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Hydraulic ram pumps and Sling Pumps

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Section 13: Bush H<strong>and</strong>pump OverviewOver the past decade or two, the bush pump has become the world's most robust<strong>and</strong> widely used locally made h<strong>and</strong>pump. Benefits of this h<strong>and</strong> pump include:●●●●create desperately needed local jobs;low cost;maintenance - what's locally built can be locally repaired;removable parts have minimal resale value (an important considerationwhere expensive imported <strong>pumps</strong> are looted).Because the Bush pump is locally made, it has also picked-up manydifferent names. Besides being called a modified Guinea-Bissau Pump,it is also called:●●●●POV-RO 2000 Pump (Nepal)Zimbabwe h<strong>and</strong> pump (Zimbabwe)Simple h<strong>and</strong> pump (Kenya)Bush Pump (Liberia)http://www.lifewater.ca/Section_13.htm (2 of 5) [1/13/2005 12:45:30 PM]

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