A University of Sheffield student has designed a bicycle that can pump water upto 26 metres high. MEng student from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Sheffield, Jon Leary, went to Guatemala to `make something useful out of rubbish.´ as part of his dissertation. 
 
Working with Guatemalan NGO Maya Pedal, a bicycle company that is sent all manner of discarded bicycles from the USA and Canada, Jon set to work to create a water pump that would be both powered and transported by bicycle. The bicycle powered pump is now in production at the factory and is being used for general water distribution and irrigation.

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