Well inspection service

BushProof now own a borehole inspection camera and proposes inspection service. The camera allows inspection of well until a depth of 100m and is easily movable in the field.

Our last client requesting this service wanted a complete evaluation of its two very productive water wells, including camera inspection, pumping test, efficiency and influence observation. Client : OSO Farming – LGA, Ambilobe, north of Madagascar

Fresh and seawater well on island paradise

BushProof is currently drilling on Nosy Tsarabanjina paradise island (part of Mitsio islands in the north of Madagascar) for one of the finest hotel in Madagascar. The work consists in improving exploitation of existing freshwater lens by builing both a properly sized freshwater intake and a seawater intake for desalinisation purpose. Client : Constance Group, Tsarabanjina (hotel)

Lack of freshwater source in the south of Madagascar

The only water source of these people is a large diameter well built directly on the beach, 4 km far from the village. They can only get brackish water floating on sea water. Seen in Androy (extreme south of Madagascar) during a survey done for CARE International.

Drilling in the West

BushProof is completing a drilling campaign in Boeny region, West of Madagascar.

Client : Ministry of Water and Unicef

Next Training session in September 2016 !

The next one-week Technical Training in Water & Sanitation Infrastructure will be held from 12 – 17 September 2016 in Madagascar.

The training is intense and is given through a range of practical and theoretical sessions. While several theoretical courses are available, practical hands-on field experience is difficult to obtain. The BushProof training therefore focuses heavily on practical which include the following:

• Water well design, including sizing of screen and gravel pack
• Manual drilling using BushProof technique
• Field surveying and measurement to set up a gravity flow water supply & a pumping system
• Chlorine & alum jar tests
• Biosand filter construction
• Latrine dome slab construction
• Water testing (chemical, physical, bacteriological)

More information is available in the course overview document available here: http://www.bushproof.com/products/trainings/water-sanitation-infrastructure/

BushProof on sea

One of our team has just moved 50 tons of material with a beacher to reach Berafia Island in the North-West of Madagascar. They are starting the construction of a small pumping water supply system for a coastal village. Client : Association Ranomamy, France

Drilled spring catchement

A new project has just been completed in Ambohimahavelona (Toliara). A shallow drilled well allows to get the water flowing from karstic springs in a small alluvial valley acting as underground storage. The well, built for NGO HAMAP and The Ministry of Water will feed the projected water supply of Ambohimahavelona.