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brayokasa4
#1 Posted : Monday, January 28, 2013 6:25:57 PM
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Hi Wazuans,
So I drilled a borehole last month and I am looking for a Submersible borehole pump so that I can equip it. The borehole is in Loitokitok area and its 90m deep. According to the test pumping data, it can yield upto 30k litres of water a day. Anyone who has experience in borehole equipping and the prices? Share your experiences. Also looking to fit a water tower. I am not looking to spend too much on this,so any ideas on cost cutting measures are welcome.
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Gathige
#2 Posted : Monday, January 28, 2013 7:20:28 PM
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@brayokasa4. Congrats on your water project. Never cut corners with water- it will always find its way! If i were you, i would go for the know names for the pump- Davis&Shirtliff, Kirloskar(Sp not sure). The tower is worse coz if it is not well done, it will come down with a great thunder !Get a good steelfabricator to design one and have it properly mounted.

My 2 cents

All the best
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Chaka
#3 Posted : Monday, January 28, 2013 9:42:14 PM
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@brayokasa4,
Pls advise me on who you contracted to do the borehole and the total cost?
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holycow
#4 Posted : Tuesday, January 29, 2013 8:59:52 AM
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Talk to Karnataka. They offer better and cheaper submersible pumps. As for the water tower, get any good structural engineer for advice.
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wilyum
#5 Posted : Wednesday, January 30, 2013 9:24:01 AM
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hi call 0711079330 and talk to patrick at davis n shirtliff,will help you
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brayokasa4
#6 Posted : Wednesday, January 30, 2013 8:59:35 PM
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Chaka wrote:
@brayokasa4,
Pls advise me on who you contracted to do the borehole and the total cost?

The company which did the job is called
Geo Science . They did it at 6k a meter but depends on the soil structure. They do a good job.
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brayokasa4
#7 Posted : Wednesday, January 30, 2013 9:01:06 PM
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holycow wrote:
Talk to Karnataka. They offer better and cheaper submersible pumps. As for the water tower, get any good structural engineer for advice.

Can you put a Rink for Karnataka? Not getting them online. Thank you.
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brayokasa4
#8 Posted : Wednesday, January 30, 2013 9:02:51 PM
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wilyum wrote:
hi call 0711079330 and talk to patrick at davis n shirtliff,will help you

Will call him tomorrow morning. Thank you.
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brayokasa4
#9 Posted : Wednesday, January 30, 2013 9:09:22 PM
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Gathige wrote:
@brayokasa4. Congrats on your water project. Never cut corners with water- it will always find its way! If i were you, i would go for the know names for the pump- Davis&Shirtliff, Kirloskar(Sp not sure). The tower is worse coz if it is not well done, it will come down with a great thunder !Get a good steelfabricator to design one and have it properly mounted.

My 2 cents

All the best



Thank you @Gathige. I actually have previous experience with drilling a borehole and equipping it with a submersible pump and it has stayed for like 4 years without a hitch. The only problem is that the guy who supplied me the pump at the time relocated to another company and I cant find him. I got some quotes from Davis & Shirtliff at the time and they were ridiculously expensive . Talk about a quote for 800k and I ended up getting a pump at 200k which has served me well. Not too sure about Kirloskar (sp) buts its worth checking out. I am thinking of either putting a concrete water tower or a steel one, but I haven't settled on one yet. Thanks for the advice though.
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story teller
#10 Posted : Thursday, January 31, 2013 1:26:36 AM
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Chaka wrote:
@brayokasa4,
Pls advise me on who you contracted to do the borehole and the total cost?


@Chaka, you can also check out kisimadrilling.com...cheers
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