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majimaji
#1 Posted : Thursday, July 30, 2009 9:21:00 AM
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Any Skerians with experience of digging a water well using jamaa wa mkono?

I have heard some say it is safe up to 120 feet (abt 35m)

Costs? Any contractors in this biz?

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Chaka
#2 Posted : Thursday, July 30, 2009 9:42:00 AM
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You will probabaly not get any response.This topic has been covered before.Just type

borehole in the search box of this site,no need to start a new thread!
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mukiha
#3 Posted : Friday, July 31, 2009 5:47:00 AM
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Depends on your location....I know a guy who dug one at Ruai....60ft; the boys charged him 1,000bob per foot

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wairegi
#4 Posted : Friday, July 31, 2009 7:09:00 AM
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Depends on the rates agreeded. And on the soil. If you are on red soil you pay less and as you proceed down you pay or renegotiate the rates.

And much depends on the area


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majimaji
#5 Posted : Friday, July 31, 2009 8:32:00 AM
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Are there any permits one requires to dig a well?

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Njunge
#6 Posted : Friday, July 31, 2009 11:04:00 AM
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@majimaji,

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sokomjinga
#7 Posted : Saturday, August 01, 2009 3:31:00 PM
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You might need a permit - verify. In any case be careful. If anything went wrong ........

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simonkabz
#8 Posted : Tuesday, August 04, 2009 4:35:00 AM
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@majimaji,what do u mean safe upto 120 ft? What happens thereafter? Kwetu ocha,150 bob a foot increasing with depth upto about 400 bob.

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majimaji
#9 Posted : Tuesday, August 04, 2009 4:50:00 AM
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@ simonkabz

If u dig deeper manually,breathing becomes problematic because oxygen is reduced.
I think it also becomes hotter because air is not circulating,then there is the issue of the danger of well collapse...

There has to be a limit as to how deep men can dig without say forced air circulation- but which depth is that?

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justrant
#10 Posted : Tuesday, August 04, 2009 5:04:00 AM
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How can 'majimaji' be asking questions about water?? He should be educating us instead.
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