End of Project Update (Sort Of)

I say sort of because the project isn’t actually complete. But for me it is over; my term is up and all the engineering related stuff is finished. What remains is another month and a half of construction. Right now the crew has completed one of two sources fully and water is flowing to the reservoir tank. From the tank, the 15km network of pipes is connected and is full of water. The water reached our work camp at the beginning of March which alleviated the need to drive to fetch water. This marked one of the most important engineering achievements for the project. Once the water was flowing properly, the engineering related issues were minimal. The crew is now completing the second source and the pipe to the reservoir needs to be laid out. This will bring the quantity of water to a rate that can support the entire project area. Next, they will build somewhere between 30 and 40 tapstands in the communities. Finally, they have to build a second reservoir tank to expand the storage capacity for 20 year population growth. It kind of sucks leaving the project before it is complete but there is really nothing left for me to do there. Also, I am returning to the camp around April 23 for a few days to visit the crew and to see how the project is going so I am looking forward to that.



Group shot before Jim and Joe left at the beginning of March






During the pressure testing of the pipes many people took advantage of the brief time water was flowing to at the end of pipeline






The tank was full of water for about a month before the roof was built. The result was a large growth of algae

Building the dam at the second source. It was interesting because the development of the two sources were so different from each other

The Bushenyi sediment is pretty much complete. The tried a slghtly domed roof for the first time

The roof has been put on the reservoir tank

This is the primary development of the second source. A trench captures the water from the many small eyes and feeds the pond. The dam allows the water to flow into the catchment box. The trench and pond are filled with large stones and will be covered with plastic and buried to protect the water.

Some idiot cut the pipeline with machete. One of the many leaks that had to be fixed during the pressure testing

For our last night Tyler and I bought a goat for dinner

Myself, Apollo, and Tyler sample the goat