posted on 2018-02-12, 15:08authored byS.B. Weerakoon, A.P. De Silva
In the remote rural villages in Hambantota district (located in South-East of Sri Lanka) there is no easy access to potable
water, and conventional community water supply schemes by pumping water from deep wells is far from the reality. Present
study investigates the feasibility of community water supply schemes for sparsely distributed houses in these villages by the
installation of a wind rotor coupled to a hand operated deep well pump at a favourable location in the village and storing
of water in a tank at a higher elevation. Based on field measurements of wind data, power requirement for hand pump
installed in a deep well, the scale model testing of two horizontal axis wind rotors and the performance of a pilot wind
pump, potential for introducing wind pumping based community water supply schemes in the district is emphasized.
History
School
Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Research Unit
Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)
Published in
WEDC Conference
Citation
WEERAKOON, S.B. and DE SILVA, A.P., 2006. Wind pumping based water supply schemes for remote villages in Sri Lanka. IN: Fisher, J. (ed). Sustainable development of water resources, water supply and environmental sanitation: Proceedings of the 32nd WEDC International Conference, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 13-17 November 2006, pp. 405-408.
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