The playpump idea was rejected already some 10 years ago in Africa, it was considered not sustainable and also far too expensive. Problems were:
- kids dont want to play for water after some weeks
- the wheel is too heavy for one kid
- the maintenance is too complicated and expensive
- the mantenance is too much dependend on advertising
- the reservoir will leak and water is lost
- funding should be better spend on realistic water projects

Conclussion:

It is now just a very clever way of some business man to make quick money, they sell at over 10.000 US$ each (…!…)

We are very sorry about the fact that people are still being fooled by this kind of hoax or fake water projects.

For schools we advise more sustainable water pumps or solar.

Watsan Consult
www.watsan.org