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Community Water Access trials demonstrate 92% reduction in down-time

December, 2020

We have completed Phase 1 of our Community Water project in collaboration with FundiFix Ltd. The project has successfully demonstrated that an Impact Pumps Solution can significantly reduce the downtime and lower the operational costs of providing a community water service, potentially by as much as 75%. These results were made possible by the relative ease with which maintenance issues could be identified and remedied, with almost all serviceable parts located at surface level. As intended, the solar surface pump used during the project was “swapped-out” for a petrol-powered backup on a few occasions due to extended-cloud and demand surges, and swapped for an equivalent solar pump after one instance of surface pump failure.