Today, God gave us water from the Sun! This is Tom. After much and very hasty planning and shopping before leaving the US and several days of toil under the African sun here on the Farm, we got the solar water pumping system installed. Our African friends flipped the switch with us holding our breath and lo- water flowed up from the earth. The pumped worked all day, at a rate slightly above 4 liters per minute, the maximum expected with this 12 volt system. We may purchase a second solar panel and we can double the rate with this pump. We figure this could be sufficient to drip irrigate 2-3 acres of passion fruit orchard. This unique experience has been greatly amplified by the joy and expectation this work brings to the wonderful people living on this Farm. There is more to do of course. Two of us drove the rough dirt road to Masindi today and purchased a 1500 liter tank to store the water. Now we have to hook it all up.
God bless you all. Tom
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