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Cleaning Wells, Ensuring Access to Water

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

There are several steps to restore a contaminated well. First, water must be pumped out from the well. After it dried up, the well has to be cleaned out from the mud. It takes a few hours to get the well refilled with water. Simple water testing is essential to determine the water quality. Chlorine can be used to quickly purify the water to avoid water-borne diseases. These steps need to be repeated in order to ensure better water quality.
 
CWS works with local community to repeat these steps in order to restore the wells, while distributing clean water with pillow tanks to ensure access to clean water.

 

Contanimated Well water
Contanimated Well water
(Contanimated Well water)



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