Solar Water Pump

The next priority project for the school is a Solar Water Pump. The well is still working very well, but it has a hand pump. The pump gets so much use that it wears out fairly quickly and it is expensive to replace. We believe a Solar water Pump would alleviate the problem and be less expensive in the long term.

We were able to get a rough estimate from the company that installs the solar pump systems. The bid includes the solar pump, Solar panels, 6000 liter holding tank, cement tank base, taps in the tank for drawing water, chlorine injection, all piping and controls, and installation. The rough estimate was between $5500 and $6000. The company has since visited the well site and is writing up a more accurate bid. We should recieve that bid wihin the next couple of weeks.

It is a little hard to see but the photo shows the date (6-12-2017) that the well was drilled and began producing clean water for the school. Since that time the hand pump has been replaced at least 4 times.

While we were in Uganda at the school this trip I we able to visit a hospital and a couple school that are using the solar pumps. I was told that the pumps have been operating for many years, 6 to 10, with very little problems.

The first photo is of the solar panels at the first school we visited. As you can see it takes very few panels to run the pump. The remainder of the photos are at the hospital and a second school. The photo of the yellow in ground tanks are an iron filter system and the chlorine injection system. I do not believe we would need the iron filters for our system.

We would appreciate your prayers that God would provide the funding for this project. If you would like to donate to this project you can send your tax deductible check to Ken Merrill, 9313 SE 162nd St, Summerfield, FL 34491. Please make the check payable to Emmaus Gospel Outreach, or simply EmmausGO, with Solar pump in the memo.

All donations to Emmaus Gospel Outreach are always tax deductible. Donations, if paid by check made out as above, are used 100% for the intended purpose. Any funds received after the project is fully funded will be deposited in the general operating fund. Online donations are charged a small fee, but is always under 10%. We use a third party non-profit organization to process those donations and they wire the monthly funding to the school in Uganda.