Motivation
While serving in the US Peace Corps (USPC) in Horongo, the first
author was asked by the community to help improve their water
access. Through multiple village meetings, well attended by
a variety of stakeholders in the village, it was concluded that
a drilled wellwas the desired and trusted form of improvement due
to examples in neighboring villages. Non-governmental organizations
(NGOs) that specialized in well construction and community
trainings on operation and maintenance of pumps were identified and plans were discussed. Sadly, a lack of consensus regarding the
cash contribution for initial construction of one pump was not
resolved, and the well was never built. Throughout the experience
of working with the community to construct a drilled well, the
need for a water resources study became clear. There were many
questions regarding the capacity of the aquifer and its response to
pumping and the community water needs that would determine
the amount of wells and their locations.