Solar Powered Water Pumps Provide Pure Water for Villagers

A Welsh company that prides itself on offering a one stop shop for renewable energy products and services has sealed a US$1m deal to supply solar powered water pumps to east African country, Djibouti

Tywyn-based True Energy will be providing a bespoke solution to enable 25 villages to receive clean water for the first time.

As well as designing the pumping system, the company will install the project and provide training so that the villagers can maintain it themselves.

“The problem with many earlier water-pumping projects is that they relied on complicated, diesel-run generators. If diesel became too expensive, or was unavailable, the pumping project failed. What’s more, if the generator broke down, the necessary skills to fix it were rarely available,” explains Phil McVan, True Energy MD.

“The solar-powered system comes with a 25-year guarantee, and is also extremely easy to maintain, thus creating a sustainable water provision set-up. This means that women and children will no longer spend hours each day fetching and carrying water, and their health will also improve significantly. Carrying such heavy loads caused back problems, and the water collected from available sources was contaminated, and waterborne diseases were rampant.”

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