By GATONYE GATHURA
TURKANA: By the end of
this week, engineers will
have started pumping water
from the massive
underground deposits
discovered in Turkana last
year.
Since last week, the
multinational water
company, Davis & Shirtliff,
started equipping the Napuu
borehole, about 6km from
Lodwar town, with the
necessary pumping and
piping facilities.
Environment ministry
Director of Water Resources
John Nyaoro said Davis and
Shirtiliff, which won the
tender, should take about
two weeks to equip the
borehole.
“Once this is done, the Rift
Valley Water Board together
with the Turkana county
government will start laying
down distribution pipes to
Lodwar town,” Eng Nyaoro
told The Standard in an
interview Monday.
He estimated that by March,
the residents of Lodwar
town would start enjoying
the underground water,
possibly closing one of the
worst chapters on water
scarcity in the region.
The engineer said to cut
down on costs and adhere
to good environmental
practices, they would use
solar energy to pump the
water.
The Napuu borehole, he
said, would yield about 64
cubic metres of water per
hour and can continuously
pump for 12 hours. “This is
a very good yield by any
standards,” he said.
Nyaoro said the Water
ministry was planning to
drill another three
boreholes and is currently
sourcing contractors.

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Such irony - Turkana men, women & children are at this moment lining up along their roads begging for food and water frm motorists
Talk of abundance in the midst of plenty!
But thank God they are closing this chapter.