Hydraulic Ram Pumps
The Rain Tree Foundation aims at provide the villagers with access to a sufficient amount of water for their daily needs and to make it possible to conduct successful farming. Especially in the seasons with no or little rain as then the villagers spend most of their time carrying water and therefore they are not able to irrigate and grow their own vegetables and fruits in their village or community. Ram Pumps pump water to the village homes providing a steady water supply for households, farms, fish ponds, livestock, irrigation systems and other water based purposes.
Ram Pumps use downhill water pressure to pump water much higher than it started, with no other power source needed. They are one of the only solutions to pump water where there is no access to electricity or gasoline and they can pump the water to a much higher elevation and over longer distances than commonly available water pumps.
Ram Pumps are useful for Raintree projects because they are extremely simple with just two moving parts and they don’t need an external source of power.
Ram Pumps been available on the market for 200 years and they’ve proved their reliability. Ram Pumps are easy to install, easy to maintain and they have a long live cycle.
There are three uses of Ram Pumps:
- Lifting (drinking) water from springs, wells, streams, rivers to settlements on higher ground.
- Pumping (drinking) water from springs, wells, streams, rivers that have a significant slope.
- Lifting irrigation water from streams or raised irrigation channels
Whenever a water source is available and the area isn’t completely flat there is a possibility to install a Ram Pump.