The story of the India Mark II hand pump

Imagine my surprise when I saw a hand pump that looked exactly like the ones I had seen in India. I took a closer look and ...
Seattle Times

Indiana man builds water pumps for South American villages

LOGANSPORT, Ind. (AP) — Ben Yantis has made more than 800 hand water pumps based off his design over the past 15 years for villages of a South American country to get clean water. The 80-year-old ...
Inhabitat

Smart Hand Pumps Could Provide Clean Water To Rural Communities

Mobile phone technology is being incorporated into water pumps in order to benefit rural communities across Africa. A team from Oxford University has placed data transmitters inside the pumps; if the ...
BBC

'Good vibration' hand pumps boost Africa's water security

Millions of people across Africa depend on hand pumps for their water supplies The simple up-and-down motion of hand pumps could help scientists secure a key water source for 200 million people in ...