Dominick Amador's Individual Contribution Page

Spring 2011 Contributions

As a member of the 2011 Water Pump Team, I, along with my partners Patrick Farnham, Michael Liu, and Weiling Xu, worked to develop a pumping system that is specifically useful for transferring water two to three meters in elevation from the settled water channel to the chemical stock tanks in an AguaClara plant. After much research and debate we have decided to focus a few designs that we feel would best suite our needs. These include the piston lever pump, treadle pump, and diaphragm pump.

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