The Rope Pump
The rope pump technology is a solution for water provision
used at the family level as well as at the community level,
and covering already 25 % of the rural population in Nicaragua.
The technology was disseminated in a very short time over
the whole country and part of Central America with more
than 25.000 pumps installed in handdug wells and drilled wells.
It is the national standard pump for the water & sanitation sector.
Information:
Technology Transfer Division,
Bombas de Mecate S.A.
P.O.Box 3352, Managua, Nicaragua.
TEL/FAX: 00-505-8566692,
E-mail: ropepump@ibw.com.ni
Through this website technical and managerial information is provided to interested persons or organizations.
In the section
"Developments In Various Countries"
new information is regularly presented on rope pump developments around the world.This has proven to be an effective instrument to bring parties together.
Everyone who would like to make new information available is strongly invited to contact us. We will try to include this information on the website as soon as possible.
At this moment many initiatives are going on worldwide. By bringing this information together we intend to increase the attention for the technology and improve the international communication between interested parties.
Update from Cambodia.
Cambodia
New Company in the North of Madagascar
Madagascar
Developments in Congo
Congo