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No abstract was published. A summary of the Objective and Introduction follows.
The objective of this project was to install a hydraulic ram pump at an appropriate site in Micronesia as a demonstration. Its installation and operation would be documented so that other people with similar water supply problems might be able to duplicate the process. Primarily because of budgetary limitations, a small pump would be installed to serve an individual home or cluster of homes. The installation was tested by noting the performance at different settings of the clack valve. Also noted was the number of strokes per minute of the clack valve. Generally speaking, the lower the strokes per minute (and the more water wasted through the delivery pipe), the more water will be pumped through the delivery pipe; conversely, at the largest functional setting, the flow decreased. Recommendations for installation and application are proposed and discussed herein.
