In the low-income communities of Paraguay, the well systems are not properly designed and many of the water pumps are breaking. The problem comes with removing the water pumps from one hundred and eighty meter deep wells. The current system of removal is highly inefficient, as well as expensive for the community as a whole. As we assessed the problem we took into consideration the conditions that we would be working with, including the elementary educations of the people of Paraguay. It became clear that an important goal of this project would be to allow the people of Paraguay to become more self sufficient and less dependent on outside help. We worked closely with Paula Burt of the AVINA Foundation at developing the most useful and efficient system of well pump removal. We decided upon a crane system that will be independently standing and will have the ability to be transported on a trailer pulled by a pickup truck. Overall, we are confident that our design will help improve the quality of life for the people of Paraguay.

Creator

• Olson, Potvin
• Flanagan, Connor
• Bouvier, Jaclyn
• Flibbert, Samuel
• Potvin, Nicholas

Contributors

• Nikitina, Svetlana

Subject

• Recover, Reuse, and Recycle: Building a Lasting World

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Language

• English

Identifier

• GPS1327

Year

• 2012

Date created

• 2012-01-01

Resource type

• Poster

Rights statement

• In Copyright

License

• Creative Commons BY-NC Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International