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References on drilling and groundwater
The following books, documents and papers provide excellent overviews, and act as good reference materials for water well drilling and groundwater:
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Adekile, D. 2007. The Drilling Environment and Establishing a Drillers Association in Nigeria. Consultancy report RWSN/WSP
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Antea. 2007. Etude sur l’optimisation du coût des forages en Afrique de l’Ouest Rapport de Synthèse. Juin 2007. Banque Mondiale Programme Pout L’Eau et L’Assainissement – Afrique (PEA-AF)
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Ball, Peter. 2004. Solutions for Reducing Borehole Costs in Africa. Field Note. WSP/RWSN/SKAT
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Baumann Erich begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting , Ball Peter and Beyene Alebachew. 2005. Rationalization of Drilling Operations in Tanzania. Review of the Borehole Drilling Sector in Tanzania. Consultancy report of World Bank.
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Carter, RC, Desta H, Etsegenet B, Eyob B, Eyob D, Yetnayet Ne, Belete M and Danert K. 2006. Drilling for Water in Ethiopia: a Country Case Study by the Cost-Effective Boreholes Flagship of the Rural Water Supply Network. Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia/WSP/RWSN.
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Doyen, J. 2003. A comparative Study on Water Well Drilling Costs in Kenya. Unpublished Report. Research commissioned by UNDP- Water and Sanitation Programme of the World Bank
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Danert, K. 2007. Niger - RWSN Focus Country, Report 1. Consultancy Report for RWSN/WSP
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Fetter CW. 2001. Applied Hydrogeology, 4th Edition. Prentice Hall, Inc
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Fetter CW. 2010. Home Page for Applied Hydrogeology. Available from: http://www.appliedhydrogeology.info/ [Accessed 23rd June 2010]
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Price M. 1996. Introducing Groundwater, Chapman and Hall.
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MacDonald A and Davies, J. 2000. A Brief Review of Groundwater for Rural Water Supply in sub-Saharan Africa. Report of the British Geological Survey.
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MacDonald, A, Davies, J, Calow, R and Chilton J. 2005. Developing Groundwater, ITDG Publishing
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Misstear, B, Banks, D and Clarck L. 2006. Water Wells and Boreholes, Wiley.
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Mthunzi, M. 2004. Monitoring of Partially Cased Boreholes. Research Report of Concern Universal.
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Robinson, A. 2006. Who is going to drill the African Boreholes? Field Note. WSP/RWSN
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Rowles, R. 1995. Drilling for Water - A Practical Manual. Avebury.
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Wurzel, P. 2001. Drilling Boreholes for Handpumps. SKAT Working Papers
