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Pumping tests are a practical way of obtaining an idea of the borehole’s efficiency and its optimal production yield. Much of the specialized knowledge and technical expertise needed for this purpose can be gained from the standard literature. However, field operations in remote areas or in difficult conditions often require flexibility and imagination in avoiding or solving technical problems. These guidelines are intended mainly as a practical tool and
therefore contain a minimum of theory. They are aimed at water and habitat engineers working in the field who are undertaking or supervising borehole drilling or rehabilitation
programmes and are not conversant with pumping test procedures.
Archives
Practical Guidelines for Test Pumping in Water Wells (ICRC, 2011)
Borehole Drilling and Rehabilitation Under Field Conditions (ICRC, 2011)
Constructing, or repairing, boreholes requires specialized knowledge and technical expertise, much of which can be gained from the standard literature; but field operations in remote areas or in difficult conditions often require flexibility and imagination in avoiding and solving technical problems. This review is intended as a decision-making tool to assist in making cost-effective choices between borehole drilling methods, and in deciding whether to drill new boreholes or rehabilitate existing sites.
Emergency Water Sources (WEDC, 1997)
These guidelines have been designed to help those involved in the assessment of emergency water sources to collect relevant information in a systematic way, to use this information to select a source or sources and to determine the appropriate level of treatment required to make the water suitable for drinking.
- Tags: Groundwater, Groundwater, Groundwater, and Solar Pumping. Organisations: WEDC.
F-303/2015a UNHCR Sample ToRs for Hydrogeological Surveying (UNHCR, 2015)
These sample terms of reference may be used should WASH actors working in refugee settings with to engage the services of a Consultant to carry out hydrogeological surveys of pre-selected areas. The terms of reference cover the following areas…
Evaluating the groundwater situation based on compilation of existing relevant data (e.g. drilling logs) with additional classical hydrogeological field data collection (e.g. survey of water points, water levels, water quality) leading to the identification of favourable exploration zones
Carrying out groundwater exploratory field geophysical investigations to identify exact drilling locations, and
Supervising the drilling process and on the spot reporting on the progress.
- DatabaseDocTypes: Hydrogeological Surveys. Categories: WASH Blank Forms, WASH Emergency Guidelines, WASH Emergency Guidelines, WASH Policy Guidelines, and WASH Terms of Reference.
Introduction to Hydrogeology (Université de Neuchâtel, SDC and UNHCR, 2015)
This 289 page document provides and extensive introduction to applied hydrology and includes the following chapters: Introduction to the training course; Introduction to hydrogeology I; Introduction to hydrogeology II; Basic concepts of groundwater exploration; Bacteriological analysis of water; Basic concepts of groundwater protection; Basic concepts of aquifer characterisation: pumping tests; Well construction and rehabilitation
Recharge quantification in semi-arid areas with remote sensing;
- Organisations: SDC and Université de Neuchâtel. Categories: Training Materials.
UNHCR WASH Manual – Preliminary Version (UNHCR, 2015)
The UNHCR WASH Manual is a comprehensive and authoritative reference document for WASH interventions in refugee settings, built upon the experience of UNHCR and WASH organisations.
- Tags: Bathing Facilities, Bloody Diarrhoea, Boreholes, Boreholes, Boreholes, Boreholes, Boreholes, Boreholes, Bulk Water Treatment, Bulk Water Treatment, Child Friendly Facilities, Communal Toilets, Communicable Disease Control, Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS), Cross Cutting, Desludging and Excreta Transportation, Disability, Disease Vector Control, Drainage, Drilling, Drilling, Drilling, Drilling, Drilling, Drilling, Excreta / Urine ReUse, Excreta Composting, Excreta Management, Excreta Treatment, Gender, Grey Water Disposal, Hand Dug Wells, Hand Dug Wells, Hand Dug Wells, Handpumps, Handpumps, Handpumps, Handpumps, Handwashing with Soap, Household Toilets, Household Water Treatment, Household Water Treatment, Human Right to Water / Sanitation, Hygiene Behaviour Change, Hygiene Promotion, Landfill Management, Laundering Facilities, Malaria, Medical Waste Management, Menstruation Hygiene Management, Piped Water Networks, Piped Water Networks, Protection, Public Health, Rainwater Harvesting, Rainwater Harvesting, Sewerage and Excreta Conveyance, Solid Waste Management, Spring Protection, Spring Protection, Spring Protection, WASH Assessments, WASH Assessments, WASH Coordination, WASH Monitoring, WASH Monitoring, WASH Programme Health and Safety, WASH Programme Management, WASH Programme Management, Waste Recycling , Reuse and Reduction, Water Pumping, Water Pumping, Water Pumping, Water Pumping, Water Quality Testing and Surveillance, Water Quality Testing and Surveillance, Water Quality Testing and Surveillance, Water Safety Plans, Water Safety Plans, Water Storage, Water Storage, Water Supply, Water Supply, Water Supply, Water Supply, Water Supply, Water Tankering, Water Tankering, and Watery Diarrhoea. Languages: English, English, English, English, and English. Organisations: UNHCR, UNHCR, and UNHCR. Categories: WASH Reference Documents, WASH Reference Documents, WASH Reference Documents, WASH Reference Documents, WASH Reference Documents, and WASH Reference Documents.