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I have continued to work on plans for a well drilling project in Burundi. I have put together a proposal with a plan that will allow us to drill 24 wells beginning late in 2010 at a cost of about $2300 per well. Each well will serve 250 people in a village. The pumps we plan to use will be similar to the one shown in the photo below.
Our plan is to train a team of drillers that will in turn train other teams over the course of a year. By using a system where new drillers are trained each year, we can effectively double the number of wells drilled each year. The drillers will also be responsible for maintaining existing pumps.
The chart below demonstrates the number of wells we can drill as we increase the number of drillers each year. Our goal is 744 wells in 5 years, which would serve 186,000 people in Burundi.
I am currently making plans to visit existing well sites next June and to plot out new sites that we will drill over the course of a year. I will post more information as we develop our plans.
John
Mark 11:23-24
