Monday, February 4, 2013

Maji ... we found Water !!

 

At a depth of 11 meters we found water. The sandy loam soil however, is causing difficulty as it is spalling off into the water at the well bore’s deepest depth. The solution to this is to install the concrete culverts early, again to maintain the well diameter and wall integrity … for digging safety as well as maintaining the well depth already accomplished.

We installed 2 culverts today and will start digging again tomorrow morning. The goal is to get to total depth by the end of the day. Then the completion begins … a four to five day process. As things are going now, well will complete ahead of schedule.

The people of the school and orphanage are already checking things out … How long will it be? The most common question as they struggle with their water jugs, headed to a contaminated source most likely … requiring every drop to be boiled repeatedly, in turn then requiring more firewood ... from the forest region, a couple of miles away ...





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