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AFRIDEV Handpump Maintenance Card
Published: 2009

Maintenance Card for Weekly, Monthly and Yearly Checks
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Afridev Installation and Maintenance Manual
Published: 2007

This manual has been prepared to cover installation and maintenance aspects of the Afridev Handpump.
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Introductory Guide to Appropriate Solutions for Water and Sanitation
Published: 2005

DWAF - NORAD TOOLKIT for WATER SERVICES: Number 7.2 The NORAD-Assisted Programme for the Sustainable Development of Groundwater Sources in South Africa was managed by the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry. The Introductory Guide to Appropriate Solutions for Water and Sanitation is Number 7.2 in the Toolkit for Water Services.
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Low Cost Handpumps
Published: 2011

This guidance note points out the strengths and limitations of a number of low cost pumps. It provides an overview of the application, technical details, materials used, installation and maintenance, manufacturing requirements and costs of several low cost pumps, including information on the numbers installed and locations.
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Low-cost pump alternatives for rural communities in Honduras
Published: 2004

A field survey on pumps being used in Honduras directed at identifying successful options for replication. The report presents advantages and limitations of two types of low-cost pumps - the EMAS Flexi and the Rope Pump - used in several rural communities in Honduras, considering the users´ perspectives.
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Maintenance interventions for the Afridev Handpump

Presentation on the weekly, monthly and yearly checks as well as checking of wearing parts and reinstallation of plunger and footvalve for the Afridev Pump.
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Pompe manuelle Afridev - Manuel d’installation et d’entretien
Published: 1997

Ce document a pour but de couvrir les différents aspects del’installation et de l’entretien de la pompe manuelle Afridev.
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Proceedings of the 5th RWSN Forum 2006 Ghana
Published: 2007

Scaling up Local Entrepreneurship in Rural Water Supply to meet the MDGs
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Report on the RWSN Handpump Installation Training for the PDARI Project in Maxixe, Inhambane Province, Mozambique.
Published: 2008

COWATER International Inc. is implementing a Mozambican water project in the Inhambane Province, financed by CIDA. This project named Inhambane Rural Water Development Programme (IRWDP) by CIDA, and known in Portuguese as Programa de Desenvolvimento de Agua Rural de Inhambane (PDARI) is a rural water development project, which is executed together with DPOPH-I / DAS (Direcção Provincial das Obras Publicas e Habitação, Inhambane and Direcção de Agua e Saneamento). This project involves national ministries, districts, private sector and communities in the execution of all activities required for sustainable water supply and sanitation services.
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