Development of a Solar Water Pumping System in Karsts Rural Area Tepus, Gunungkidul through Student Community Services

This paper present stages of development solar water pumping system (SWPS) as renewable energy application to solve water supply problem in Purwodadi Village, Tepus district located at karsts area of Gunungkidul. This SWPS has been able to lift water as far as 1,400 metres horizontally with total head 218.34 metres. This system uses32 solar panels to produce 3,200 Wp maximum power then used to operate 2 submersible pumps with total head of 250 meters. The flow rate of water produced is about 0,4 – 0,9 litres/second.