Hand-dug Shallow Wells

Hand-dug Shallow Wells

Author: Seamus Collins

Publisher: Skat

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 9783908001973

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This series of manuals is primarily aimed at project managers, engineers and technicians. However, given the wide range of subjects covered, it is also an important tool for all actors in the sector, ranging from those involved policy development to those constructing systems at village level. The series has clear focus on water supply in rural settings. It proposes technologies with due consideration for socio-cultural, economic, intsitutional and regulatory requirements. This approach is in keeping with the SDC water and sanitation policy, emphasising the balanced development approach leading to sustainable programmes and projects. It should be noted that the present series deals almost exclusively with water supply. The importance of sanitation is however clearly established in Volume 1, which deals predominantly with the software aspects necessary to achieve an impact. It includes some proposals for optional tools, approaches and institutional arrangements and is intended as an overall introduction to the other, more technical, volumes of the series.


Off Grid and Free

Off Grid and Free

Author: Ron Melchiore

Publisher:

Published: 2016-02-11

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 9781927685204

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Off Grid and Free: My Path to the Wilderness is the story of the journey Ron Melchiore undertook as a young man from the city, first to homesteading in northern Maine and then to living in the bush of northern Saskatchewan. He has lived off grid since approximately 1980 and speaks candidly about the joys and the tribulations of his chosen lifestyle. In this adventure, Ron shares the diversity of his experiences in an easy-to-read, humorous, and sometimes harrowing narrative. The book includes his hiking of the 2,100 mile Appalachian Trail in winter, bicycling across the United States, homesteading off grid, the terror of being surrounded by a wildfire, surprise encounters with bears, and more. For readers with an outdoors spirit, people with an off grid and self-sufficiency bent, and dreamers who like to read about adventure, Ron hopes to inspire others to "take the road less traveled."


Water Wells and Boreholes

Water Wells and Boreholes

Author: Bruce Misstear

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2007-01-11

Total Pages: 517

ISBN-13: 9780470031339

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Water Wells and Boreholes provides the necessary scientificbackground together with practical advice using global casestudies, in an accessible easy to use style suitable for bothpostgraduates/researchers and practitioners. The book begins with an introduction to the type and uses ofwater wells from water supply and irrigation through to groundwaterremediation. It then covers well siting detailing how to sourcedata from geophysical surveys, remote sensing etc. Well design isthen summarised to ensure the well is stable and cost-effective.The book ends with three chapters covering well construction, welltesting and well performance, maintenance and rehabilitation.


Applied Groundwater Studies in Africa

Applied Groundwater Studies in Africa

Author: Segun Adelana

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2008-09-23

Total Pages: 518

ISBN-13: 0203889495

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Groundwater is Africa‘s most precious natural resource, providing reliable water supplies for many people. Further development of groundwater resources is fundamental to increasing access to safe water across the continent to meet coverage targets and reduce poverty. There is also an increasing interest in the use of groundwater for irrigated