After a long winter we’ve organised our first working weekend of the year! With joint efforts, the main goal was to drill a well at the back of the terrain for the new ‘Umoya’ test-setup that will use the earlier posted ‘new gearbox design’ by…
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Youtube Video – Testing “Free Energy Water Pump” - January 9th, 2022 2 Comments
A new youtube video has been published on our youtube channel. The youtube channel ‘Learn for Life’ has posted multiple videos on a “free energy water pump’. Because we were sceptical whether this pump works or whether the video is fake we decided to build…
Plastic recycling projects – progress - November 17th, 2021 No Comments
Since last year, the WOT has been in contact with HGI, an organisation that focuses on solving the plastic waste problem on small islands in the Moluccas. Several projects have been worked on since then. Shredder First of all a shredder has been made. Most…
New Youtube Video – Rotary Jetting Well Drilling - October 23rd, 2021 14 Comments
A new youtube video has been published on our youtube channel. The video shows a custom made well drilling method called rotary jetting. It combines a rotating drill head with a water jet. If you are interested also have a look at the experimental setup…
Overview Introduction Activities 2021 - September 3rd, 2021 No Comments
The WOT will host introduction activities every Wednesday and Thursday this September.You can sign up for these activities using the following google form: Sign up via Google Forms These activities will be organised like our weekly association nights (normally every Wednesday) so we’ll gather at…
Mzuzu Demonstration - August 12th, 2021 1 Comment
This June, the WOT organized its first physical activity in a long time! In light with the start of producing a Mzuzu well-drilling set, Henk Holtslag from SMART introduced enthusiastic WOTters to the Mzuzu drilling method in a 1-day course. With regard to an information…
New Youtube Video – Amanzi Water Pump - August 1st, 2021 No Comments
A new video has been posted on our youtube channel. The video shows how to construct an amanzi water pump. This is a pump made from HDPE pipes. Therefore it is flexible and lightweight. You can watch the video below. Don’t forget to also have…
Update gearbox design - June 27th, 2021 1 Comment
Since the last post about the new windpump gearbox a lot of progress has been made. In this blog, we will discuss some of the findings during the process. Also, some important changes are made to the design which will be discussed. Starting from the…
Instructional video Breurram - April 18th, 2021 5 Comments
The Breurram is a type of waterram pump that was developed by a WOT volunteer in the 90s. There already is an elaborate manual on how it works and how to build one. In addition to this we decided to make an instructional video about…
