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		Wind Systems for Pumping Water: A Training Manual (Peace Corps, 1984, 93 p.)
			(introduction...)
			Acknowledgments
			Introduction to training
			Training guidelines
			Objectives for wind system construction training
			Session 1 Introduction and objectives
			Session 2 History of wind systems
			Session 3 Large projects and community analysis
			Session 4 Shop safety and tool care
			Session 5 Representative drawings for construction
			Session 6 Shafts and bearings
			Session 7 Strengths and testing
			Session 8 Joinery
			Session 9 Pumps and pump design
			Session 10 Siting considerations
			Session 11 Sizing wind water pumping systems
			Session 12 Design considerations for pumps and windmills
			Session 13 How to design
			Session 14 Presentation of designs
			Session 15 Construction of wind measuring poles
			Session 16 Exportation for wind sites
			Session 17 Tower raising
			Session 18 Plumbing the wind system
			Session 19 Testing installed wind system
			Session 20 Presentation of projects
			Session 21 Maintenance - preventive and routine
			Bibliography
			Construction materials list
			Tool list for 24 participants
			Technical vocabulary
			Report on the wind-powered in-service training
			Recommendations

Acknowledgments

I should like to thank Ada Jo Mann and Paul Jankura of the office of Training and Program Support, who conceived and guided this program. Also, my thanks to Andrew Atkeison, Dale Krenek, and Suellen Eschenbach, who worked on putting on the pilot training which led to the creation of this manual.

Thanks also to Cristopher Szecsey, Howard Raik, and Malcolm and Lynda Lillywhite for their support and assistance during this time. None of this would have been possible without the work of the Peace Corps staff and volunteers in the countries where the pilot training was done. Special thanks to Ned Benner and Napo Cervallos in Ecuador, and to John and Ann Heard, Pedro Souza, and Jose Kyle in Paraguay.

Finally, acknowledgment is due to the participants in the pilot training sessions whose enthusiasm and suggestions helped bring the training to its present form. And, as in all undertakings of this size, there are all the people I did not mention who freely gave of their time and knowledge and ability to assist me in this work: thanks to all of you.

Willis Eschenbach