What better time to "prime the pump" than the beginning of a new year. It's a time of refreshed ambitions, renewed resolutions and the reassurance of a better tomorrow. Before the advent of the public ...

There are thousands of seasonal water systems in the world, and most of them are in rural areas. And while it’s great to have running water at lakeside cottages, cabins and irrigations systems, ...

Many years ago a prospector needing water came across an old rundown shack. Near it was a well with an old-fashioned pump. Attached to the pump was a tin can with a note inside that said, “This pump ...

Consider the consequences of a priming system malfunction or failure during a drafting procedure at a working structure fire. A delay in delivering water, or no water delivery at all, is likely to ...

There’s an old story about a man who was traveling by horseback on a cattle trail and sees a hand pump. A tin can is wired to this pump and contains a letter. The letter goes like this. Dear Friend, ...

It is named Imvubu, an IsiZulu name for hippopotamus, because of its rugged nature making it suitable for African operating conditions.

I read a story about a man that was lost in the desert and he was dying of thirst. Suddenly, he looked up and saw a small house with a well. When he got there the well was not working. Discouraged, he ...