Low-tech initiatives: Providing villages with water without using any electricity

Brut America

Many villages in the Philippines don't have access to drinking water. But  this team has found a way to address this. Thanks to a 200-year-old system and with no electricity.

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00:00We have met a team in Philippines who install Rampoms.

00:27The potential of our 8P Rampomp is high because of climate change.

00:36The weather is not good.

00:39The dry season is getting longer.

00:43Access to potable water in the mountains and higher villages is difficult.

00:52Our system here has a 6-meter drop.

00:57It can pump water very high using the pressure of the river as the pumping force.

01:03It doesn't require any electricity.

01:06I'll show you how to make a small-scale system to explain how it works.

03:58The final design has to be calculated upon the flow of the river and the angle of the reflux valves.

04:08The water goes down from the river.

04:11When it reaches a certain speed, it suddenly closes the valve.

04:16That makes a bong.

04:20It's a back pressure that lifts up the water and the cycle starts again.

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