With the increased rates of water shortages in Zimbabwe, bush pumps have been the sources of water in both urban and rural areas. A B-Type bush pump (Chibhorani)is a robust conventional lever action hand pump. This B-Type bush pump is a re-standardised hand pump (A-Type) by the GoZ together with Standards Association of Zimbabwe (SAZ) (SAZ 881:2004).

The “B” type pump head is used with standard “down the hole” components, comprising of 50mm nominal bore galvanized steel rising main, 16mm mild steel pump rods, a 75mm diameter brass cylinder operating with a piston fitted with two leather seals and a heavy-duty brass foot valve. These components are well tested and durable if correctly made and installed. The pump can be used to lift water from depths of 3m to 80m…however pump heads and some components can be re-modified for very deep installations.