Location: Kigumba Sub County, Masindi District

Population: Approximately 2080

Pump Installed: April 7, 2010

Donor: Keith and Elizabeth Morgan

Kyeganywa II is located in a beautiful, rural section of Masindi district and is home to roughly 2080 people.  The majority of residents practice small scale farming growing mostly maize and cassava which they sell on local market days or transport several miles to the main trading center of Kigumba.  Due to its rural location, Kyeganywa II does not have access to any sort of modern water provision.   Small, open pools are currently the only source of water available to residents.  In the application submitted to Busoga Trust by the village chairperson, David Okumu, he explained that “the community is drinking contaminated water together with animals”.  It is a sad fact that the people of Kyeganywa II have to share a water source with their livestock.  Busoga Trust staff have been shown several of these open pools, some of which are treacherous to access.  At a few of the sources, women and children who collect the water must climb down slippery logs to reach the water at the bottom of the hole.  Although the water is not very deep, a child who cannot swim could easily panic and drown if they fell in.  Additionally, the quality of the water is very poor.  Animal and human feces often contaminate the source, brought in on the shoes or hoofs of those who drink the very water they are infecting.

Needless to say, the existing water situation was unacceptable.  That is why Busoga Trust constructed a new well in partnership with the people of Kyeganywa II. We completed an 18 foot well shaft in March and the project was completed with the installation of the well hardware on April 7, 2010. It has been providing clean water to the residents of Kyeganywa II ever since.

Well Data

Depth:  18 ft

Water Column:  10 ft

Recharge Rate:  6 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: 500

BTA Well: 0

Percent Change: -100%

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 standardsrequire E. coli and similar bacteria be completely absent from 95% of the water samples taken from a system.

Turbidity/NTU

Old Source: 80

BTA Well: 0

Percent Change: -100%

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.

View a Young Boy Collecting Water at an Open Source

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