• 33 windpumps and 3 solar pumps

• 7 conditions to obtain a wind pump

• the training to hygiene and health

The project : 33 windpumps and 3 solar pumps

From 1998 to 2001, 32 villages located in the Northwestern part of Senegal (departments of Dagana, Louga, Kebemer and Tivaouane) will be equiped with pumping systems : 

• 28 villages will use 1 or 2 windpumps installed on existing  wells or boring  with a mean depth from  18 to 38 m. Each installation includes the wind pump, two water tanks of 10 m³ each, a water distribution system and a fence in order to keep clean the water point.
• 2 villages will dispose of a solar pump.
• 2 riverside villages  will have a pumping system including treatment of the water from  the Senegal river.

Wind pump of Thiary Loro	Water hardship in the river
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7 conditions to obtain a wind pump

To benefit from a wind pump’s installation, the village must meet the following conditions :

1. The water must be intended to the whole community

2. To satisfy the technical criteria : 

3. To participate in the investment  in giving 400 000 FCFA (or 4000 FRF or about 610 Euros)

4. To subscribe an annual maintenance contract by an approved firm, notably EIC (100 000 FCFA per year)

5. To save up 125 000 FCFA each year on a bank account or on a giro account for the equipment's renewal.

6. To form a committee for the waterhole's administration

7. To make a voluntary request to ALIZĖS

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The training to hygiene and health

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