spyder880:
We have started digging this well in Enugu, people call this the "manual borehole"

Badgers14:


Mr Spyder, why chosing this method of drilling borehole? I thought there is a drilling machine for this?

Just curious-

spyder880:


In this environment, its almost impossible to get water with a drilling rig as done in other places. Enugu urban has a different type of land which makes it difficult to do the type of borehole you suggested.

Badgers14:


Ok, thanks for your clarification.

I was just wondering if the bare knuckle drilling is best practice.

Thanks again

spyder880:


Enugu has a very deep water table, the depth one has to dig to get water is too deep. We can get good ground water after doing 90 feet in Awka, 70 feet in Owerri or Aba, 70 feet in PH, but Enugu may take up to 800 feet before you get that type of water. To add to the problem, Enugu has a lot of lump stones and hard ground, clay and shale mixtures that makes digging with a mounted drill a nightmare.

Many people who can afford to spend good money to do the type of borehole we usually do in Owerri has not succeeded in doing so in Enugu, because the chances of getting good water after drling to such depth is very low. That's why we have resorted to this type, we expect to get to 150 feet depth, then cast the well with concrete before installing a submersible pump and connecting same to the tanks.

Happy Sunday everyone.

spyder880:


Enugu has a very deep water table, the depth one has to dig to get water is too deep. We can get good ground water after doing 90 feet in Awka, 70 feet in Owerri or Aba, 70 feet in PH, but Enugu may take up to 800 feet before you get that type of water. To add to the problem, Enugu has a lot of lump stones and hard ground, clay and shale mixtures that makes digging with a mounted drill a nightmare.

Many people who can afford to spend good money to do the type of borehole we usually do in Owerri has not succeeded in doing so in Enugu, because the chances of getting good water after drling to such depth is very low. That's why we have resorted to this type, we expect to get to 150 feet depth, then cast the well with concrete before installing a submersible pump and connecting same to the tanks.

Happy Sunday everyone.

redgem:


Happy Sunday to you too Sir... So, what is the estimated cost of digging a borehole in Enugu

spyder880:


For a motorised drilling rig, you may spend up to 6 to 7 million naira, but you are not guaranteed to get good water, apart from Ninth mile, and a few pockets of lands around Enugu Urban, especially around streams and lakes, you may never strike good water for all your efforts.

For the manual borehole which I am currently doing, the average cost is N2 million naira. We are doing this for N1.9m, I got quotes for as high as 2.4m from other people who do this same work.

Thanks.

redgem:


Wow....one really need to be wealthy to be able to afford water in Enugu...

spyder880:


Not necessarily, I spent only about 200k or less to have steady water from my shallow 40 foot well, clean water for 7 months in every year. That's the one most people use in Enugu. When you see people doing this deep manual type, then it must be for a residential house. I have also seen single families do this deep type in my neighborhood.

spyder880:


For a motorised drilling rig, you may spend up to 6 to 7 million naira, but you are not guaranteed to get good water, apart from Ninth mile, and a few pockets of lands around Enugu Urban, especially around streams and lakes, you may never strike good water for all your efforts.

For the manual borehole which I am currently doing, the average cost is N2 million naira. We are doing this for N1.9m, I got quotes for as high as 2.4m from other people who do this same work.

Thanks.

spyder880:


Not necessarily, I spent only about 200k or less to have steady water from my shallow 40 foot well, clean water for 7 months in every year. That's the one most people use in Enugu. When you see people doing this deep manual type, then it must be for a residential house. I have also seen single families do this deep type in my neighborhood.

kopell:
Oga sypder well-done ooo. I kwon understand this 7 months thing in a year, what happens to the remaining months of the year? does this mean the well dry up for those months

redgem:


Meaning you pay 200k for water every 7 months...like they pump into a well for you? Or how is it done?

spyder880:
We have hoisted all the tanks up on the tank stand.

We are still working on the manual borehole.

Chidimercy:


Please what's the size of this tank and what is the cost of each one?

spyder880:




Nooooo

I paid 70k to dig a well since 2016, bought submersible pump with 45k, paid well diggers for plastering, bought cement, sand and well cover, paid for pipes and plumbing, altogether, about N200,000. Then I haven't spent any other money on the maintenance of the well since 2016 that I moved into the house.

Since then I haven't spent a dime on the well, but I get steady water supply pumped up my overhead tank for 7 months out of 12 months in a year. I only buy water from January till March each year when the well dried up. Enugu water is not costly.

spyder880:
We have started digging this well in Enugu, people call this the "manual borehole"

Chidimercy:


Please regarding this well, is there any Technology to know the waterline? Where one could easily get water?

spyder880:
Using an electric drill to get some speed on the well excavation..............

spyder880:
We have hit shale inside the ground, digging right through it............

kennethfranc:

Great work sir... Are these shale of any importance to you?

spyder880:
We have hit shale inside the ground, digging right through it............

spyder880:
We have hit shale inside the ground, digging right through it............