis Of Problem

1) Low Life Span: Elephant pump usually installed in Africa and Maldives are notreliable for the long time use as they are made from cheap and local material and

hardware. As you can see after few time periods, it expiry starts

2) Installation Cost: The installation cost is 250 euro, yet the material and hardwareused are not included in the bill. Whereas other pumps like rope pumps are cheap

in installation, the installation of rope pump costs about $150 to $200.

3) Low Sucking Capacity: When we compare elephant pump with other pumps, wefind that its water sucking capacity from the underground storage of water is

lower than the other pumps. Lets compare it with rope pump. Rope pump sucks

about 70 liters water by using 5meter deep installed pipe, whereas elephant pump

sucks about 1 liter per second at 20m head

4) High Cost of Maintaining: Maintaining pumps cheaply is also a tough task fororganizations to rodeo with others in market place. Elephant pump costs more

than other famous pumps around the globe. Rope pump costs $20 to $30 a year,

whereas elephant pump costs almost $40 to $50 a year because of its critical huge

design and because of complicated large hardware used in it.

5) Low Pumping depth Comparatively: Elephant pump is Suitable for extractionfrom depths of up to 30 meters whereas pumping depth of rope pump is 35 meters

with one handle, 60 meters with 2 handles and 100 meters if run by machine.


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Solution Of Problem

1) SOLUTION: To increase the life span of elephant pump instead of cheapmaterial, good quality of material should be used. Means good and economic

material should be used. Like bricks made in furnace. Natural sand, cement and

pebbles must be used in large quantity to enhance the quality of concrete. By this

water will not be polluted and its wall will not leak water. As you can see in

image its walls are leaking water.

2) SOLUTION: To increase the life span of elephant pump instead of cheapmaterial, good quality of material should be used. Means good and economic

material should be used. Like bricks made in furnace. Natural sand, cement and

pebbles must be used in large quantity to enhance the quality of concrete. By this

water will not be polluted and its wall will not leak water. As you can see in

image its walls are leaking water.

3) SOLUTION: To increase its water sucking capacity, thick rope and larger widthof pipes must be used. The width of output pipe should also be increased.

4) SOLUTION: Be designing it more efficiently and by using good economicalmaterial in reasonable quantity, its making and maintaining cost can be minimized

easily. As I said earlier SMALLER DESIGN + LESS HARDWARE USED =

LOW COST OVERALL. Wheel and axle used in it must be greased on daily

basis for protecting it from rust.


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MAJOR PROBLEM

Hard Labor Work and wet thread rope:

Wheel and axle is a simple machine which is installed in the internal structure of the elephant

pump; the thread is somehow fixed in the wheel so that axle can be rotated in order to fetch

water. A person is always required to keep the water coming out from pump, as the wheel runs

inside the water so it is very tough task for the person to keep the axle rotating. As the rope is

made up of thread, so it becomes wet and absorbs water in it therefore within 4 to 6 months, rope

expires.

PICS OF INTERNAL STRUCTURE AND ROPE GETTING WET IN WATER AND

BECOMING WEAKER AND WEAKER EVERY SECOND.


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RECOMMENDATION FOR SOLUTION

To reduce the hard labor work, its internal structure must be redesigned such that it will face

minimal friction, because due to friction between rope pistons and wheel the labor effort

increases to enhance the life of rope, its material should be changed. Usually rope which is used

made up of thread whose life span is very low while working in water. Rope of optical fiber must

be used to become free from the problem of rope breaking. I do agree that optical fiber is a wire

but it can be used as rope also. In the beginning of internet, its were under sea bed and those

were made up of optical fiber.

It is obvious that it will increase the expense of each pump but it will increase the life span and

therefore profit as well. I am recommending this solution because I believe WHEN YOU

INCREASE THE QUALITY, YOUR PROFIT INCRESES.

Cover the rope of thread with plastic, by this friction will be minimized and rope will not be

affected more than before. This method is cheap but not highly appreciated.

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