The
solution to change these desperate conditions that exist in many regions of
Africa and India must be multi-faceted to accommodate a variety of
conditions.
Aakash International provides
Afridev Hand Pumps and India Mark II hand pumps to withstand drought. We wish
to prevent the water drought, not react to it. It’s the only way to actually
prevent the drought cycle from occurring when regional weather patterns change
periodically. And it has been suggested by many scientists that as global
warming evolves, drought cycles will become more common and for longer
durations in many regions of the world that are currently in a water-stressed
condition.
In reference, in
2001, the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) asked various
organizations to perform an investigation of groundwater availability in
water-short regions of the world. That investigation was documented in a report
entitled: Groundwater Availability Study for Water-Short Developing Countries,
where it was shown there are significant groundwater assets available even in
some of the most drought-prone areas of the world. Although available, these
groundwater assets are not being used today because often the leaders of
drought-prone countries do not possess the political will to drill water wells
for their own people.
Right now, countless
communities in over 50 nations are suffering needlessly because water is scarce,
contaminated, or non-existent. The sad irony is this:
Often there is enough
water to save thousands of lives just 100 to 300 feet away. Where? Underground.
Therefore we bring Afridev hand pumps and India Mark II hand pump and equipment
to rural areas in order to provide life-giving sources of water.
Hand pumps are used
primarily in developing nations as a manually powered means of bringing water
to the surface from a borehole, rainwater tank or well.
The main types of
hand pumps we offer are the India Mark II, the India Mark III, and the Afridev
deep-well (30 - 40 m deep) pumps. Village Level Operation and Maintenance
(VLOM) refers to low maintenance hand pumps which can be maintained at a
village level, intended to provide reliable long-term service.
Some of the features
of Aakash international manufactured hand pumps are :
Aakash International handpump so easy to use, a child can pump up to 5 gallons per minute.
Aakash International hand
water pump so durable, it has a 50-year lifespan.
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