DAY 215: OCTOBER 24th, 2009

Hi

Hoping all are fine, I am fine too.

Find down an detailed email with water pumping water test as I promised to do it. I am at the water project site, many women, children and babies carried by their mothers are in here to either witnesses the water pumping water test or collecting the water.


CHEKU WATER PROJECT – WATER PUMPING TEST REPORTS.

On 21^st October, at 10: am arrived at Cheku water project site by hired motor cycle. Geologist from Hydro tech and driller was setting the pump and electrical water tape just ready for the water pumping test.

At 10:45a.m the water pipes carried by Cheku local community through instruction from water technician taken into the well, the exercise performed accordingly water technician and a driller started on the generator. The problem happened with generator, by this day from the starting hours till late evening the problem persisting, final the water pumping test didn’t happen.

My self, I helped water technician and borrow a same kind of generator in the neighbor village at Kelema, most of the people had generator but all seemed too small to operate the water pump.

On 22^nd October’0 9. At 08: 38a.m back to the project site, an electricity technician from Kelema village worked hardly to fix the problem with generator, at 11:49a.m the problem with generator fixed by electricity technician. The plug was not worked, so we borrowed another plug to produce power with generator.

The pump carried again by local community and taken into the well. The generator switched on and worked properly.

Another problem occurred with water pump!! The water pump failed to pumping water out from the well, power switched on at several times, final water technician detected the water pump didn’t work, the problem was from the motor of the water pump.

We had discussion, and water technician called their office in Dar, promised to sent new water pump from by next day on 23rd Octber’09. In case the new water pump will sent by the promise day we agree to work the next day on 24^th Octber’09.

My comments, the generator seemed to be old and not the good one, as well the water pump was the same, look tired as it worked either they didn’t try all the equipments before brought at the water project site. Electronic water tape worked well and the tool is a new one and better, most of the time was giving sound results when dropped into the well and touched water level.

The breaking information- The new water pump arrival yesterday, right now I am at the project site, the pump worked and water pumped out just 13 second per 22 liters water bucket. The generator failed again to work, so the exercise stopped, we are waiting for the electrician to fix the problem.

Moshi R. Changai

PROJECT MANAGER

CHEKU WATER PROJECT

(In Country Representatives)

REPORT FROM HYDROTECH

OCTOBER 6th, 2009

Hello

Thanks for everything, I hope that all of you fine, I am very fine too.

Find the attached file above contain pictures report of Cheku water project.

Lara, I know that you understand very well our environment and Africa life, we are facing electricity power location, so we are given electricity mid of the night and early in the morning no power, so my work turned to be very very hard. Please sorry for the inconvenience, I don't like to give you also the hard time but no way out, Lara believe I work very hard and I like the work. I am in final preparation for technical report I will send it soon.

Much loves.......and warmly regards to Zoe.
Moshi.

September 30th, 2009

CHEKU WATER PROJECT REPORT ON 30 SEP’09.

The second phase of the water project complied in primary stage, the last point was to do back fill, to put fill sand down into the well from the point of 79 meters deep to 110 meters, and it’s done.

The bottom of the well capping , the cap will be opened the time pump testing department from the Hydro Tech will arrival at water project site.

Pump testing will be done; the exercise will give us the result quantity of the water, how much water yield per hour, this result will tell us the size of the water engine needed to be bought.

Water will be taken to the Government water laboratory, in this stage will be telling by results if water will be safe for human being useful or not.

Physical the water test was sweet, myself I tested, drilling team and many local community was around tested it too. In other few areas result of water have been found to much salts, in this results community not happy since it’s very hard to drinks water having salts. In our water project were very lucky.

I talked to Mr. Bago today on 30thSep’09, he is in Tanga Region where his Mother admitted in the Regional hospital, he told me that by Saturday he will be in Dodoma, so he asked me to contact him since we hope by next week the pump testing department from Hydro Tech probably they will be there, in case I will let him know and then he need to come at the water project site.

My comments, now the community waiting for a very sensitive stage which is pump testing, and to get a water safeties, final stage of pump and engine installation and enjoying the fruits of Queen Victoria Water Project in Canada. WATER.

Moshi R. Changai

PROJECT MANAGER

CHEKU WATER PROJECT

(In Country Representatives

September 15th, 2009

CHEKU WATER PROJECT REPORT ON 8 th SEP’ TO 12th SEP’2009.

On 3rd Sep’09 late evening the new mud pump arrived from Dar-es-Salaam. By that day Mr.Beda asked me to be at a water project site.

On 4 th Sep’09 the new mud pump setting and tried if can work good, late in the evening a new mud pump shown positive results.

I traveled from Dar-es-Salaam and arrived late in the evening at 18:20hrs.

On 5th Sep’09 at 08:30am the drilling started, the drilling exercise was so much successful, there no any problem with the new mud pump, from the previous 63 meters, the drilling went deep down to 72 meters. In this stage the sand formation were very good and shown high percentages of water availability.

On 6th Sep’09 at 08:37am the drilling started, today again the drilling performed very good, the villagers attended to the project site was very happy and everyone was so much exited due to the drilling action, from 72 meters, today we reached 96 meters deep. The only problem was fuel (gas) finished for operating drilling tools. If fuel didn’t run out the drilling had gone deep more down.

On 7th Sep’09 the drilling didn’t happen, there was no fuel (gas)

On 8th Sep’09 at 08:29 the drilling started, from 96 meters to 110, the drilling exercise performed well, Mr. Beda I and Joseph we had very hardly discussion, the time drilling reached 110 meters deep, due to the results shown, they explained to me and logical the PVC installation needed to be applied. (Remember at this point Mr. Baga a water technician was needed urgent) From the previous time I tried to call him and floated my SMS, the time SMS delivered we talked and told me was not easy him to be with us at project site. He was working in Mbeya Region-the Southern Highlanders part of Tanzania. Surely he wished to be there for the work but was not possible for him to come. Final I, Mr. Beda and Joseph we made a decision for PVC installation for rescue WELL life. Even the time I talked to Mr. Bago he advised me to agree the situation.

On 9th Sep’09 at 08:20am the PVC installation work began, from bottom of the WELL and PVC penetrated into the well to 72 meters. The problem happened due to sand formation the PVC didn’t go more deep from the point. Then they pulled all them out. The dark made us to stop working.

On 10th Sep’09 08:30 since the PVC setting failed the previous day, today the exercise were to clean the WELL from the walls of the Well corrupted into the WELL, this were the factors of PVC stuck. Cleaning action was good. The PVC installed and reached 78 meters deep. Again didn’t go deep more down, we had a discussion, Mr. Beda, Joseph and me, Mr. Joseph is Hydrologist by profession from Hydro Tech, final we agree gravel applied, more deep of 78 meters found clay formation normally clay have no characteristically of water availability. The gravel exercise performed well and a bit of well development really happened.

On 11th Sep’09 at 08:32am Well development (water cleaning) the Cheku villagers who attended at the water project site was very happy on this day by their own eyes witnessed the water from this well. The time gravel applied dropped itself into the WELL; I asked and told that was normal and better because gravel arranged itself down the WELL. The gravel finished at site and fuel too. This day Cheku community will never be forgotten to them, since now it’s very dry in the area. In this dry season women and young children walk so far distance to collect water, must wake up mid of the night to find water and sometimes they don’t find water. The community attended to the project site was no believe the time seen water most of the brought their cattle’s to drink and collected water for washing at home.

12th Sep’09 from 08:30 Well development performed, slowly water start to look clean and the more exercise was moving on and water look so clean. We have very good luck with water since everyone tested it find no salt, I mean good luck for finding sweets water.

On 13th Seep’09 and 14th Sep’09 No work done at the project site, I can state that the Water drilling hade finished even though not at all in this Phase, tomorrow they will do back fill for the WELL.

The drilling team expecting to leave in a few days, the pump testing department will come to the site for the pump testing. The information I given by Mr. Joseph the time we had discussion for the pump testing.

Cheers,

Moshi R. Changai

PROJECT MANAGER

CHEKU WATER PROJECT

(In Country Representatives)

August 4, 2009

CHEKU WATER PROJECT DAILY REPORT, ON 4 AUGAST 2009.

The drilling started at 08:30a.m, everything was moving very fast soon the drilling work reached 63 meters deep, the 3 meters was not yet cleaned by then. Exactly 61 meters was cleaned.

At 11:00a.m once again break down happened, this time corn Bering of the Mud pump, so the drilling stopped.

On 5 July’09 a driller- Mr. Beda traveled to Dodoma especial for repair the corn bearing.

I called him the next day, on 6 July’09 he told me that, he succeeded to repair the problem, and he was looking for the spear of corn bearing, soon he will find it, he might take a late bus back to Kondoa.

Moshi R. Changai

PROJECT MANAGER

CHEKU WATER PROJECT

(In Country Representatives)

August 3, 2009

CHEKU WATER PROJECT DAILY REPORT, ON 3 AUGAST 2009.

This day the drilling started very late in the evening, at 16:38hrs, this because of the driller arrived at afternoon from Kondoa town where he had been fixing the piston shaft.

He took them several hours to replace the tool to the mad pump and then drilling started by the time mentioned above.

Only 1 meter drilled, now our WELL is 57 meters down. Technical the well has not any problem for the moment. The only problem for drilling is moving very slow, especial the happen down of the break down, in case no more break down the work will move very fast, and the work get finish soon.

Since the mad pump has no any problem, I hope the drilling will start early tomorrow on 4thJuly 2009.

I talked to a driller the time we had been at site,he told me that, no doubt that the water will be found due to the symptoms by the drilling.

Moshi R. Changai

PROJECT MANAGER

CHEKU WATER PROJECT

(In Country Representatives