Water Lifting Devices: A Handbook for Users and Choosers - Couverture souple

Fraenkel, Peter; Thake, Jeremy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1853395382 ISBN 13 : 9781853395383

Editeur : Practical Action Publishing, 2006

Synopsis

This is an updated and expanded new edition (formerly Water Pumping Devices), surveying the water-lifting technologies that are available and appropriate for smallholdings. It examines the costs and general suitability of the different technologies to enable farmers and policy makers to make informed choices.More than one billion people still do not have access to safe drinking water, and almost two billion people suffer from diseases arising from contaminated water due to poor sanitation. Irrigation is essential for the basic food requirements of billions of people. The growing world population and global climate change make the challenges of providing adequate clean water, sanitation, and food ever more pressing. At the heart of effective irrigation lies the problem of lifting or pumping water. This handbook provides a detailed review of the water-lifting technologies available for irrigation, along with new information covering the provision of drinking water for humans and livestock. Water Lifting Devices has long been the authority on the subject and this new third edition provides updated essential practical information for farmers, development workers, and all who need to make informed choices about water lifting technologies.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Peter Fraenkel is a mechanical engineer with long experience of renewable energy systems and the author of many books and articles on wind, hydro, and tidal energy. He is a leading authority on water pumping technologies for developing country applications and was a founder and Director of I.T. Power from 1981 to 2000.

Jeremy Thake, a mechanical design engineer, has worked for the appropriate technology organization DCS in Nepal for six years on micro-hydro systems.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Practical Action Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1853395382
• ISBN 13: 9781853395383
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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