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Sustainable development of safe water access is vital to the livelihoods of children everywhere. In 2016, approximately 8% of all deaths of children under the age of five were the result of diarrhoea.
1. Uninformed Siting: It takes a great deal of technical preparation to choose an appropriate location for a drilling a borehole/ water well. Water engineers call this “siting,” the act of assessing and deciding upon a location for the water source.
This is often referred to as Operations and Maintenance (O&M). Engineers test water capacity, deepen and also do the cleaning of boreholes. If maintenance is not regularly conducted and parts aren’t replaced with the proper frequency, even the highest-quality, most expertly-constructed boreholes and water wells will break down prematurely.
Finding trained mechanics who know how to perform major repairs is a challenge, and spare parts, in some instances, are hundreds of miles, kilometres away from the people that need them.
It’s for these reasons that sustainable development has been a challenge in rural, water-poor communities across the globe.
Without a functioning hand pump, communities are forced to revert to their previous (often unsafe and distant) water source, putting them back where they were before they had functional water well.
At the centre of Skylake Borehole Drilling’s all-new sustainability program is a belief that without sustainability at the forefront of every decision, progress will be short-lived.
The main cause of diarrhoea? Unsafe water and poor sanitation and hygiene practices. This means that even today, the world’s youngest children are still dying from something as preventable as unsafe drinking water. With so many advancements in safe water construction, how is it that children are still dying at alarming rates from water-related diseases?
While there is still a great need for safe water sources all over the world, a significant cause of the problem is that boreholes and even water wells are breaking shortly after construction, leaving communities with no option but to return to drinking contaminated water.
Sustainable Development and Construction: While there are several types of safe water sources, a drilled borehole with a hand pump (referred to simply as ‘water wells’) are common solutions for rural, water-scarce villages. Water wells access groundwater in deep aquifers, which are less likely to be contaminated than surface or shallow water sources.
The Three Uncommon Reasons:
Sustainable Development and Construction: While there are several types of safe water sources, a drilled borehole with a hand pump (referred to simply as ‘water wells’) are common solutions for rural, water-scarce villages. Water wells access groundwater in deep aquifers, which are less likely to be contaminated than surface or shallow water sources.
The Three Uncommon Reasons:
1. Uninformed Siting: It takes a great deal of technical preparation to choose an appropriate location for a drilling a borehole/ water well. Water engineers call this “siting,” the act of assessing and deciding upon a location for the water source.
To choose an appropriate location, experts must study geology, the depth of the water table, the topography of the area, and the distance from the site and contaminants such as outhouses, garbage dumps, and grazing cattle. If a borehole/well is drilled too close to human and animal waste, for example, the groundwater surrounding that well is at risk for contamination.
If it is drilled in an area that does not have enough water, the community will again find themselves in need.
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“Siting” for construction of a drilled well is an important process requiring the expertise of geologists, engineers, and the communities themselves. In some cases, the chemical weathering of the geology could make the water unsafe to drink. Sometimes, even if the water is safe, the geology of the earth results in water that has an unpleasant taste, colour, and/or odour. Many of these issues can’t be fixed following construction.
That’s why it’s so important that high-quality siting is undertaken to account for all the factors that may impact a well before it’s drilled, preventing problems in the years ahead.
2. Construction Issues: Similar to well siting, there are a number of factors in the drilling process that can cause water wells to fail in the near-term. These include the depth of the well or borehole, the depth of the hand-pump, the placement and quality of the materials, and more. Groundwater fluctuates with the seasons.
2. Construction Issues: Similar to well siting, there are a number of factors in the drilling process that can cause water wells to fail in the near-term. These include the depth of the well or borehole, the depth of the hand-pump, the placement and quality of the materials, and more. Groundwater fluctuates with the seasons.
If a well is drilled at too shallow a depth to save on expenses, communities whose well-produced enough water during the rainy season will struggle to pump enough water when the water
table drops during the dry season.
table drops during the dry season.
Low quality or improper construction materials can also cause the well to fail early on. Ensuring that these problems don’t occur takes a high level of technical knowledge and skill by those conducting the work. It also takes sufficient financial resources and access to quality construction materials.
3. Inadequate Maintenance: As with all things mechanical, boreholes and water wells are going to wear with use over time. It’s important that communities have access to regular maintenance, a supply chain of parts, and emergency repair services.
This is often referred to as Operations and Maintenance (O&M). Engineers test water capacity, deepen and also do the cleaning of boreholes. If maintenance is not regularly conducted and parts aren’t replaced with the proper frequency, even the highest-quality, most expertly-constructed boreholes and water wells will break down prematurely.
The problem is that conducting preventive maintenance on wells in developing nations can be very challenging. Communities must locate a trained mechanic, source the necessary spare parts, and have the financial means to pay for the service.
Finding trained mechanics who know how to perform major repairs is a challenge, and spare parts, in some instances, are hundreds of miles, kilometres away from the people that need them.
It’s for these reasons that sustainable development has been a challenge in rural, water-poor communities across the globe.
Without a functioning hand pump, communities are forced to revert to their previous (often unsafe and distant) water source, putting them back where they were before they had functional water well.
At the centre of Skylake Borehole Drilling’s all-new sustainability program is a belief that without sustainability at the forefront of every decision, progress will be short-lived.
“For Skylake Borehole Drilling, it is essential that we put systems in place that ensure water points remain functional well into the future; we must create local operations and maintenance systems that are reliable and of the highest quality.” The words of the C.E.O, Mr Tatenda Samukange. We are improving the approach to solving the global water and sanitation crisis, and more communities are seeing safe water flow, for longer.
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