The potential of AT to reach MDGs

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The potential of AT to reach MDGs

• New developments in
• Wells / PumpsStorage / rechargeMicro
  IrrigationTreatment household level
• Cost - benefit WatSan (WHO)
• 1- in, 5-28 out

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Obstacles to reach MDGs

• Lack of political will
• Lack of funds
• Lack of..
• Lack of Appropriate Technology
• Many ATs reduce cost 5 x, increase sustainability
  

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Example 1 Manual drilling, Baptist, Rota sludge

• 20.000 family wells, Bolivia (Emas, Baptist)
• Cost 100
  (30 m.1.5casing,)
• 300 wells, Africa
• Rota sludge
• Cost reduced
• 2000 to 400

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Example 2 Handpumps

• Piston pumps, 60 works (africa)
• Rope pumps, 90 works
• 1 mln. users (0.3 mln in Africa)
• 50.000, Nicaragua,
• Doubled rural water in 10 years

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Ghana

• 350 installed. 85 works
• In north world bank project
  80 does not work
• Negative effect on policy

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Lessons learned

• Social aspects
  
• Lack of involment ,training / follow up
• Technical aspects
• Small errors, cause big problems
• Why did AT fail?
• low efficiency,
• stone age image,
• lack of private sector
• In General
• Important repairability
• Available, Simple,
  Affordable

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In storage, irrigation, filters also cost
reductions factor 2-5

• Emas tanks, 1 bag cement/ 1 m3
• CSP Filters, 0.5 pppy (per person per year)
• Easy drip 300/Ha,

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High benefit for user

• A family well - doubles income
• A 15 Treadle pump - yields 100/year
• A 60 Rope pump - yields 220/year
• High benefit for Donor
• Treadle pump Input 7 mln , Output 100 mln
  /year
• Ropepumps Input 1 mln, Output 10 mln
  year
• Poverty alleviation as a bussines, SDC, U.
  Heierli
• Field survey 5025 families Nicaragua, Upoli,
  Cesade, ICCO

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AT has hugh potential for MDGs

• Reduces cost a factor 5 in many cases
• Increases sustainability in all cases
• Bold ideas Different use of budget for water
• 50 in Rural systems
• ( 80 target group lives there. Now 50 - 80
  of funds go to urban supply !!)
• 50 in Family systems
• ( Leave people choice. More expensive communal
  or low cost family system
• Family wells generate income!!. Treadle pump
  ,Ropepump)
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Obstacles

• Lack of awareness of new options
• (Stakeholders do not know new options , Rope
  pump, filters etc)
• Lack of efficient dissemination
• simple technology is not simple !
• Challenge
• Wide scale dissemination of smart tech

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Dare to be bold, dare to dream Lets fight
poverty as a team