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Assignment Name:

Country:

Groundwater Investigations and Drilling Supervision for a test-drilling programme comprising 25 boreholes in 9 Towns

Uganda

Location within country:

Professional Staff Provided by WE Consult:

Wakiso and Kakiri (Mpigi District)

Lukaya, Kinoni, Kalungu, Kyazanga, Mbirizi and Bukomansimbi (Masaka District)

Sembabule (Sembabule District)

Mr. R.R. Sloots, Sr. Hydrogeologist

Ms. C.W.B Mulders, Water Resources Specialist

Mr. V. Tubikwasomwe, Jr. Hydrogeologist

 

 

Name and Address of client:

No. of  staff months:

Funding agency:

Mid-Southern Towns Water and Sanitation Project (MSTWSP)

Directorate of Water Development

P.O.Box  20026, Kampala

 

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Agence Française pour le Développement  (AFD)

Start Date (Month/Year):

Completion Date:

Value of Services (US $)

Total Value Project (US $)

06/00

ongoing

62,500

420,000

Name of Associated Firm(s), if any:

No. of Staff Months Provided by Associated Firm:

Aquatech Enterprises Ltd.

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Names of Senior staff (Project Director/Coordinator, Team Leader) involved and functions performed:

·        Mr. Ron R. Sloots, Sr. hydrogeologist, responsible for inception, siting and drilling supervision through direct supervision of  two Jr. Hydrogeologists

·        Ms. Clarissa W.B. Mulders, Water Resources Specialist, involved in project administration planning, coordination

 

Narrative description of project:

Nine towns are to be supplied with drinking water under the MSTWSP. This part of the project aimed at identifying suitable test-drill sites in order to assess the groundwater potential of the town areas with regard to the drilling of production boreholes.

 

Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff:

·        Inception study including aerial photo interpretation, evaluating existing information and reconnaissance visits

·        Borehole siting programme using two field teams headed by two Jr. Hydrogeologists to identify 25 drill sites

·        Supervision of the drilling and test-pumping of 25 boreholes

 

Description of Outputs and Results :

·        Reports: Inception Report, Siting Reports, Borehole Completion Reports, Final Report

·        ongoing

 

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