1. WASH Cluster – Groundwater Pumping GWP Session 1 Introduction 1 Handpumps for Drinking Water Session 1 Introduction

2. WASH Cluster – Groundwater Pumping GWP Introduction to Module Session 1 – Handpumps Session 2 – Motorised Pumps Session 3 – Assessment Session 4 – Water Distribution

3. WASH Cluster – Groundwater Pumping GWP Groundwater ADVANTAGES Fairly pure Available all year round, close to communities and in considerable quantities DISADVANTAGES Expensive to access Usually requires a lifting device which must be appropriate and sustainable

4. WASH Cluster – Groundwater Pumping GWP Contamination Source: Adapted from Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water Supply and Solid Waste Management Programs, Waste Disposal Practices and Their Effects on Groundwater (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977).

5. WASH Cluster – Groundwater Pumping GWP Drawing Water Well in Cameroun © LWF/J. Latva-Hakuni

6. WASH Cluster – Groundwater Pumping GWP Drawing Water

7. WASH Cluster – Groundwater Pumping GWP Drawing Water