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Focal Countries
The Cost-Effective Boreholes flagship is focusing it`s work on several countries within sub-Saharan Africa.
A short synthesis report of the findings from studies in Burkina Faso, Ghana and Zambia can be downloaded here. More specific information for these and other countries is available below.
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Burkina Faso
The process of developing a Code of Conduct for the Optimisation of Water Well Drilling started in November 2009 with a study and the preparation of a draft code.
For more information see:
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Ethiopia
RWSN, with the support of WSP-AF, undertook a detailed study of Ethiopia's borehole drilling sector (government, private sector and NGO).
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Ghana
As part of the development of the Code of Practice, a study of the borehole drilling sector in Ghana was undertaken. It revealed that most of the expectations and principles of cost effective borehole provision have been taken on board in the country although they could be strengthened further. In general, the prices of boreholes in the country are not excessively high considering the cost incurred in producing them.
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Mozambique
The Mozambique Drillers Association was formed in 2008.
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Click here for more details about how the association has already managed to successfully lobby the Government of Mozambique and UNICEF to amend unrealistic contract terms for a Dutch co-funded programme, thus supporting local private enterprise.
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Niger
RWSN has been documenting the experiences of hand drilling in Niger, and finding ways to enable others to learn from the 30 year history of this technology.
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Nigeria
In 2008, a Water Well Drilling Association of Nigeria was established. In 2008 and 2009 studies were undertaken regarding cost-effective borehole drilling and hand drilling.
Four publications have been made with respect to cost-effective boreholes in Nigeria as follows:
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Sudan
Efforts to evolve a code of practice for cost-effective boreholes in Sudan are underway. A 2-day workshop, attended by over 120 participants was held in Khartoum in November 2009. The objective was to analyze the factors affecting cost-effective drilling in Sudan, share successful experiences from within the country and beyond and move towards evolving a Code of Practice.
The workshop included the development of an action plan for promoting cost-effective boreholes in Sudan and strengthening manual drilling as well as agreeing responsibilities for action and coordination among different stakeholders.
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Uganda
In 2010 the Ministry of Water and Environment, with support from UNICEF undertook an in-depth study to assess the groundwater investigation, drilling and supervision capacity in Uganda, both in terms of available equipment as well as technical staff capacity. The study recommends measures to enhance capacity both in terms of quality of works and cost-efficiency.
Click here to download the full report.
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Zambia
In 2009, a study of the Zambian water well drilling sector was undertaken. The study identified the strengths and weaknesses with respect to borehole drilling in Zambia and identified key proceedures for cost-effective drilling for the country.
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