Location: Pakanyi Sub County, Masindi District

Population: Approximately 600

Pump Installed: April 14, 2010

Donor: Dave and Ellen Harmon, Frank and Jen Bruni, Howie Furst, The Schaefer Family, The Pogue Family, Farley & Maura Lucke, George & Lucy Corey, Ruth and Larry Oshin, Eugene & Susan Jennings, William & Loretta Farren, The Jarmel Family, David Scott, Richard Cheek, Shari Kaplan, Lyn Blacksberg, Wayne Mazozni, Kathleen Kufs

Kimina – Kololo is a community that sits nearly 20 miles outside of Masindi town.  In order to reach it you have to drive over very rocky and deeply pot holed roads.  A one way trip takes close to an hour.  Despite its remote location, Kimina – Kololo has approximately 600 residents and there is a popular trading center around which the community is based.  Most of the small shops sell a limited selection of basic goods such as sugar, soap, candles, and of course, Coke products.  There are also a number of merchants who buy maize from the local farmers and grind it into flour.

For the area’s residents the trading center is the place to be seen.  What isn’t seen though is a source of clean water.  There one protected spring near to the trading center, but it often runs dry and when it does flow, it produces a milky colored water that doesn’t inspire anyone to drink it. Many community members rely on open pools to collect the water they need to bathe, cook, clean and drink.  These pools are easily contaminated by all sort of biological matter and are an excellent source of bacteria.  Numerous diseases can be contracted from these open sources and being several miles from the nearest health center limits many people from getting treatment.  These diseases can have lifelong repercussions. For example, intestinal worms can absorb many of the nutrients a child receives and limits their growth and cognitive development. The current options for water are indeed very bleak.

Busoga Trust started construction on a well here in March, with help from community members. Its 23 foot depth and 11 foot water column are about average for the wells we dig in the Masindi region. The final hardware was installed on April 14, 2010 and has been providing clean water to the people of Kimina-Kololo ever since.

Well Data

Depth:  23 ft

Water Column:  11 ft

Recharge Rate:  8 ft/hr

The water column is the height of the water within the well or the distance between the water table and the bottom of the well. The recharge rate is a measurement of how quickly the well refills after water is removed.

Water Quality Data Before and After Busoga Trust Intervention

Fecal Coliforms (E. coli) per 100 ML

Old Source: 3

BTA Well: 1

Percent Change: -67%

E. coli is a fecal bacteria which causes diarrhea, violent stomach cramps, and fever. It can be transmitted through contaminated food or water. US EPA water standards require E. coli and similar bacteria be completely absent from 95% of the water samples taken from a system.

Turbidity/NTU

Old Source: 0

BTA Well: 0

Percent Change: 0%

Turbidity is a measure of water clarity; it is an indicator of how much solid mass (silt, sand, clay, algae) and potentially disease-causing organisms a water source contains. Turbidity is measured in Nephelometric Turbidity Units.  In the United States, the allowable standard is 1 NTU; Uganda strives for a turbidity level of less than 15 NTU.

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