Services

Boreholes and water supply

We survey for water, apply for the permits, drill, test and fit the pump and tank, for homes, schools, institutions and community schemes.

Start your project

The mast of a drilling rig standing on dry, open ground.

Drilling rig. Photo: Kamal Osama, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. Not an Almelo site.

A borehole starts with a survey of the ground. We do the survey first and price the drilling after it.

What’s included

What’s included, by stage
Stage	Item	Detail
Before drilling	Hydrogeological survey	Report with a recommended drilling point
Before drilling	Permits	Water Resources Authority and county approvals
Drilling	Drilling and casing	Casing, screens and gravel pack
Drilling	Test pumping	Yield and water-quality tests
After drilling	Pump and power	Submersible, hand or solar pump
After drilling	Storage and pipes	Tanks, towers and water points

How it runs

Site visit. We see the place and hear how much water you need and for whom.
Survey and permits. The hydrogeological survey, then the Water Resources Authority application.
Drilling. Drilling, casing and gravel pack at the surveyed point.
Test pumping. We measure the yield and test the water before choosing the pump.
Pump, tank and handover. We fit the pump, power and storage and show you how to look after them.

Three men drilling a borehole with a hand-operated tripod rig and a small engine, trees behind. — Manual borehole drilling in Kenya. Photo: Stevemugo, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. Not an Almelo site.

A straight concrete-lined irrigation canal at Napak, full of water, running towards a lone hill under a clear sky. — Almelo’s irrigation canal at Napak, Turkana.

Our own borehole photos are coming

We have not published photographs of our borehole jobs yet. Until we do, the borehole pictures on this page are credited open-licence images, not Almelo sites. Ask us for references.

Questions people ask

Do I need a permit to drill a borehole?

Yes. In Kenya a borehole needs a hydrogeological survey and authorisation from the Water Resources Authority before drilling. We prepare both.

How deep will my borehole be?

That depends on the ground. The survey gives an expected depth and yield, and we price from it. We won’t guess a depth before the survey.

Can the pump run on solar?

Often, yes. Solar pumping suits many sites in Turkana. We size the panels and the pump to the tested yield.

Do you drill outside Lodwar?

Yes, across Turkana County. Name the nearest town in your brief and we’ll plan the visit.