WEFTEC 2015 was all about new and innovative technology, but one of the simplest devices on display there is having a powerful effect on people’s lives across rural Africa.SEEPEX has worked with the nonprofit group Design Outreach to help develop the LifePump, a hand-operated deep-water well pump now being installed in third-world villages that lack easy access to clean water. The company invited Design Outreach to display and demonstrate the LifePump in its WEFTEC exhibit.Design Outreach has developed a manual water pump that is reliable and can reach water in deep wells. The progressive cavity pump uses a mechanism driven with
















