IF PIGS COULD FLY: Helping Hillside Haiti www.ifpigscouldflyhaiti.org Contact: Trudy Reagan [email protected] tel: 650-856-9593 Eric Sabelman [email protected] cell: 650-207-0311 Rural Haiti has many needs. Even water is hard to come by. A solar-powered water pump for a community in the mountains of Haiti is an example of how solar technology offers a low-cost solution to an acute problem, and frees women's energies for other projects to improve their lives. Volunteers have devised a means to help the rural community of Zoranje obtain water for cooking, drinking and bathing. at present, water is carried in buckets on the heads of residents -usually women and children - from springs and rivers, taking as much as 60 minutes round-trip. The 2010 earthquake altered underground water flow, making old sources unreliable. A simple, reliable solar pump, pipe and storage tank will bring water much closer to the point of use (but not into individual homes ) Dr. Randy Mont-Reynaud has been the inspiration behind “If Pigs Could Fly – Helping Hillside Haiti”, established in 2001, with the support of Palo Alto Friends Meeting. It is now a tax-exempt organization, with an all-volunteer staff of 3 and goals have been to bring new technologies and infrastructure to this mountain zone, relatively isolated since 1804. The non-profit focuses on communities of one region, Zoranje, above the plain of Leogane. The nearest town, Darbonne, is a three hour hike down winding rocky paths; there are no roads up the mountains. Darbonne itself is some 30 miles from the capital of Haiti, Port au Prince. Darbonne was mostly leveled in the earthquake. REQUIREMENTS: • Unattended operation • Simple maintenance • Provide a kit containing all parts not locally available • Assembly with simple tools • Position solar panel above vegetation • Moveable to different water sources • Anchored against high wind • Tilt & lay flat before hurricane • Raise water 230 feet • 2-stage for 460 ft rise • Length of pipe up to 1000 feet • Pump 400 gallons per day • Use excess water for irrigation • Use excess power for charging batteries
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IF PIGS COULD FLY: Helping Hillside Haiti
www.ifpigscouldflyhaiti.org
Contact: Trudy Reagan [email protected] tel: 650-856-9593
Eric Sabelman [email protected] cell: 650-207-0311
Rural Haiti has many needs. Even water is hard to come by. A solar-powered water pump for a community in the mountains of Haiti is an example of how solar technology offers a low-cost solution to an acute problem, and frees women's energies for other projects to improve their lives. Volunteers have devised a means to help the rural community of Zoranje obtain water for cooking, drinking and bathing. at present, water is carried in buckets on the heads of residents -usually women and children - from springs and rivers, taking as much as 60 minutes round-trip. The 2010 earthquake altered underground water flow, making old sources unreliable. A simple, reliable solar pump, pipe and storage tank will bring water much closer to the point of use (but not into individual homes ) Dr. Randy Mont-Reynaud has been the inspiration behind “If Pigs Could Fly – Helping Hillside Haiti”, established in 2001, with the support of Palo Alto Friends Meeting. It is now a tax-exempt organization, with an all-volunteer staff of 3 and goals have been to bring new technologies and infrastructure to this mountain zone, relatively isolated since 1804. The non-profit focuses on communities of one region, Zoranje, above the plain of Leogane. The nearest town, Darbonne, is a three hour hike down winding rocky paths; there are no roads up the mountains. Darbonne itself is some 30 miles from the capital of Haiti, Port au Prince. Darbonne was mostly leveled in the earthquake.
REQUIREMENTS: • Unattended operation • Simple maintenance • Provide a kit containing all
parts not locally available • Assembly with simple tools • Position solar panel above
vegetation • Moveable to different water
sources • Anchored against high wind • Tilt & lay flat before hurricane • Raise water 230 feet • 2-stage for 460 ft rise • Length of pipe up to 1000 feet • Pump 400 gallons per day • Use excess water for irrigation • Use excess power for
charging batteries
IF PIGS COULD FLY: Helping Hillside Haiti
www.ifpigscouldflyhaiti.org
Contact: Trudy Reagan [email protected] tel: 650-856-9593
Eric Sabelman [email protected] cell: 650-207-0311
SOLAR WATER PUMPING SYSTEMS FOR HAITI
component description quantity
gallons per 5 hr day 1.36 gpm 408 gal
pump
ShurFlo submersible 9325-043-101
1 $794
solar panel Sharp Ne-170Uc1 170 Watt Panel - 24 Volt
1 $457
#16 cable (ft) & connectors 50 $60
tripod mount 1 see below
power control ShurFlo 902-100 1 $140
10A DC breaker 1 $10
weatherproof box 1 $17
plumbing pipe, 13/4inch sched 40 PVC, ft 500 $345
couplings, 3/4 inch slip 50 $14
foot valve, PVC 1 included
float switch (low water cutout) 1 $37
inlet screen 1 $40
fittings, misc PVC $25
SUBTOTAL $1,959
storage tank US Plastic #9780 300 gal $309
TOTAL $2,268
Solar panel tripod fittings $46
steel sheet $50
more fittings $50
footings (demo only) 3 $7
conduit 1 1/2 inch 3 $40
conduit 1 inch 2 $15
conduit 3/4 inch 6 $26
subtotal $233
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