Since my last post on water a lot has happened. I was so excited when this happened:
But don’t be deceived like I was. This borehole actually turned up dry (well, there was a little water but not enough to irrigate the land we have). That image above is actually water being put into the borehole to clean it. I didn’t know that at the time because my knowledge of both Kiswahili and the process of drilling for water is lacking considerably.
So I was so disappointed when I figured out that we didn't have the water we needed. But....then I was happy because the drilling company agreed to drill another borehole. What great customer service (ya, kind of, we put in their contract that if they didn’t get to water, they only got half the money). So last week they drilled another and today I just got back from the site where they were doing a pump test.
Unfortunately it isn’t the greatest quantity of water. I am told that in the past there would have been much more. Hey Global Warming, go suck it! The amazing news however, is that the water is potable. Meaning we can definitely use it for irrigation (unlike the other 2 boreholes on the site that are saltwater and completely useless).
This is very good news.
Here I am tasting to see for myself if there is salt content like the previous boreholes. Nope, we have a successful borehole! (although I shouldn’t be drinking any water, so we will see how I feel tomorrow and spare you the details)
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