tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40738455856831843182024-02-08T01:06:39.520-05:00Drilling for H2ODocumenting the trip as it unfolds...Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04629204083028552335noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073845585683184318.post-70242990588189389652012-02-01T21:07:00.000-05:002012-02-01T21:07:54.301-05:00The very first water pumped!<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt7N-e1lV1bOBOE4VG9Zag6SKcz72y_jLniaHtFignVKMLNsa8NOSL62-EGJOR2A_ZWfRCThgjUvZNktXt6F-qZ8h99Mqke8vsWttCvMCZSAYETkA_2jK1w9YItnA9ACy18Q9peDLQ2Ls/s1600/MAH02005.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt7N-e1lV1bOBOE4VG9Zag6SKcz72y_jLniaHtFignVKMLNsa8NOSL62-EGJOR2A_ZWfRCThgjUvZNktXt6F-qZ8h99Mqke8vsWttCvMCZSAYETkA_2jK1w9YItnA9ACy18Q9peDLQ2Ls/s320/MAH02005.jpg" /></a>great footage from Kayla!</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: CENTER;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; border: 0px none; padding: 0px;" /></a></div>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04629204083028552335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073845585683184318.post-89110430339417486312012-01-25T21:18:00.004-05:002012-01-31T22:04:55.487-05:00Installing the pumpCathy's friend and professional well-digger, <span style="font-size: small;">Melchizedeck Okello, came to help us install the Afrofdif pump on Thursday morning. Melchizedeck has been digging community and private wells all over Kenya for over 15 years.</span><br />
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Peter made the first part of the well pad in no time (he is a professional contractor). Then we installed the pump on Friday.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">creating the base of the well pad</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">filling in the hole and stabilizing the ground beneath the well pad</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx-SixWWh3Yqc193dp-ZaU6lgn8UJmhgq4V6v1lvXNbm4rw-E3hj0hh_WHGsj6_5emjmlB8Y2Ba4lHov7TFdw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is video that Kayla took of us filling the hole with gravel.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzs_hBoRtqdsqfXlmL8JBlO8CwiyHz8qMJSQWVv_5z2pu3C8b9q29MwLWlgd2B8OGOlGO-VRc9KiIDshNW2dw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is video of back washing the well by K. Berry.</div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">all the kids wanted to help</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter pouring the concrete base of the pad</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Installing the pump- this is the drop pipe going into the casing</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the first clean water that we pumped out!</td></tr>
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<span id="goog_867736026"></span><span id="goog_867736027"></span>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04629204083028552335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073845585683184318.post-70222251300991699352012-01-24T20:46:00.002-05:002012-01-27T13:52:17.579-05:00Chapatti and a spitting COBRA!!!!Wednesday evening we had our hand at making chapatti- a delicious flat bread that is kneaded and rolled, kneaded and rolled, rolled and sliced, rolled again and then fried twice.<br />
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In the middle of our cooking extravaganza, our friend and cook, Agnes, went to see about a snake that had slithered into the room where Cathy was sleeping. It was a 4 ft long spitting cobra that spit into her eye! Peter rushed her to the hospital in Matuu where she received treatment- shots, pills, and flushing of her eye. Thankfully she recovered quickly.<br />
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</tbody></table>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04629204083028552335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073845585683184318.post-36367825734991247402012-01-24T20:38:00.000-05:002012-01-24T20:38:39.182-05:00More ups and downsSorry for such delays between updates- we tried not to go into Matuu as we had so much to do at the well site. Here is the rest of our story...<br />
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We found that the well had recharged over 5 feet of water while we were buying supplies in Matuu. According to the drilling records of 2010 and 2011, we figured that at about 27.5 ft. we were, in fact, at the bottom of the aquifer and hitting bedrock. As not to loose anymore pieces down the well or have the sand collapse on us, we cased and back-washed the well on Wednesday.<br />
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"Casing" consists of cutting slits in the bottom 10ft of the PVC and covering the slits with a filter made from a plastic rice sack. The casing is then fed down the hole. Gravel is slowly dropped around the outside of the casing to the top of the filter. Sand is poured on top of the gravel. We back-washed the well using the sump pump to shoot about 500 liters of water into the well to clean it and settle the gravel and sand that surrounds the casing.<br />
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We arrived at Peter's house outside of Matuu (Kviningoni) on Wednesday.<br />
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First we stopped at the church where we installed two rainwater catchment barrels to help through the dry season. Both of the barrels had water in them. One was moved to the side of the church that is not visible from the road as there is concern that the tank might "grow legs" as they say in Kenya. The church plans to move one of the barrels to another new building right next door. It is good to know that the barrels are in use and are functioning well!<br />
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Once at Peter's, we found that the well had filled with sediment from the 2 months of rain. Using a mix of the manual method and the drill that we had borrowed 2 years ago, it took us about 5 days to make it back down to the 27 feet that were drilled in June. We had to use the mechanical drill to pound through the compacted sediment and flush out the fines and then the manual method to flush out the sand. It took us a day to get the motors of the drill and sump pump in working order. Yesterday when we got to 27ft. we were elated. Then a bit broke off when we were using the manual method, and it got buried in sand so that we could not fish it out with our magnets.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The bit that lost the tip to the rock on the bottom!</td></tr>
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This morning we had 4 ft. of recharge and the water on the top of the well was really clean. Then we found that 5 frogs had made it to the bottom of the well! Martin, a neighbor who is helping, was able to fish them all out. We bailed down to 21 ft. by lunch. We are hoping that the well is deep enough to case as is, otherwise we will have to get the bit head out and drill further. As we wait to see how much the well will recharge, we are now in Matuu town getting the last of the supplies.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drilling with the mechanical rig</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Setting up the manual method</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The handle and two bits for the manual well</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The frogs that jumped into the well!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The bit we used with the mechanical drill- this is the bit that we used in 2010 and that Peter used in 2011 to widen the hole that was dug using the manual method</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jessica and Mary Anne fetching water by digging a hole and collecting the water that percolates up through the sand</td></tr>
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Hope for the best!Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04629204083028552335noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073845585683184318.post-2718524099395454282012-01-11T04:26:00.001-05:002012-01-25T20:57:03.768-05:00Made it to Kenya!After 16+ hours of travel and a lost day we made it...just little tired. We met up with the rest of our group this morning. Heading out to Matuu...will update when I get a chance.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv5r24CG_LJKPmASMULkHI8HeycJsmYFCflYlm3pQLX0rax57_uMaCX-VEldZpLZngCztNKaZJncrBkvS765bAL4jLGkNwKYuLbbcM1_3jC2u7FgLTyiAdwVTET1u-PjkpN5DfWEW2uGA/s1600/SAIWIwell+cameroon.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv5r24CG_LJKPmASMULkHI8HeycJsmYFCflYlm3pQLX0rax57_uMaCX-VEldZpLZngCztNKaZJncrBkvS765bAL4jLGkNwKYuLbbcM1_3jC2u7FgLTyiAdwVTET1u-PjkpN5DfWEW2uGA/s320/SAIWIwell+cameroon.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a well in Cameroon that was dug by a group of University of Nevada, Reno SAIWI members and volunteers from the community.</div>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04629204083028552335noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073845585683184318.post-81234760444985570672012-01-09T10:31:00.000-05:002012-01-09T10:31:17.605-05:00Preparing for the trip...Arica sent magnets to fish and metal pieces out of the hole. Kayla picked up donated climbing rope. With help from Jason, I have been working with a local welder to get a bit made that we can leave with Peter. Cathy is bringing some bits too. We hope that if this well is successful others in Peter's community will be inspired to drill similar wells.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix8dMfAq4LSnKq5s1iJ16Ccup_7fwLpCftJ9VvWhMu3Q2AJCpsSbqEXNcEosMeICfcunkryC3acewTxCYlHHmOxV4h1LxTg3C9eBLwqTTrFpgVIKifrBTHEN5yzaYT9UafNf4aXII2VQM/s1600/WellDrilling2010+004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix8dMfAq4LSnKq5s1iJ16Ccup_7fwLpCftJ9VvWhMu3Q2AJCpsSbqEXNcEosMeICfcunkryC3acewTxCYlHHmOxV4h1LxTg3C9eBLwqTTrFpgVIKifrBTHEN5yzaYT9UafNf4aXII2VQM/s320/WellDrilling2010+004.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Here is a picture of our equipment from a training session in Reno in Spring of 2010.Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04629204083028552335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073845585683184318.post-51560200710250438382011-12-30T16:03:00.001-05:002012-01-08T23:12:13.152-05:00Following up in Matuu, Kenya 2012We (<a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Student-Association-for-International-Water-Issues/250396464631?sk=info" target="_blank">SAIWI</a>) first attempted this well in June of 2010 using a small mechanical drill. The mechanical mishaps that we encountered with the drill and the truck that we were borrowing hindered our ability to finish the well in the time we had. We were, however, able to install two rain catchment tanks on a local community center/church near by.<br />
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A group went back last year to attempt the well using the Manual Method developed by Terry Waller and volunteers of <a href="http://waterforallinternational.org/hometest.aspx" target="_blank">Water For All International</a> and ran into some time-devouring issues as well. This time the problems stemmed from drill parts breaking and falling into the hole...which then needed to be fished out. But over 25ft were drilled<br />
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All in all these last two years have been great learning experiences about the trials and tribulations of working in Kenya as well as the incredible resourcefulness, patience, and optimism of the our hosts, Peter and volunteers of <a href="http://www.intdevmissions.org/" target="_blank">International Development Missions</a>.<br />
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And so....a small group of SAIWI alumni are going back to see if we can finally complete this well! We depart from the US on January 9th....so stay tuned.Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04629204083028552335noreply@blogger.com0