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We've Been Testing Water Pumps For Years - Has Their Efficiency Changed?

Read the paper (pdf) by Conlon, T., G. Weisbrod and S. Samiullah, Proceedings of the 1999 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry, 1999

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