EMAS well drilling, Part 2 of 2

EMAS well drilling is a method for drilling small-diameter tube wells by hand, up to 100 m deep. The drilling method is a hybrid between washboring, percussion and rotary drilling. It permits to drill through all kinds of loose soils, as well as consolidated materials and light rock. It will not, however, penetrate hard original rock or boulders (e.g. ancient river beds underground). The usual diameter of the tube well is 37 mm.
The whole movie is now also available on blip at The whole movie is now also available on http://vimeo.com/channels/emas.

Part 1 is available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYNQt36VayM

Movie made by Wolfgang Buchner, EMAS. More information on http://www.akvo.org/wiki/index.php/EMAS_well_drilling and http://www.emas-international.de/english/index_e.htm .

See more EMAS movies at http://vimeo.com/channels/emas

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• EMAS
• hand
• well
• drilling
• water
• wolfgang
• buchner
• akvo
• borehole
• tube
• low-cost

[perfectlife4u]

which country is this?

[Akvofoundation]

@perfectlife4u This is Bolivia, near lake Titicaca.

[Akvofoundation]

I think these wells are drilled in one or two days, depending on depth.

[decoysk]

fantastic

[bearboneskentuck]

This shows the world how people who have very little shines when it comes to inovation and total teamwork. Thank You and Blessings Phil

[hibirapita]

Bellisimo ,muy ingenioso y efectivo, un saludo a los hermanos bolivianos desde Uruguay.

[killerbob21bfh]

@HiWay69s nope it's actualy very good

[PrimeTargetSecurity]

damnit now im craving mexican food. thanks for posting this but the music makes me hungry

[mtwestra]

@soapshouse or perhaps an Emas foot-operated pump, for a cost of 20$.

[soapshouse]

add solar pump



[mtwestra]

@HiWay69s what nonsense.

[HiWay69s]

well water taste like shit

[vergaranunes]

Parabéns!!!

[bojngles45]

homeboys forgot to use their purple primer

[glumpy10]

That is bloody amazing!

Such simplicity and innovation used to provide something so valuable to these people.

It looks hard work drilling it but i guess it shows you how weak westerners are compared with other people whom don't have the benifit of all our labour saving machinery.