BOREHOLE! WATER WELL

Africa is a continent with wildly diverse geology where clean, safe drinking water is scarce. Water is the foundation of life and still today, all around the world, too many people spend their entire day searching for it. Nearly 1 billion people in the developing world don’t have access to it.

Drilling Water Wells in Africa Requires Hands-On Experience

A rigorous engineering education cannot teach someone what they would learn from on-the-ground experience. If you want to drill water wells in Africa, it is important to consider a partner who has successfully done it over and over again.

In places like sub-Saharan Africa, there are many deciding factors involved in drilling water wells. This all takes technical knowledge and skill to accomplish. To drill a water well, you need a team of experts that include a hydrogeologist and a very well experienced drilling crew. Drill rigs themselves also require different components to operate effectively. There is the actual drilling machine, the air compressor, drill bits, and drilling pipe all of which must be properly managed and adjusted throughout the drilling process.

Drilling Water Wells Can Improve Sustainability

Drilled water wells with traditional hand pumps can be a long-lasting, sustainable solution to address a rural communities water problems. One particular advantage of drilled wells is that they tend to be very well protected from contamination of the surface water. Drilled water wells are also able to reach water in deep aquifers in the earth, meaning seasonal fluctuations in the water table are less likely to affect the quantity of water available at the well.