{"id":1860,"date":"2013-10-16T10:58:17","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T10:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roundaboutwatersolutions.org.za\/2013\/10\/16\/sustainable-water-pumping-solutions\/"},"modified":"2013-10-16T10:58:17","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T10:58:17","slug":"sustainable-water-pumping-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playpumps.co.za\/index.php\/2013\/10\/16\/sustainable-water-pumping-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable water pumping solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rural Africa is home to thousands of manual water pumps.\u00a0 Many of these pumps do not work, either due to a lack of parts or knowledge to repair them, or a lack of funds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The PlayPump has been designed to be a relatively low maintenance piece of equipment.\u00a0 Able to withstand the robust treatment to which it can be subjected.\u00a0 We maintain PlayPumps for up to ten years, or longer, with support from our donors.\u00a0 Our contractors perform the maintenance free of charge to the school or community.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Fun at school on the PlayPump<\/h2>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-938 alignnone\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" alt=\"Getting Water 209 copy\" src=\"https:\/\/playpumps.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Getting-Water-209-copy-300x200-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A PlayPump not only provides water for drinking, it also provides a source of fund and exercise for the kids, water to wash hands after visiting the toilet and before eating meals, water for the school cooks to cook a daily meal, vegetable gardens to be started, classrooms cleaned and a healthier life style.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"PlayPumps roundabout water solutions\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S5mPKOCpLow?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KBEttIM-K8E?list=PLVtI4872Et0B0jriQDNT5phxZggq0K47v\" height=\"315\" width=\"100%\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rural Africa is home to thousands of manual water pumps.\u00a0 Many of these pumps do not work, either due to a lack of parts or knowledge to repair them, or a lack of funds.\u00a0 The PlayPump has been designed to be a relatively low maintenance piece of equipment.\u00a0 Able to withstand the robust treatment to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1863,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[6,7],"class_list":["post-1860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-sustainable","tag-water-pump"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - 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