EMAS Water Supply Technology for Rural Areas

This page tries to provide detailed information on the technology proposed by the Escuela Móvil de Agua y Saneamiento – EMAS (Mobile School for Water and Sanitation) in Bolivia, as developed by Wolfgang Eloy Buchner.  The goal is to disseminate the concepts and help those who want to put them in practice.

Documents available from this server (last update April 2008):

Document

Format

Number of Pages

Size  (Mb)

Introduction to EMAS Systems

Powerpoint (.pps)

9

0.3

Build an EMAS pump

Word (.doc)

7

0.3

You can open each of these documents clicking on the hyperlink.  Take into account that large files take a while to load !  You can either open them or save them directly to your computer.

 

Links to videos on the EMAS pump on YouTube (Spanish spoken, English subtitles):

 

Contents

Duration (min)

Size (Mb)

 

Complete playlist (all clips)

 

 

0.

A pressure pump

0:25

4.0

1.

Parts of an EMAS Pump

1:00

4.0

2.

Tools and Materials

0:35

2.9

3.

The Home-made Chisel

0:50

7.3

4.

Build a Basic Valve

7:00

44.0

4a.

Convert the basic valve into a Piston Valve

1:55

12.9

4b.

Convert the basic valve into a Footvalve

3:40

21.3

5.

Build the Handle

2:10

10.1

6.

Build the Guide

1:55

10.3

7.

Assemble the Pump

1:50

8.3

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