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Cost-Effective Boreholes in sub-Saharan Africa
It breaks down the term CEB into several components. Using examples from the literature, it sets out six key factors and ten elements that affect CEB (borehole standards and design, drilling rigs, contract packaging, hydrogelogical knowledge and siting practice, test pumping, supervision, evaluation of groundwater resources, support to private contractors and enhanced management of public and private sector). An emphasis on, and critical investments into the development of human resources, institutions and monitoring and information systems is essential to improve CEB in sub-Saharan Africa. A tool for sensitivity analysis and proxy indicators for CEB would be useful, but change can only take place if local and international stakeholders recognise the importance of a developing a healthy drilling sector.
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