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Customer Background:
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Name: Batheay station water user community.
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Address: Ou Mal village, Batheay Commune, Batheay district, Kompongcham Province.
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The farmer purchases water from the station owner, who operates a dieselpowered machine to pump it.
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Main income source: agriculture, crops about 2000 Hectares of land.
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Year SOGE started installing solar system: 2021
Farmers always faced problems before using SOGE’s solar water pumping station.
Old station owner that used diesel engine:
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The farmers buy water from the station owner, who uses a diesel-powered machine that incurs higher costs for both fuel and maintenance.
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Required to start the engine every day to pump water.
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Harder to maintain and fix when the engine has problem.
Farmer’s part in the community:
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The farmers living near the station are disturbed by the loud noise from the machine. (Sometimes, the machine may require pumping up to 24 hours)
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Required higher spending on water (buying water and pumping it into their personal field).
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Having to fight over water
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The farmers are unable to obtain enough water from the station, resulting in insufficient irrigation for their crops, which leads to lower yields.
SOGE’s station was able to supply up to 1,300 hectares
The station was bought by SOGE
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SOGE installed the station to pump water and support the farmers in the community in service.
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Water Pumping system size: 393kW; motor size: 55kW(75Hp) x 6 motors
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Flow rate: 1,300m3 /h, in all 6 motors 46,800m3 /day
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SOGE technology ensure enough water supplies for farmers, allowing them to do at least 2 cycles per year.
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Land size: 1,300 hectares (360 families)
After using SOGE’s service
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Farmers can reduce spending by not having to pump water from the main canal
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Farmers only pay for the service based on their land size.
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Main canal always has enough water supplies.
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Farmers can do up to 3 cycles per year.
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Increasing in yield, time saving, higher income, decreasing labor and improving livelihood.
