Smart handpumps: Technical aspects of a one-year field trial in Rural Kenya

T. Papastylianou; J. Behar; A. Guazzi; J. Jorge; S. Laranjeira; M. A. Maraci; G. D. Clifford; R. A. Hope; P. Thomson

Smart handpumps: Technical aspects of a one-year field trial in Rural Kenya

T. Papastylianou, J. Behar, A. Guazzi, J. Jorge, S. Laranjeira, M. A. Maraci, G. D. Clifford, R. A. Hope, P. Thomson

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Abstract

A team from Oxford University conducted a 12-month 'smart handpump' trial in Kenya in 2013, funded by the UK Department for International Development (DfID), which tested a new maintenance model for rural handpump services. The service was based around the availability of information on handpump usage and functionality, generated by a GSM transmitter installed within the pump handle. For this trial, a version of the hardware and software was produced, that had to be operational in the field for a year, but produced with limited resources. The trial (67 community pumps) lead to a reduction in pump outage times from an average of 27 days per-trial to under three. This paper discusses some of the design decisions made and lessons learnt during the trial.

Original language	English
State	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes
Event	Appropriate Healthcare Technologies for Low Resource Settings, AHT 2014 - London, United Kingdom Duration: 17 Sep 2014 → 18 Sep 2014

Conference

Conference	Appropriate Healthcare Technologies for Low Resource Settings, AHT 2014
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	London
Period	17/09/14 → 18/09/14

Keywords

Africa
GSM
Handpumps
SMS
Water

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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