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H17-W027

Children at well ready for pump to be installed

School Children

Successful Borehole, Students waiting for Handpump Instillation

The People of Ecole et Orphelinat Enfants de Dieu, Haiti, thank
Bennington Heights E.S. Home & School Association (East York, ON)
St. Francis School (Thunder Bay, ON)
For helping them get safe drinking water

Latitude: 19.73181 Longitude: -72.30206
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A message from the community

Dear Sir/Madame,

In my name , name of the children we send a big thanks to Lifewater and everyone who was contribute to make that possible for us. The well is more important than money for us , we need money but no one can live without water

Thank you very much Lifewater Haiti and Lifewater Canada thank you again.

Louis Victor

School Principal

Some community details (provided by our in-country partners)

There are 280 children in the school and orphanage. There will be about 500 people having regular access to this new handpump. The old source of safe drinking water was about 1 km away.

Well Details

Project Completed: 2017-05-16	Well Depth: 95 ft.
Depth of Water: 10.00 ft.	Casing Diameter: 4.00 in.
Screen Length: 10.00 ft.	Developed By: Surge Bailing
Development Time: 3.00 hrs.	Well Yield: 4.00 gpm
Disinfection: 24.00 hrs.	Handpump: Afridev
Water Colour: Clear	Water Odour: None
Turbidity: Clear	Taste: Good
Nitrate: 0.000 mg/L	Bacti Test: Negative
Iron: 0.000 mg/L	pH: 7.000