Users Guide to off Grid Energy Solutions

Further Reading Pumping

SKAT, the Swiss Centre for Development Co-operation in Technology and Management, has a good links homepage for water pumping (visit: http://www.skat.ch/links/frameset_links.htm); Vadianstrasse 42, CH-9000 St.Gallen, Switzerland. By Phone: +41 71 228 54 54; By Fax: +41 71 228 54 55; By Email: info@skat.ch ; by WWW: http://www.skat.ch

ITDG, the Intermediate Technology Development Group, has done much work in the pumping field, and has good links with a number of other organisations, with good links via this site: http://www.oneworld.org/itdg ; and check out their publications on water on: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/orgs/well/briefs/contents.htm

The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in Ottawa, Canada, has carried out extensive work in the field of water pumping, appropriate technology and solutions for such. They have information, specifications, results of evaluations and monitoring for hand pumps, PV pumps and a variety of other water pumping situations. Visit their site for links and access to on-line and other publications: http://www.idrc.ca

Lifewater International is a non-profit organization of Christian volunteer water specialists in the United States and Canada. They operate all over the world, particularly in Africa, Latin America and Asia. They have an extensive network of experts, and their Web sites are full of information, photos, diagrams, guidebooks (good references in *.pdf format). 15854 Business Center Drive, Irwindale CA USA 91706 USA; By Phone: +1 626 962 4187; (in USA phone Toll Free 888-LIFE-H2O/888-543-3426); By Fax: +1 626 962 6786; By Email: Lifewater@xc.org ; By Web: http://www.lifewater.org

Lifewater Canada, a "Christian organization dedicated to helping rural poor obtain safe water... a non-profit organization of people from across Canada who are bound together by a common desire to ensure that people everywhere have access to adequate supplies of safe water". Lifewater has pioneered the dissemination of a number of handpumps. Their Web site has a range of excellent photographs, drawings, "how to guides" and much other useful information on hand pumps and hand pump experience from around the world. PO Box 44, Kakabeka Falls, ON P0T 1W0, Canada; By Email: gstronks@oln.com; By Web: http://www.lifewater.ca

Grundfos Pumps have a good Website, with detailed "how to" information on solar pumping, and pumping in general, visit http://www.grundfos.com/web/grfosweb.nsf/Viewtemplates/Articles to learn more.

SDF Wasser und Umwelt, hand pump specialists, especially the "Kardia" pump. Moorbeerenweb 1, P.O. Box 6009, D-31215 Peine, Germany, By Phone: +49 5171 4030, By Fax: +49 5171 403221; by Email: 101454.1060@compuserve.com.

WEDC, Water, Engineering and Development Centre, United Kingdom, at the Loughborough University in the UK a leading institution concerned water planning, provision and management of infrastructure for development in low- and middle-income countries. Loughborough University, Leicestershire LE11 3TU UK; By Phone: + 44 (0) 1509 222885; By Fax: + 44 (0) 1509 211079; By Email: WEDC@lboro.ac.uk ; visit their WWW site for on-line publications, and a long listing of other publications on pumping, water resources, and water management: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/cv/wedc

The World Bank has an extensive list of publications and information on-line. Visit their main site on: http://www.worldbank.org and have a look around.

Sandia National Laboratory's, Sandia conduct research and draw upon extensive research and development projects in the US and elsewhere. They provide an excellent on-line water pumping system sizing calculation module for DC, AC and other pumps (visit: http://www.sandia.gov/pv/sysd/WPSize.html ), and provide other information. The provide an extensive glossary of PV pumping system terminology (see http://www.sandia.gov/pv/lib/glossary.html ). Sandia also publish a quarterly on-line journal, "Quarterly Highlights of Sandia's Photovoltaics Program" (see http://www.sandia.gov/Renewable_Energy/photovoltaic/quarter/quarterly.html ). PV Design Assistance Center, Sandia National Laboratories, Dept. 6218, Albuquerque, NM, USA 87185-5800; By Phone: +1 505 8443698; By WWW: http://www.sandia.gov/Renewable_Energy/PV_NOW/base.html

Australia's Department of Primary Industies and Energy (DPIE) operate a good WWW site that provides summaries of research, work underway, conferences, papers, etc. on solar, and solar water pumping, particularly relevant to the Asia-Pacific, visit their APEC Working Group on: http://www.dpie.gov.au/resources.energy/energy/apec/index.html

Helikson, H.J., D.Z. Haman and C.D. Baird, "Pumping Water for Irrigation Using Solar Energy", on-line publication providing detailed information of all the key issues regarding water pumping, and use of photovoltaics for pumping, whether for irrigation or other uses. Visit: http://hammock.ifas.ufl.edu/txt/fairs/3737 (FAIRS, Florida Agricultural Information Retrieval System)

Northern Arizona Wind & Sun, commercial suppliers from Arizona, provide a good "FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions" Web page on water pumping at: http://www.windsun.com/Water/pumpinfo1.htm