Project #:
H23-W035
Project Type:
Safe Drinking Water Supply
Project Date:
2023-05-09
The People of
Ruelle Bois Caiman
Haiti
are thankful for the generous support of
Insitu Contractors Inc.
(Guelph, ON)for helping supply safe water to their community
Latitude: 19.71052, Longitude: -72.26941
open map
A message from the community
Thank you to Lifewater for the new well in our community. God answered us by sending Lifewater to give us this well. We are very happy to have safe water and some extra money to feed are children. Thank you again. May God continue blessing you -- Sam St. Louis, Community Leader
Some community details (provided by our in-country partners)
About 700 children and adults have begun regularly using this new well. Before it was drilled, through the generous support of Lifewater Canada donors, everyone had about a 25-minute each way to reach another village's pump. The three-times-a-day trips were tiring and used time that women needed for income-earning opportunities and children needed to be in school. Those who could afford it would also spend money buying bagged water for their drinking needs from expensive local vendors. The money families are saving, now that they have a new well, is being invested in more food for their children.
Well Details
| Well Depth: | 100 ft. | Turbidity: | Clear |
| Depth of Water: | 25.00 ft. | Water Colour: | Clear |
| Well Yield: | 10.00 gpm | Water Odour: | None |
| Screen Length: | 20.00 ft. | Taste: | Good |
| Casing Diameter: | 4.00 in. | Nitrate: | |
| Handpump: | Bush Pump | Iron: | |
| Developed By: | Electric Pump | pH: | |
| Development Time: | 8.00 hrs. | Bacti Test: | |
| Disinfection: | 24.00 hrs. |
