Water For Life

As we all know that no matter how life seams to be "Water" has formed a Way on which we all live life, from the existence of mankind.Water have been linked to what the Man can not do without in life,

  Water is in constant circulation, powered by the energy from sunlight and gravity in a natural process called the hydrologic cycle. Water evaporates from the ocean and land surfaces, is held temporarily as vapour in the atmosphere, and falls back to the Earth's surface as precipitation. Surface water is the residue of precipitation and melted snow, called runoff. Where the average rate of precipitation exceeds the rate at which runoff seeps into the soil, evaporates, or is absorbed by vegetation, bodies of surface water such as streams, rivers, and lakes are formed. Water that infiltrates the Earth's surface becomes groundwater, slowly seeping downward into extensive layers of porous soil and rock called aquifers. Under the pull of gravity, groundwater flows slowly and steadily through the aquifer. In low areas it emerges in springs and streams. Both surface water and groundwater eventually return to the ocean, where evaporation replenishes the supply of atmospheric water vapor. Winds carry the moist air over land, precipitation occurs, and the hydrologic cycle continues.

Challenges of getting good and credible water.
Water has such a strong tendency to dissolve other substances that it is rarely found in nature in a pure condition. When it falls as rain, small amounts of gases such as oxygen and carbon dioxide become dissolved in it; raindrops also carry tiny dust particles and other substances. As it flows over the ground, water picks up fine soil particles, microbes, organic material, and soluble minerals. In lakes, bogs, and swamps, water may gain color, taste, and odor from decaying vegetation and other natural organic matter. Groundwater usually acquires more dissolved minerals than does surface runoff because of its longer direct contact with soil and rock. It may also absorb gases such as hydrogen sulfide and methane. In populated areas the quality of surface water as well as groundwater is directly influenced by land use and by human activities. For example, storm-water runoff contaminated with agricultural or lawn pesticides and fertilizers, as well as with road deicing chemicals, can flow into streams and lakes. In addition, effluent from malfunctioning septic tanks and subsurface leaching fields can seep into groundwater.
As a result Man always need supplies of good and credible Water as a source of life, such that the Government of each country have made it a point of her responsibility to provide good, clean and credible water for her citizens. But in the cost of producing and circulating Good Water for her citizens sometimes she couldn't meetup because of some major factors as listed below

1. Cost of production.
2. Means of transportation.
3. Cost of maintenance.
4. Availability of good source of water.
5. Power to supply the water.

Therefore for families to  succeed on the issue of good and credible water as a result of the reasons listed above the bread winner of different families or collective efforts of such family tends to find alternative means of providing a good, clean and credible water for their family.

They apply different Ways like 

• Buying water from vendors
• fetching of stream water 
• Dug wells 
• Sink boreholes
• Get supplies of Government water

Municipal water supply systems include facilities for storage, transmission, treatment, and distribution. The design of these facilities depends on the quality of the water, on the particular needs of the user or consumer, and on the quantities of water that must be processed.
On the aspect of borehole sinking there are different types of techniques to Sink boreholes depending on what the water dugged from hole wants to be used for.
Examples  are, domestic use, industrial use and commercial use.

Cross section of a typical borehole

Domestically people dug or sink boreholes by the use of mini mechanical Riggs or manual Riggs depending on the research done on the water site before the project is carried out by the contractors, example are soil test, Geophysics of the location e.t.c

Manual borehole drilling

Industrial boreholes sinking takes more effort Compared with domestic boreholes because it involve bigger rig machinery and more test like under ground cable check, to add with is the depth and capacity it will produce.

as the name implies "industry" the use of this type of well varies from production of products from the company without stoppage of water supply in it pure form, thus such well is been drilled to deep depth using machines.







Commercial borehole sinking  is almost the same as industrial borehole in the aspect of the depth and capacity,  but different the number of test to be conducted.

Layout of borehole supply

The soil formation
Soil formation is the main factor that contributes to the depth of the water well of a particular site or location, this factor is usually influenced by how close is the  water base to the Site, height of the lands to the sea level and the presence of rocks under ground and other mineral resources e.t.c

Soil formation of a typical site by MCOR

Water purity is also influenced by the type of minerals found in the soil depending on the level of it height and quantity.Water is treated in a variety of physical and chemical methods. Treatment of surface water begins with intake screens to prevent fish and debris from entering the plant and damaging pumps and other components. Conventional treatment of water primarily involves clarification and disinfection. Clarification removes most of the turbidity, making the water crystal clear. Disinfection, usually the final step in the treatment of drinking water, destroys pathogenic microbes. Groundwater does not often need clarification, but it should be disinfected as a precaution to protect public health. In addition to clarification and disinfection, the processes of softening, aeration, carbon adsorption, and fluoridation may be used for certain public water sources. Desalination processes are used in areas where freshwater supplies are not readily available.

Basic steps in the treatment of municipal water.

Challenges of borehole drilling/sinking could be as a result of inadequate information on the Site, soil texture of the under ground well e.t.c as a result drillers go extra miles to put the well condition to a proper position so that the well can produce a good, clean and credible water for domestic use.

compressed flushing of smooth soil from borehole well using compressed air as a result of smooth soil formation at the base of the well, in most occasion its not always like this but its challenge that needs to be overcome in order to have a good and credible water. 

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