Windmill Restoration

A windmill had been installed on the farm by my father for sustainable, low-impact living. The windpump pulled water from the 50-meter borehole and delivered clean water to the farm for drinking and irrigation. When the farm was converted for use by the Zimbabwe Farm Project into a working farm, we needed to repair the wind pump. Master plumbers and technicians were hired to fix it, but we subsequently discovered the wind was not strong enough to pump water to fields on the farm which lay at higher elevations. Therefore, we made the decision to retrofit the borehole with an electrical submersible pump, which provides the necessary pressure for irrigation. The windpump conversion has transformed the windmill into a monument to my father’s dedicated life in Zimbabwe.