The SWS Rower pump is a manually operated, suction
piston pump used for drawing water from shallow
wells, river bed filters and open water. It is
ideal for irrigation, village water supply and
livestock watering
SWS
Filtrations involvement with Rower
Pumps started in 1982 when we introduced them
to an agricultural development project in
North Nigeria. The
Rower pump is most unusual in appearance. The
cylinder is not upright like most pumps, but
is placed into the ground at an angle of
about 30o to the horizontal so it looks more
like a rocket launcher than a pump!
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The operator holds a wide T-handle and
pulls and pushes directly on the piston rod as the
water pours out of the top of the cylinder so the
pumping action is like rowing a boat. Although when
one first sees a Rower Pump it looks rather weird,
all of the main pump components are still present
including a traditional foot valve, piston valve and
pump cylinder.
Rower Pumps are very easy to
make, operate and maintain. They are suction pumps so
are limited to areas where the water is within 6
metres or 20 ft of the surface. Rower Pumps are ideal
for lifting water from low level springs, shallow
wells, or river beds. The Rower Pump does not filter
the water itself, but it can be connected to a
sub-sand filter. By drawing water directly from a
protected low level spring, the water will be much
cleaner than if the spring is open for people and
animals to contaminate.
SWS can either sell complete pumps or
help you set up assembly workshops if ther is
sufficient demand. SWS Filtration also has a charity
account which allows us to give some pumps and water
filtration equipment free of charge to bona fide
development projects. Funding for this account is
limited but we would be very pleased to help you if
we can. Alternatively, if you would like to support
this work, your donations would be gratefully
appreciated by those we are seeking to help. (SWS
Water Charity Account)
Over
the years a lot has been written about Rower
Pumps. We have included and updated a number
of these articles for you to browse through,
but if you have any specific questions please
email us and tell us something about your
project. We are also involved with a lift
pump (NZ Pump) but if neither of these is
appropriate we will gladly put you in touch
with other organisations involved with water
development and hand pumps. |
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