This simple but effective engineering is pure genius as it has no automatic parts that could break and has stood the test of time, so rarely the case in development projects. The whole community pay for the water by employing over ten people to maintain it, and every family sends a member to clear out the sediment when the river is low.

The farmers use the water mainly for the irrigation of their Hibiscus, camomile and lemongrass tea crops as well as for thoer crops like bananas and domestic use.