Subject(s): Irrigation pumps. -- Drinking water, water for irrigation, Water lifting-Development and the environment , Water lifting techniques -- Drinking water supplies : Planning for human and livestock water supplies, Gender issues, Economic and financial factors, Hygiene and health, Water requirements for humans and livestock -- Water lifting for small-scale irrigation : water management, Principles for small-scale irrigation, Irrigation water requirements, Net and Gross irrigation requirements, Pumping requirements -- Water sources : Surface water, Springs, Wells, Boreholes or tube wells, Draw-down and seasonal variations of water level, Water quality, Community water supply, Water treatment, Filtration, Disinfecting and sterilization, Water storage -- Fundamental Physical principles of water lifting : suction lift: atmospheric limit, Definitions of energy, work, power and efficiency, System losses, Flow through channels and pipes, Efficiency of components, Practical power requirements -- Review of pumps and water lifting techniques -- Principles for lifting and moving water, Classification of water lifts and pumps, Reciprocating and cyclic direct lift devices, Rotary direct lift devices, Reciprocating positive displacement pumps, Rotary positive displacement pumps, Reciprocating inertia pump, Rotodynamic pumps, Air-lift pumps, Water-hammer or impulse devices- Hydrulic ram pump or hydram, Gravity devices, materials for water-lifting devices, -- Power for pumping : Prime movers as part of a pumping system, Human power, Animal power, Internal combustion engines, External combustion engines , Electrical power, Wind power, Solar power, Water power, Biomass and coal(non-petroleum fuels) -- Choice of pumping system : financial and economic consideration, Practical consideration