Hydraulic Ram Pumps for Colombia

Transfering Hydraulic Ram pump technology from the Philippines to Colombia

Status

Needs funding

Focus area

Project category

Location

Cali
Vale de Cauca , Colombia

Description
Goals
Sustainability

The project will transfer the technical knowledge of the Hydraulic Ram pump from the Philippines to the technology demonstration center Aprotec in Colombia. In Colombia, the Hydraulic Ram pump has a great potential.

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Target benchmarks

2 functioning water systems
1200 persons with access to improved water for 15 years
2 persons who receive training / education per year

The goal is to help millions of displaced farmers who are returning to their land and need water for their farms, by giving them access to affordable hydraulic ram water pumps, a water pump powered by the falling water in streams. To do so, the goal of the project is to establish self-sustaining hydraulic ram pump manufacture and installation capacity in Colombia, through a technology transfer programme with experts from the Philippines, and the installation of 2 pumps as pilot models.

Target benchmarks

2 functioning water systems
1200 persons with access to improved water for 15 years
2 persons who receive training / education per year

Goals overview

Feasibility study and site selection
Two pilot ram pump installations (water for 1200 people))
6 weeks hands-on training for two technicians
Licensing/franchising Aprotec for manufacture of ram pump
Follow-up monitoring, trouble shooting and impact assessment

The project has sustainability of the pump manufacturing and installation capacity in Colombia as its main goal. Technicians from Aprotec in Colombia will receive a full six week training in all aspects of pump manufacture, installations, maintenance, sales, etc. They will also receive the full specifications and licenses for the local production of the hydraulic ram in Colombia. This is aimed at the establishment of a self-sustaining business in which hydraulic ram pumps are produced and installed in Colombia.

Knowing that a perfect technology alone will not guarantee a sustainable system, AIDFI developed a community involvement program in different aspects of the projects: surveys, meetings, hauling, actual construction, set up of water committees and training of local technicians in operation, repair and maintenance.

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