Sponsored by: Frances, Steven and Nathaniel Huang
Montserrado County, Liberia
Completed: November 20, 2012
Depth of Water: 10 ft.
Well Depth: 95 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Developed by: Electric Pump
Water Odour:None
Taste: Good
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Sponsored by: Frances, Steven and Nathaniel Huang
Montserrado County, Liberia
Completed: October 4, 2012
Depth of Water: 11 ft.
Well Depth: 45 ft.
Screen Length: 12 ft.
Developed by: Electric Pump
Disinfection: 24 hours
Taste: Good
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Sponsored by: The Water Team
A safe water community in Kenya
AIC Nakuru Academy has a population of 183 children. Their big masonry tank was repaired, and a plastic tank was installed that holds 4200 litres. The PVS water tank is being used for drinking water.
Sponsored by: Vancouver Talmud Torah Association & The Water Team
Greater Monrovia, Montserrado County, Liberia
Completed: May 25, 2012
Depth of Water: 8ft.
Well Depth: 35 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Developed by: Electric Pump
Water Odour: none
Taste: Good
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Sponsored by: Dale Bradley, Rossland, BC & The Water Team
A clean water well in Kenya
Details of the water well are not yet available -
except for the following report;
“The water well is serving 413 people and the people are very appreciative.”
Sponsored by: The Water Team
A clean water well in Bauchi state, Nigeria
Completed: May 11, 2012
Depth of Water: 20t.
Well Depth: 73 ft.
Screen Length: 15 ft.
Developed by: Surge Bailing
Water Odour: none
Taste: Good
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Sponsored by: The Water Team
South-east part of Bauchi state, Nigeria
Completed: May 21, 2012
Depth of Water: 15ft.
Well Depth: 70 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Developed by: Surge Bailing
Water Odour: none
Taste: Good
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Sponsored by: The Water Team & an Anonymous donor
South-east part of Bauchi state, Nigeria
Completed: May 20, 2012
Depth of Water: 18ft.
Well Depth: 74 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Developed by: Surge Bailing
Water Odour: none
Taste: Good
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Sponsored by: The Water Team & Blue Planet Links
Kenya
Completed: February 11, 2012
Depth of Water: 18ft.
Well Depth: 108 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Developed by: Pumping
BactiTest: negative
Taste: Good
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Sponsored by: The Water Team
Liberia
Completed: January 11, 2012
Depth of Water: 5ft.
Well Depth: 80 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Developed by: Pumping
BactiTest: negative
Taste: Good
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Sponsored by: Pacific Western Brewing Company
Haiti
Completed: December 7, 2011
Depth of Water: 15ft.
Well Depth: 80 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Developed by: MudPump
BactiTest: negative
Taste: Good
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Sponsored by: Cam & Gail Pearce
Borno State, Nigeria
Completed: November 30, 2011
Depth of Water: 17 ft.
Well Depth: 50 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Developed by: Surge Bailing
Disinfection: 10 hours
Taste: Good
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Borno State, NigeriaDepth of Water: 17ft.
Well Depth: 50 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Developed by: Surge Bailing
Disinfection: 8hours
Taste: Good
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KenyaCompleted: November 28, 2011
Depth of Water: 63 ft 8 inches
Well Depth: 81 inches
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Developed by: Surge Bailing
BactiTest: negative
Taste: Good
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Sponsored by: Francis Friese
Yobe State, Sabon Gida District & Chiefdom, NigeriaCompleted: October 22, 2011
Depth of Water: 19 ft.
Well Depth: 64 ft.
Screen Length: 15 ft.
Developed by: Surge Bailing
Disinfection: 8ft
Taste: Good
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Sponsored by: Joan McEwen & Irwin Nathanson
Montserrado County, Liberia
Completed: November 21, 2011
Depth of Water: 15 ft.
Well Depth: 35 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Developed by: Electric Pump
Bacti Test: Negative
Taste: Good
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Sponsored by: A. John Ellis & The Water Team
Montserrado County, Liberia
Completed: September 28, 2011
Depth of Water: 7 ft.
Well Depth: 35 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Developed by: Electric Pump
Bacti Test: Negative
Taste: Good
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Sponsored by: Rubi Holdings
Margibi County, LiberiaCompleted: October 9, 2011
Depth of Water: 6 ft.
Well Depth: 40 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Developed by: Electric Pump
Bacti Test: Negative
Taste: Good
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Sponsored by: John Swadden & The Water Team
Completed: October 9, 2011
Depth of Water: 15 ft.
Well Depth: 52 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Developed by: Surge Bailing
Bacti Test: Negative
Taste: Good
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Sponsored by: Carson Graham Secondary School & The Water Team
This pump repair project and new pump was appreciated. Here were comments sent to The Water Team:
“Our community in this Godine area of Balan has about 350 people. Before this new pump was installed we were forced to take water from a spring in Charles Godine some 6 miles up in the mountain. It was a long distance and caused us much sickness and weariness.
Having a new pump in our village is making a big change for us and one that we very much appreciate. It is with that in mind that we say thank you to our host for providing us this handpump.” - Jean Claudius
“We are very pleased to offer to you our gratitude for this new well. It has saved us much time and made our lives easier now that we do not have to travel to the river for our water, a distance of about 4 miles.The new pump water is so much cleaner and tastes very fine.” – Robert Joseph, Village member.
Sponsored by: Carson Graham Secondary School & The Water Team
This pump repair project and new pump was appreciated. Here were comments sent to The Water Team:
“Our community in this Godine area of Balan has about 350 people. Before this new pump was installed we were forced to take water from a spring in Charles Godine some 6 miles up in the mountain. It was a long distance and caused us much sickness and weariness.
Having a new pump in our village is making a big change for us and one that we very much appreciate. It is with that in mind that we say thank you to our host for providing us this handpump.” - Jean Claudius
“We are very pleased to offer to you our gratitude for this new well. It has saved us much time and made our lives easier now that we do not have to travel to the river for our water, a distance of about 4 miles.The new pump water is so much cleaner and tastes very fine.” – Robert Joseph, Village member.
Sponsored by: The Water Team
Plain du Nord, HaitiCompleted: 2011
This pump was installed at a centre with a school, church and clinic and a large membership. After the pump was installed the Water Team received this message,
” the old pump had been breaking frequently and running a school, church and clinic requires plenty of water.”
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Sponsored by: Blue Planet Links Foundation and The Water Team
Completed: 2011
“It is with great excitement that I report a combined and heartfelt thank you from our community, school and church. We are very isolated and have struggled with safe drinking water the entire history of our village. This well has had a broken pump for a long time and the rate of sickness has been increasing as we gather water from the creek at the bottom of the mountain or the swamp in the rainy season. Both sources are a long walk for all of us, approximately 5 km one way in the dry season.
Today we celebrate the efforts of your labour, a new handpump on our well in the center of our little community” – Village Representative
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Sponsored by: Shipman Companies and The Water Team
North Cape Haitian Plain, HaitiCompleted: 2011
Pump repair project;
“Many thanks for coming to our rescue when our handpump was broken beyond repair. This new pump type is easier to use and we are very grateful for it. It has made our lives easier, as now we have plentiful water close at hand. It’s also decreased our sickness as we no longer have to draw from the dirty dug well a ways away.” – Village representative of Nemour Community
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Sponsored by: Drs Jean & Alastair Carruthers
Eastern Part of Yobe State, NigeriaCompleted: Oct 09, 2011
Depth of Water: 7 ft.
Well Depth: 50 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Developed by: Electric Pump
Bacti Test: Negative
Taste: Good
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Sponsored by: Susan & Severin Hoch & The Water Team
Montserrado County, LiberiaCompleted: April 15, 2011
Depth of Water: 7 ft.
Well Depth: 48 ft.
Screen Length: 15 ft.
Developed by: Mud Pump
Bacti Test: Negative
Taste: Good
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Sponsored by: Carson Graham Secondary School
HaitiDepth of Water: 36.6 ft.
Well Depth: 90 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Developed by: Electric Pump
Bacti Test: Negative
Taste: Good
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Sponsored by: Pacific Western Brewery and The Water Team
HaitiCompleted: June 4, 2011
Depth of Water: 5 ft.
Well Depth: 68 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Developed by: Mud Pump
Bacti Test: Negative
Taste: Good
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Sponsored by: Joan McEwen & Irwin Nathanson and The Water Team
Completed: April 4, 2011
Depth of Water: 25 ft.
Well Depth: 40 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Developed by: Electric Pump
Bacti Test: Negative
Taste: Good
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When we first sponsored Gerard Koumagbigue (age in 2011: 13 years old) through World Vision in October 2009, we asked him the questions we ask all our new foster children:
He wrote back t to us “ there is not enough clean water. I can tell you that there is no clean water at all in my community”
We wrote directly to World Vision asking them about the situation and if we could do something about it.
We have now sent a letter to Gerard to ask him to find out what are the plans for teaching hygiene and proper use of the clean water and whether there is a maintenance team in the village trained to keep the pump and well running well.
By April 2011, a bore hole had been drilled and a proper pump installed and Gerard was able to write to us that “we have a filter which allows us to make water clear”
When we first sponsored Laide Nakaling (age in 2011: 13 years old) through World Vision in September 2009, we asked him the questions we ask all our new foster children:
1. Do you have a water well in your village?
2. 2 where do you get your water?
3. Do you ever get sick from dirty water?
He wrote back t to us “ we do no have enough clean water in our village”
We wrote directly to World Vision asking them about the situation and if we could do something about it.
By April 2011, a bore hole had been drilled and a proper pump installed and Laide was able to write to us the great news that “there is clean water in our village, near of our house. I am not sick because of dirty water” !! and World Vision sent us these photos of Laide in front of the new water well for the village.
We have now sent a letter to Laide to ask him to find out what are the plans for teaching hygiene and proper use of the clean water and whether there is a maintenance team in the village trained to keep the pump and well running well.
Sponsored by: The Liberian Community Organization of KS and MO and The Water Team
Montserrado County, LiberiaCompleted: Aug. 8, 2010
Depth of Water: 8 ft.
Well Depth: 50 ft.
Screen Length: 12 ft.
Developed by: Mud Pump
Bacti Test: Negative
Taste: Good
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Sponsored by: Art McQuade
HaitiCompleted: Sept. 20 2010
Depth of Water: 5 feet
Well Depth: 140 feet
Development Time: 2 hours
Taste: Good
Water Odour: None
Developed by: Mud Pump
Hand Pump: Afridev
Bacti Test: Negative
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Sponsored by: Jean and Alastair Carruthers
HaitiCompleted: Sept. 29, 2010
Depth of Well: 45 feet
Depth of Water: 80 feet
Taste: Good
Water Odour: Swampy
Bacti Test: Negative
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Sponsored by: The Water Team and Immaculate Conception School
HaitiCompleted: Oct. 5, 2010
Depth of Water: 125 feet
Taste: Good
Water Odour: None
Developed by: Mud Pump
Hand Pump: Afridev
Bacti Test: Negative
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Sponsored by: The Water Team and St. Joseph the Worker Parish
HaitiCompleted: June 1, 2010
Screen Length: 20 feet
Taste: Good
Developed by: Mud Pump
Hand Pump: Afridev
Bacti Test: Negative
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Sponsored by: The Water Team and St. Joseph the Worker School
HaitiCompleted: Aug. 11, 2010
Depth of Water: 10 ft.
Well Depth: 60 ft.
Screen Length: 15 ft.
Development Time: 2 hours
Developed by: Mud Pump
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Sponsored by: Joan McEwen and Irwin Nathanson
Northern CapCompleted: 2010
Each pump comes with its own set of tools which is left with the village. Time is spent with chosen representatives who are willing to learn how to do minor pump maintenance and repairs.
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Sponsored by: The Water Team & Art McQuade, Vancouver, BC
Completed: May 6, 2010
Depth of Water: 15 ft.
Well Depth: 65 ft.
Screen Length: 13 ft.
Development Time: 2 hours
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: Other
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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Sponsored by: Blue Planet Links Foundation Vancouver, BC & Franz Environmental Mississauga, ON in Honor of Katie Hadley
Completed: March 16, 2010
Portable drill rig with appropriate technology to train local Haitians to drill wells safely. It is simple to run, can be easily maintained locally. It can be dismantled easily to be manually moved to drill in more remote villages.
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Sponsored by: The Water Team -Vancouver, BC and Stephen & Julia Dee – Richmond, BC
Completed: March 18, 2010
Depth of Water: 42 ft.
Well Depth: 88 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Development Time: 4 hours
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: Afridev
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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Sponsored by: David Shipman
Completed: Jan. 30, 2010
Within one week after the earthquake struck, The Water Team’s Jim Gehrel landed in Haitie with emergency supplies of drinking water, medicine and food. He rented a bus and drove into Port-au-Prince. Read more about his experience here…
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Sponsored by: Frances, Steven & Nathaniel Huang
Completed: Dec. 12, 2009
Depth of Water: 8 ft.
Well Depth: 54 ft.
Screen Length: 4 ft.
Development Time: 2 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: Other
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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Sponsored by: Francis, Steven & Nathaniel Huang (Water Team Youth Chapter Members)
Completed: March 15, 2010
Depth of Water: 37 ft.
Well Depth: 60 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Development Time: 2 hours
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: Afridev
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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Sponsored by: The Water Team
Completed: Jan. 20, 2010
Depth of Water: 30 ft.
Well Depth: 60 ft.
Screen Length: 20 ft.
Development Time: 4 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: Afridev
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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Sponsored by: Ms. Kazuko Komatsu & Pacific Western Brewing Co.
Completed: Dec. 22, 2009
Depth of Water: 10 ft.
Well Depth: 31 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Development Time: 2 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: Afridev
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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Sponsored by: Joan McEwen & Irwin Nathanson
Completed: Dec. 21, 2009
Depth of Water: 7 ft.
Well Depth: 38 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Development Time: 2 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: Afridev
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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Sponsored by: Andrea Morrison
Completed: Nov. 25, 2009
Depth of Water: 25 ft.
Well Depth: 45 ft.
Screen Length: 15 ft.
Development Time: 2 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: Afridev
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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Sponsored by: CISVA: St. Paul & St. Joseph the Worker
Completed: July 10, 2009
Depth of Water: 13 ft.
Well Depth: 40 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Development Time: 2 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: Afridev
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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Sponsored by CISVA: St. Catherine, St. James & St. Marys School
Completed: June 24, 2009
Depth of Water: 25 ft.
Well Depth: 5 ft.
Screen Length: 14 ft.
Development Time: 2 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: Afridev
Water Odour: None
Sponsored by CISVA: St. Edmunds & St. Pius X Elementary Schools
Completed: Sept. 01, 2009
In order to improve the safety of drinking water in this community, a special community health through hygiene workshop was held. Village leaders and parents were taught what disease is, how it is transmitted and how to break the disease transmission pathways. In the absence of a safe well, villagers were shown a number of ways to improve water safety.
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Sponsored by St. Anthony of Padau and St. Francis of Assisi
Completed: July 01, 2009
This Pump Repair Project brought a brand New Hand Pump to a village along with a Health and Hygiene Workshop about to discuss the best way to use the clean water that comes from the new pump.
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Sponsored by CISVA: St. Mary, Perpetual Help, Lady of Sorrow
Completed: Aug. 03, 2009
Depth of Water: 12 ft.
Well Depth: 59 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Development Time: 5 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: India Mark II
Water Odour: None
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Sponsored by CISVA: Star of the Sea/St. Bernadette and Our Lady of Good Counsel
Completed: June 28, 2009
Depth of Water: 7 ft.
Well Depth: 45 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Development Time: 2 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: Afridev
Water Odour: None
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Sponsored by CISVA: St.Andrew’s, St. Joseph’s and Corpus Christ
Completed: May 19, 2009
Depth of Water: 8 ft.
Well Depth: 60 ft.
Screen Length: 6 ft.
Development Time: 4 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: India Mark II
Taste: Good
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Sponsored by CISVA: Blessed Sacrament School
Completed: Feb 15, 2009
Depth of Water: 15 ft.
Well Depth: 58 ft.
Screen Length: 14 ft.
Development Time: 8 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: India Mark II
Taste: Good
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Sponsored by Talmud Torah School and and The Water Team Youth Chapter
Completed: April 27, 2009
Depth of Water: 8 ft.
Well Depth: 8 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Development Time: 48 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: Afridev
Taste: Good
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Sponsored by West Point Grey Academy and and The Water Team Youth Chapter
Project Completed: April 16, 2009
Depth of Water: 15 ft.
Well Depth: 15 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: Afridev
Taste: Good
Bacti Test: negative
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Sponsored by Stephen and Julian Dee and the Water Team Youth Chapter
Completed: April 13, 2009
Depth of Water: 6 ft.
Well Depth: 29 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: Afridev
Taste: Good
Bacti Test: negative
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Sponsored by the Water Team and St. Helen’s, St. Michael’s, Holy Cross
Completed: April 01, 2009
Depth of Water: 40 ft.
Well Depth: 15 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: Afridev
Taste: Good
Bacti Test: negative
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Sponsored by St. Patrick Regional Secondary School and The Water Team Youth Chapter
Nigeria
Completed: Feb. 06, 2008
Well Depth: 62 ft.
Depth of Water: 18 ft.
Water Colour: Clear
Developed by: Surge Bailing
Turbidity: Clear
Handpump: India Mark II
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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Sponsored by St. John Brebeuf Regional Secondary School and The Water Team Youth Chapter
Completed: Feb. 27, 2009
Depth of Water: 120 ft.
Well Depth: 61 ft.
Screen Length: 16 ft.
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: India Mark II
Taste: Good
Bacti Test: negative
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Sponsored by Christopher McLachlen in memory of Grandma Ovans
Completed: April 06, 2008
Depth of Water: 26 ft.
Well Depth: 60 ft.
Screen Length: 20 ft.
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: India Mark II
Taste: Good
Bacti Test: negative
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Completed: July 18, 2008
Depth of Water: 104 ft.
Well Deptth: 246 ft.
Screen Length: 66 ft.
Water Colour: Clear
Well Yield: 3 gpm
Bacti Test: Negative
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Completed: June 23, 2008
Depth of Water: 17 ft.
Screen Length: 15 ft.
Development Time: 24 hrs.
Disinfection: 38 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Well Depth: 62 ft.
Handpump: India Mark II
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Completed: Nov. 6, 2008
Depth of Water: 13 ft.
Screen Length: 12 ft.
Development Time: 6 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Well Depth: 57 ft.
Developed By: Air Backwash
Well Yield: 2.5 gpm
Handpump: India Mark II
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Completed: Nov. 06, 2008
Depth of Water: 13 ft.
Screen Length: 12 ft.
Development Time: 6 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Well Depth: 57 ft.
Developed By: Air Backwash
Well Yield: 2.5 gpm
Handpump: India Mark II
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Sponsored by Reid Brothers Plumbing and Heating Ltd
Completed: Nov. 6, 2008
Depth of Water: 13 ft.
Screen Length: 12 ft.
Development Time: 6 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Well Depth: 57 ft.
Developed By: Air Backwash
Well Yield: 2.5 gpm
Handpump: India Mark II
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Nigeria
Completed: Feb. 23, 2008
Well Depth: 59 ft.
Depth of Water: 13 ft.
Water Colour: Clear
Developed by: Surge Bailing
Turbidity: Clear
Handpump: India Mark IV
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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Benue State, Nigeria
Completed: Feb. 23, 2008
Well Depth: 54 ft.
Depth of Water: – ft.
Water Colour: Clear
Developed by: MudPump
Turbidity: Clear
Handpump: India Mark IV
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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Project Completed: Jan. 14, 2008
Depth of Water: 40 ft.
Water Colour: Clear
Turbidity: Clear
Nitrate: – mg/L
Handpump: India Mark IV
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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Benue state, NigeriaCompleted: Dec. 07, 2007
Depth of Water: 28 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Development Time: 3 hrs.
Disinfection: 24 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Turbidity: Clear
Handpump: Other
Taste: Good
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Montserrado, LiberiaCompleted: Nov. 13, 2007
Depth of Water: 20 ft.
Development Time: 8 hrs.
Disinfection: 72 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear.
Developed By: Mud pump
Handpump: Afridev
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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Margibi County, LiberiaCompleted: Sept. 10, 2007
Depth of Water: – ft.
Screen Length: – ft.
Development Time: – hrs.
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Nyanza Province, KenyaCompleted: Aug. 06, 2007
Depth of Water: 55 ft.
Development Time: 36 hrs.
Disinfection: 72 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Developed By: Surge Bailing
Handpump: Afridev Water
Odour: None
Taste: Good
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Kogi State, NigeriaCompleted: Sept. 05, 2007
Depth of Water: 15 ft.
Screen Length: 20 ft.
Well Depth: 30 ft.
Disinfection: 24 hrs.
Developed By: Surge Bailing
Water Colour: Clear
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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Completed: Feb. 15, 2007
Depth of Water: 12 ft.
Development Time:6 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: Afridev
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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Lower Grand Bassa County, LiberiaCompleted: Nov. 14, 2006
Depth of Water: 18 ft.
Water Colour: Clear
Developed By: Surge Bailing
Well Yield: 13 gpm
Handpump: Afridev
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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Grand Bassa County, LiberiaCompleted: Sept. 15, 2006
Depth of Water: 10 ft.
Water Colour: Clear
Turbidity: Clear
Developed By: Surge Bailing
Handpump: Afridev
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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Sponsored by The Pacific Western Brewing Company
Grand Bassa County, LiberiaCompleted: Sept. 14, 2006
Depth of Water: 8 ft.
Water Colour: Clear
Developed By: Surge Bailing
Well Yield: 20 gpm
Handpump: Afridev
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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Warji County, NigeriaCompleted: Sept. 22, 2006
Depth of Water: 26 ft.
Water Colour: Clear
Developed By: Air Backwash
Well Yield: 3 gpm
Handpump: India Mark IV
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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Montserrado County, LiberiaCompleted: May 17, 2006
Depth of Water: 15 ft.
Water Colour: Clear
Developed By: Mud pump
Well Yield: 3 gpm
Handpump: Bush Pump
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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Montserrado County, LiberiaCompleted: Sept. 30, 2005
Depth of Water: 9ft.
Water Colour: Clear
Turbidity: Clear
Well Yield: 2.5 gpm
Handpump: Bush Pump (Zimbabwe)
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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Montserrado County, LiberiaCompleted: May 9, 2006
Depth of Water: 1 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Disinfection: 72 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: Bush Pump (Dweh)
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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Sponsored by The Pacific Western Brewing Company
Nimba Country, LiberiaCompleted: Nov. 19, 2006
Depth of Water: 28 ft.
Development Time: 7 hrs.
Disinfection: 26 hrs.
Developed By: Mud pump
Handpump: Afridev
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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Sponsored by Andrea Morrison
Nimba County, LiberiaCompleted: Nov. 15, 2006
Depth of Water: 13 ft.
Development Time: 6 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Developed By: Surge Bailing
Well Yield: 5.6 gpm
Handpump: Afridev
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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Montserrado County, LiberiaCompleted: March 21, 2005
Depth of Water: 20 ft.
Disinfection: 24 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Developed By: Mud Pump
Well Yield: 30 gpm
Handpump: Other
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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Lower Maragibi County, LiberiaCompleted: Feb. 20, 2005
Depth of Water: 10 ft.
Water Colour: Yellowish
Turbidity: Cloudy
Developed By: Mud Pump
Well Yield: 25 gpm
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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Maragibi County, LiberiaCompleted: Sept. 19, 2003
Depth of Water: 20 ft.
Water Colour: Clear
Developed By: Mud Pump
Well Yield: – gpm
Handpump: Bush Pump (Taylor)
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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Completed: 2002
The Water Team again ran in World Vision’s Fun Run in Vancouver B.C. and we raised enough money to build a water well in Nicaragua.
In 2002 we built a water well at a school in Nicaragua through World Vision. In 2003 we started to sponsor a child in that village – so we would have a connection to the village and be able to followup the progress of the water well. Ezequiel Sequerira Salgado (born in 1993).
Each year we communicate several times and until 2010, there were no problems with the well. In 2010 there developed a problem with the pump. But after a new part was bought and installed, the report came back from Ezequiel that everything is working well again, and the school once again has clean accessible water.
Completed: 2001
We put together a “team” of 29 people who ran and walked in the World Vision Fun Run in Vancouver, B.C. The team raised enough money to build a water well in Mozambique. We sponsored a child in the village – Filipe Mondlate.
GuatemalaCompleted: 2000
We partnered with World Vision to help build a water system for the communities of Los Vados and La Calera. Sponsored Yolanda Garcia Perez in order to follow the improvements in the village.
Northern KenyaCompleted: 2000
Sponsored the building of a concrete water holding tank for the family of our foster child Fabian Lengusuranga.
Completed: 2000
We partnered with World Vision to build a water well in the Mdunga/Kasiya area. We sponsored a child in the same village, Patricia Sikelo, so we could follow-up on the progress of the village and the maintenance of the well. Although she was only 5 years old, Patricia was able to report that “life is better with a water well”
Update note: In 2009 Patricia let us know her well was “not working”. We made arrangements with World Vision and for only $972.36 it was fixed and a committee put in charge of it.
Completed: 1999
Partnered with World Vision to help build a water pipeline project to bring clean water to the villagers in Quebrada Seca. Before the clean water came our foster child, Arceli Diaz Diaz, suffered from parasites. After the pipes brought the clean water to the village, she recovered.
Completed: 1997
1998 – Partnered with World Vision to build a water well for our foster child Mackson Mwase in Malawi. We learned that 60% of the population in his area (Mdunga/Kasiya – about 164 km from the capital, Silongwe ) were drinking water from unsafe sources and getting sick from bacteria and Parasites. Many people were experiencing diarrhea, dehydration and even death. Mackson himself was sick.
After the bore hole was drilled the community did a traditional dance for us with great cheering for the assistance they received. With the clean water they noticed that people were no longer getting sick and dying. Mackson recovered and went on to secondary schooling.
The community has been trained to maintain the borehole by learning how to make repairs to ensure sustainability. The borehole serves 500 families each with an average of 5 children each (2500 people). Plus it is near a Primary School serving about 1200 pupils.
Completed: 1992
Partnered with World Vision to install a water well in the village of our foster child Chikondi Mbaluku in Mdunga/Kasiya ADP. Chikond’s village is 164 kms away from the capital city of Lilongwe. . A study showed that before the well was built , only 7% of the population had safe water to drink. 47% of the deaths were attributed to contaminated water.
World Vision did a geotechnical survey to choose the location of the well. The well was drilled to a depth of 45 meters. The pump was installed and the village was trained in how to maintain the system.
Update note: We heard from Chikondi in 2010 that the borehole needed spare parts and repairs. After much emailing back and forth with World Vision, Chikondi informed that “the repairs on the borehole have been done . Now I have all the clean water I need. So I should have to thank you very much for your great effort.”
KenyaCompleted: 1996
Partnered with Save the Children to fund 10 Water Jars in Thakara, Kenya
Completed: 1996
Partnered with Water Can to build a water well in the village of Abwor in Northern Uganda. 264 villagers benefited from this clean water source. The villagers provided the labour, bricks and sand. A Water source Maintenance Committee was set up to “ensure that the water source is kept functional and users are carrying out good hygiene practices in order to maintain the “safe water chain” which involves the philosophy of keeping water clean from the source to the home and while being used in the home.”
Completed: 1996
Partnered with Water Can to build a water well in the village of Olepo in Northern Uganda. 285 villagers benefited from this clean water source. The villagers provided the labour, bricks and sand. A Water source Maintenance Committee was set up to “ensure that the water source is kept functional and users are carrying out good hygiene practices in order to maintain the “safe water chain” which involves the philosophy of keeping water clean from the source to the home and while being used in the home.”
Completed: 1992
In 1988 we were sponsoring a child in Zimbabwe through World Vision. She was 9 years old and her name was Shamiso Madzanika. We wrote back and forth and learned about her family and her life. In March of 1992, we received a letter from Shamiso, telling us that they had no rain and their goats and sheep were dying from the drought. We wrote back immediately asking if there was enough water for the community.
World Vision let us know that Zimbabwe was going through the most severe drought in living memory. There were many letters back and forth to World Vision and the field staff and an agonizing wait time of 2 years for all the preparatory work to be done, a borehole to be drilled and a pump to be installed. By May 1994 we had photos of Shamiso at the well.
By the fall of 1994 we heard that Shamiso, her family and the neighbours all had clean water close to their homes and that everyone was once again healthy and had enough water to do whatever they wanted. We learned that her mother had been able to start a vegetable garden and take the extra vegetables to market and started bringing in extra income. One of Shamiso’s letters reads , “Before the borehole was dug the people in the community fetched water from Mutilizwe river. The water we got from have some virus that causes some of the diseases like cholera and diarrheoa. Mutiltizwe river was also far away from our home area…After the borehole was dug, people are now drinking water from the borehole. And this borehole also reducing other water born diseases like cholera and diarrhoe
After we saw the amazing transformation of the village after they got clean water, we became extremely interested in water wells and started researching different organizations that were drilling wells in other countries. We researched different types of wells and pumps and set up our own criteria of what we were looking for.
