Treadle Pump: Crop Irrigation

BLUElab is partnering with the Appropriate Technology Collaborative and Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group to design and implement a human-powered water pump to irrigate farmland and improve quality of life in subsistence farming communities in South American communities. The group will generate design specifications using suitable local materials which will allow the pump to be used in multiple locations, as well as create and implement a business model to foster entrepreneurship in those communities.

Project Leaders: Julia Kearns (jpkearns@umich.edu) and John Woolsey (johndw@umich.edu)