A friend of mine wants to build a windmill to pump water to her house, from springs in her field. She asked me to post a message on the website, because she doesn't have a computer. If anyone has actual plans for how to build a windmill from start to finish, she would greatly appreciate it. They're current water supply is coming from a hand dug well, and they run out of water ALOT. Unfortunatly, if they drill a well, they will only get sulfur water. They also like the idea of doing it in a less conventional way. Thanks for all your help! Michelle

-- Michelle Leister (thebtchprincess@yahoo.com), April 12, 2002

Answers

Michelle, your friend sounds like a real DIY'er. If so, this book might help.

Volunteers in Technical Assistance (VITA) is an organization dedicated to helping 'Red Cross - Peace Corps' type people build projects in third world countries, places where they HAVE to build from scratch, because of lack of funds or transporation. They have a website, www.vita.org, which has some technical pamphlets that will help. They search term might start with "Arusha windmill".

They sell a neat handbook detailing tons of projects for out of the way villages. Try the site, you might find some help here.

-- j.r. guerra in s. tx. (jrguerra@boultinghousesimpson.com), April 12, 2002.

If you go into google with "windmill water pump plans" there are 2,480 entries, at least one site should have what your looking for.

-- mitch hearn (moopups@citlink.net), April 12, 2002.