Well work almost finished

After 9 weeks of digging and blasting, the workers have almost finished re-digging our well.  This week they'll pull out the last of the loosened materials, then measure the excavated depth and let us know what the final payment will be.  Hopefully we'll be able to keep under our $7000AUD budget.  The work took longer than expected with up to 20 men a day manually digging  and lifting out the soil and rocks.The good news is that we unearthed springs at around 30ft, after only 10 feet of excavation.  Each morning the pump was turned on at 3.00am to drain the well before the workers arrived and then digging and pumping continued throughout the day.  By the end of May overnight inflows measured about 15ft, so daily inflows will be much higher.  This amount, during the peak of summer and following on from 2 failed monsoons, is very good, and will provide plenty of water to grow crops on the rest of our land.  Below are a before and after photo of the well, and a photo of the men at work..  To see more photos of the well work as it progressed click here to visit our facebook page.

Hot and dusty work in extreme temperatures

Before - 20ft deep and dry, After - 40-50ft deep and full of water