SOVEMA Universelle Extra Deep Hand Pump
SOVEMA
Universelle Extra Deep Well Hand Pump is a reciprocating level action water pump designed by Sovema (France).
The SOVEMA Universelle Extra Deep Well Hand Pump is a reciprocating level action pump for deep wells. The modified design is based on the patented design of the UPM® pump – an older model that is found in many areas of West Africa.
Primarily Sub Saharan Africa, mainly: Benin, Togo, Chad, Niger, Sudan, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, and Kenya. Sovema also aims to distribute the pump in Asia. Interview with representative
SOVEMA commercializes the UNIVERSELLE pumps through its distributors’ network in Africa and in Asia.
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Primary competitors include SK Industries Extra Deep Well Handpump and the India Mark II Handpump.
Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation
Target users are communities in regions without easy access to surface water. Target buyers are humanitarian organizations and governments.