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'''Village-level operation and maintenance''' (VLOM)is a term used for [[water pumps]], but which is relevant more generally to [[appropriate technology]]. It is sometimes referred to as VLOMM, or village-level operation and management of maintenance. | '''Village-level operation and maintenance''' (VLOM) is a term used for [[water pumps]], but which is relevant more generally to [[appropriate technology]]. It is sometimes referred to as VLOMM, or village-level operation and management of maintenance. | ||
VLOM pumps are [[hand pumps]] that requires minimal maintenance - though the principles could be applied to [[treadle pumps]] and any [[village]]-level technology. | VLOM pumps are [[hand pumps]] that requires minimal maintenance - though the principles could be applied to [[treadle pumps]] and any [[village]]-level technology. | ||
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* [[Dipankar Chakraborti]] - aid critic | * [[Dipankar Chakraborti]] - aid critic | ||
* [[Arsenic in groundwater]] | * [[Arsenic in groundwater]] | ||
* [[PlayPump]] | |||
* [[Participation]] | |||
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Revision as of 01:43, 22 January 2013
Village-level operation and maintenance (VLOM) is a term used for water pumps, but which is relevant more generally to appropriate technology. It is sometimes referred to as VLOMM, or village-level operation and management of maintenance.
VLOM pumps are hand pumps that requires minimal maintenance - though the principles could be applied to treadle pumps and any village-level technology.
Inappropriate technology - lessons learned
During the UN decade on water, 1981-1990W, boreholes, water wells (hand-dug wells and tubewells) were constructed and water pumps provided to villages in developing countries around the world, paid for largely with official development assistance.[verification needed] This top down approach resulted, in a proportion of cases, in the installation of pumps that were unsuited to their context - in particular, they were difficult to maintain.
VLOM pumps were introduced after the water decade. Remote villages can thus maintain pumps themselves. This has become part of a larger strategy to reduce the dependency of villages on government and donor agencies.[verification needed]
See also
- Dipankar Chakraborti - aid critic
- Arsenic in groundwater
- PlayPump
- Participation