.._ _-__l_ ...- . _"'I' This was another proposal related to the problems of Myanmar's needy. Small-plot farmers in the country were faced with irrigation problems when a water bed was deeper than 10 feet. Irrigation in such cases required a device to pump the water from the well into the elds. The regular suction pumps, which were more affordable, did not work for deep-water tables, which required expensive deep-li pumps. Typically, these consisted of three major components beneath ground level: a liner pipe that provided structural support for the tube well, a riser pipe that carried the water up to the surface, and a piston rod that connected to the submerged piston