TY - BOOK AU - Aragao, Paulo Marcos Craveiro AU - Carvalho, Antinous Souza de AU - Anhalt, Jorgdieter TI - Photovoltaic water pumps for small communities in the semi arid northeastern region of Brazil. En : Primer seminario internacional de energĂ­as renovables U1 - 333.79 PY - 1994/// CY - Santa Cruz PB - Proper KW - SISTEMAS FOTOVOLTAICOS KW - AGUA POTABLE KW - AREAS RURALES KW - BRASIL KW - BRA N1 - 0844 N2 - The scarcity of drinking water is a severe problem for the major part of the rural population in the northeastern region of Brazil. The people suffer under poor hygiene and health conditions. That, in turn, promotes migration to city slums.15 PVP systems were installed in small rural communities for delivering potable water from wells up to 80 m in depth. All pumps have been in operation several years with no problems, are well-accepted by the people and have proven both economically viable and superior performance over other waterpumping options ER -