Manual drilling general

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Contents 1 History and social context 2 Suitable conditions 3 Technical specification 3.1 Operation 3.2 Maintenance 3.3 Manufacturing 4 Cost 5 Country experiences 6 Manuals 7 Movies 8 Acknowledgements 9 External links 10 References

History and social context

Suitable conditions

Advantages	Disadvantages/limitations
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Technical specification

Operation

Maintenance

Manufacturing

Cost

Country experiences

Manuals

Movies

Acknowledgements

• The basis for the material on this page was obtained from a desk study shortly to be published on the website of the Practica Foundation, and from the Rural Water Supply Network, and specifically its manual drilling section.

External links

• Country experiences of manual drilling, Rural Water Supply Network.

• 'A brief history of hand drilled wells in Niger' - Field note on hand drilling experiences in Niger, WSP / Rural Water Supply Network, 2006
• 'Hand drilling in Nigeria' - Field note on hand drilling experiences in Nigeria, WSP / Rural Water Supply Network, 2009

References