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Water Buoy as a Water Tank

Marlies sends an email and pictures of a water buoy that has been converted into a water tank for drinking. Ingenious uses of materials that might seem odd to Westerners at first glance are common place in Africa. The picture was taken in Lamu, a small island off the coast of Kenya.

She says,

“I recently had a chance of spending some time in Lamu where i came across an interesting observation which made me think of AfriGadget. Here is a picture of a water suspender made out of a buoy - very neat idea!”

Water Buoy Faucet

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7 comments for this post.

Comment from Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Kenya: local innovation
19 December 2006 - 8:56 am - :

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20 December 2006 - 10:15 pm - :

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13 January 2007 - 4:47 pm - :

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4 April 2007 - 5:06 am - :

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8 April 2007 - 11:55 pm - :

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27 May 2007 - 9:00 am - :

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