Geoquip has partnered with international safe water charity Village Water to help reach more people with basic but life-changing facilities.
Village Water is a small team of 7 based in Shropshire. We’ve been working with local partners in Zambia since 2004 and Mozambique since 2016 to help improve access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene education (WASH) for families living in rural, remote and low-income areas, and we’ve reached over 850,000 people since we began.
As the spring weather continues to slowly warm up, it’s traditionally the time when boreholes start to be put back into action ready to provide irrigation and water supplies.
From golf courses to farms, manufacturers to garden centres – plenty of organisations rely on their boreholes to keep water flowing throughout the dryer months of the year.
Removal of an existing pump, maintenance check & installation of a new rising main & pump in hard-to-reach location
Product: Wellmaster flexible rising main hose, R-CAM 1000 XLT borehole camera
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When the yield from a borehole starts to decline and/or the quality of the water loses its sparkle, underground investigation work will be needed.
Typical problems may include a build-up of iron-related bacteria in the pipes, a break in the lining of the borehole wall, or a blockage within the pump itself.
Faced with such situations, borehole maintenance specialist Geoquip Water Solutions says there are a number of investigation and treatment options...