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Tech sheets: pumps & wells

WaterAid: Tubewells and boreholes

Description about some features of tubewells, including handpumps, the two methods of sinking them in generally soft ground using only man-powered low-technology equipment, namely, hand augering using a Vonder rig, and sludging.

Resource link:
http://www.wateraid.org/ international/what_we_do/how_we_work/ sustainable_technologies/ technology_notes/2060.asp
Source: WaterAid (http://www.wateraid.org/)
Added to ADG on: 30 June 2004 , contributed by: ADG team
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