WATER DIVISION
MISSION STATEMENT
To provide and maintain sustainable Rural Water Supplies and Maintenance in Communal and Resettlement areas so as to uplift the living standards of the rural people.
WATER SUPPLIES AND MAINTENANCE ENGINEERING DIVISION
Sections
Prospecting and Drilling
Enrich our growing community.
- Geophysical Investigations for purposes of selecting the best site to develop a borehole
- Drilling, constructing and developing a borehole to ensure easy installation of optimum pump;
- Flushing of collapsed existing borehole and carrying out all remedial works to enhance specific capacity (k) of the borehole;
- Hydrofracturing of boreholes and deep wells in order to improve the aquifer s Hydraulic Conductivity (K).
- Technical supervision of any or all of the above
Operations and Maintenance
Major Functions.
- Repair and maintenance of ALL rural handpump (specifically the B Type Bushpump).
- Mechanical Rehabilitation of boreholes, wells and piped water schemes in rural schools and clinics
- Repair and maintenance of small earth dams and village irrigation schemes.
- Providing professional and technical support to rural district councils, village development committees (VIDCOs) and water point committees.
- Keeping and maintaining an updated national database of all water points in terms of their functionality.
Dam and Irrigation
Major Functions.
- Surveying and designing for the construction of small earth dams and village irrigations. schemes for land identification, clearance, construction of canals and or laying out all laterals.
- Construction of small earth dams (9m wall)
- Construction of village irrigation schemes for land identification, clearance, construction of canals and or laying out all laterals.
- Construction of pump stations and installations of optimum pumps.
- Providing professional and technical advice on irrigation regimes.
GENERAL CLIENTELLE
The Water Division offers Drilling services to the following clients on request:
Communal people
Government Institutions
Resettled, Commercial & Communal Farmers
Rural District Councils (RDCs)
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
Private Individuals (Domestic & Industrial Boreholes)