Project Status



Project Type:  Borehole Well and Hand Pump

Program: Wells for Kenya

Impact: 500 Served

Project Phase: 
Under Community Care
Initial Installation: Oct 2011

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Community Profile

This initial report comes directly from our partner Bridge Water Project, and has been edited for clarity. 

EMANYALA SUB DISTRICT HOSPITAL: 

The proposed project is a hospital which was started 1990 by Emanyala Community members as a self help group, with an aim of meeting their primary health services since the community could not access health services nearby and if there was need they were compelled to travel 40KM to St. Mary’s Hospital Mumias , which most  people cannot afford.

In the neighborhood of the hospital, there is Emanyala secondary school where it was recorded 200 students lost their lives due to typhoid and cholera attack in the year 2000 and since then the school has never experienced growth in population. So it is anticipated that with such water supply in place at the hospital students from the school will also benefit. 

 

HYGIENE AND SANITATION: 

 The hospital’s hygiene and sanitation is fairly good since the  administration has engaged laborers who always ensures it is cleaned all  the time using water that is bought from their water retailers at five shillings for every 20 litres. This places a heavy strain on the hospital finances. The new water source will make keeping the hospital clean a much easier and affordable task.           

 CURRENT WATER SOURCE: 

Ever since the hospital was built, the staff and patients have had to use water from a nearby stream. When the government built the hospital it also constructed a water tower and tank, but there has never been any water flowing into the tank. 

 Instead, the hospital staff have had to buy water from a local retailer who gets the water from the stream. This stream also serves the local community, market traders and Emanyala Primary and Secondary School. It is heavily used and the quality of the water is not good. 

 TWP ADDITIONS: 

 This project will include a borehole and electric pump. The pump will sit in the well, and pump water up to a tower on the hospital site. From there, the water will flow into the pipes and through the taps that the hospital has already. It will be a fantastic thing to see water flowing through the hospital system, all of these years after it was constructed! 

We look forward to news on this exciting project in the coming weeks, when we will be posting photos and reports on progress on this project page. 

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Abundant water is often right under our feet! Beneath the Earth’s surface, rivers called aquifers flow through layers of sediment and rock, providing a constant supply of safe water. For borehole wells, we drill deep into the earth, allowing us to access this water which is naturally filtered and protected from sources of contamination at the surface level. First, we decide where to drill by surveying the area and determining where aquifers are likely to sit. To reach the underground water, our drill rigs plunge through meters (sometimes even hundreds of meters!) of soil, silt, rock, and more. Once the drill finds water, we build a well platform and attach a hand pump. If all goes as planned, the community is left with a safe, closed water source providing around five gallons of water per minute! Learn more here!