How to Get Water Into the Farms Cheaply, Use Water to Pump Water
Posted by EPa in Other-Agri
Farms that are idle during summer months due to scarcity of water can now be made productive. This is what a newly developed hydro-powered water pump guarantees.
“Using water to pump water” is how Dr. Reynaldo C. Castro and Mary Ann Baradi of the Philippine Rice Research Institute Batac, Ilocos Norte, the developers of the machine, sum up what the technology they developed is about. The hydro-powered water pump uses the energy generated by the movement of a flowing water to drive a commercially available water pump to allow water from its nearby source to flow to the farms.
The technology is especially useful during dry months when farmers choose to leave their farms idle because transporting water from its sources which are usually far costs too much. This means foregone productivity and income that should have come their way had their lands been used.
The study cites that in Ilocos Region alone, there are 34,860 ha of farm whose agricultural productivity is not optimized due to lack of facilities for irrigation. The problem is due to the expensive pumping of water from its sources to the farms.
Although motorized pumps are available in the market, farmers do not have the resources to buy them. Hydraulic rams, designed to aid the transport of water from its sources to farms, only work on places with sufficient drops in elevation. In addition, hydraulic rams are also expensive. Treadle pumps, aside from being laborious, are also limited by their pumping capacities and the height where water could be pumped.
This lack of cost-effective alternative makes the hydro-powered water pump appealing.
After two experiments and going back to the drawing board to improve the prototype, the researchers came up with a hydro-powered water pump that is simple, effective, and economical. The final prototype of the machine, after undergoing modifications, can pump up 102 cubic meters of water per day more than the water requirements of one hectare of corn.
This hydro-powered water pump may not have the sophistication most often looked for in newly developed machinery, but it has the potential to increase agricultural productivity and income, employment, and sustainability.
The researchers suggest that an aggressive promotion and use of the hydro-powered water pump will lead to productivity of idle lands during dry months, and increased productivity and income for our farmers.
For more information, contact:
Bureau of Agricultural Research
Department of Agriculture
3/F RDMIC Bldg., Visayas Ave.
cor. Elliptical Rd., Diliman Quezon City 1104
Trunklines: 928-8505 or 927-0226
Local Nos. 2043, 2042, 2044
Fax: 920-227 or 927-5691
E-mail: jlaguna@bar.gov.ph, ioblefias@bar.gov.ph, misd-acs@bar.gov.ph
Web: www.bar.gov.ph
Dept.of Agriculture
D.A. Compound, Elliptical Rd.,
Diliman,Quezon City
Tel. Nos. (632) 929-6065 to 67 / 920-3991 / 928-1134
Web: www.da.gov.ph
source: Maria Lizbeth Severa J. Baroña of www.bar.gov.ph. “Using Water to Pump Water; The Hydro-Powered Water Pump”, Reynaldo C. Castro and Mary Ann U. Baradi, Philippine Rice Research Institute, Batac, Ilocos Norte (This paper was an entry to the 2004 National Research Symposium sponsored by BAR under the applied research category), photo from imagesphilippines.com
did Philippines make windmill water pump?, i wanna know wheres part in the Philippines have that windmill water pump, i’m so interested to make a windmill water pump, so can you please give me some information about that..thanks
Hi. I am interested with this pump but how will I know if this is the right equipment for my small farm in Bulacan. I have been looking for other alternatives such as windmills and solar operated pump. Do you supply these equipment too? Please give contact numbers or address in which I can discuss this thoroughly with you.
Sir, Ram pump, ay nagagamit dahil may ibang water source na mataas ang lugar. Sa water well na 24 feet ang lalim, my systema ba na magamit ang ram pump. Ang wind mill at solar water pump ay may kamahalan, sana makainvento kayo na systema katulad ng ram pump para sa water well, more power sir..
Sir,
Saang company na puweding belhan ng windmill water pump. Bukod sa windmill at solar pumps, anong ibang paraan para magakuha ng tubig sa balon na 24 feet ang lalim, wala na kasing irrigation sa aming lugar, tubig ulan lang kami umaasa.
please send me info on how to use this hydro-powered pump. how much does it costs?
I would like to acquire this hydro-powered water pump but first I would like to know the details about its mechanism, weight, size and installation and total cost. I intend to use it in my small farm in mindanao.
please send me more information in regards to these new watering rams
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Sir! paki send kung magkano ang cost ng hydro powerered water pump, kung paano ang procedure ng paggamit at kung saan puwedeng makabili. tnx
sir paki email naman kung magkano ang cost of having a hydro-powered water pump
Sir Leo, additional ko lng po s ilocos watering problems nila s farm. I agree and I appreciate verymuch with the newly invented hydro powered water pumped. s ibang lugar like some part of ilocos region walang tubig from irrigation. pro s deepwell meron. So pwede kung suggest yong windmill water pump. the best db?
@gerry, i think meron ng mga lugar sa ilocos na gumagamit ng wind turbines. medyo may kaunting kamahalan nga lang ang pag setup pero malaki magiging pakinabang sa katagalan.
Pls send cost of having hydro-powered water pump to my email. aldrin.aggabao@yahoo.com.ph
@philbert, please contact DA-BAR above for expert and professional advice.
ask ko lang po sana kung magkano ang cost ng isang pump saka paano ang magiging procedure sa paggamit nito? salamat
estimated price i think 20k and and the proceducer will be next
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