The idea was first dreamt up by engineer and borehole-driller, Mr. Ronnie Stuiver. As he traveled the country drilling wells, fascinated children would crowd round him – most with boundless energy and few outlets for play. He devised a merry-go-round attached to a simple pump. It worked. When children spin the merry-go-round, the attached pump pulls water from underground. The prototype of the unusual device was put on a display at an agricultural fair in 1989.