Treadle Pump Workshop 2009
University of Michigan BLUELab Guatemala Team Starting fall 2008 a group of dedicated, energetic and really bright students from the University of Michigan BLUELab accepted a challenge from the Appropriate Technology Collaborative (ATC). To design a treadle pump using only materials that might be found in Tanzania or another mostly rural African or SE Asian [...]
Open Source Treadle Pump
Treadle Pump Prototype A team of students from the University of Michigan BLUELab produced their first prototype of a treadle pump in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala last week. There are currently many treadle pumps patented and manufactured by NGOs, but the BLUELab pump is unique in that all the drawings and specifications are available online for free. [...]