Want to Drill in Sub Saharan Africa? What are the drilling conditions?

Africa has a variety of geology and drilling machines are required to drill in very hard granite rock or deep beds of fine soft sand to locate drinking water supplies. The drilling techniques, material used are diverse.

Click on link to the site of 'British Geological Survey' and download their document

'An overview of the groundwater resources of sub-Saharan Africa'

http://www.bgs.ac.uk/hydrogeology/ruralwater/overview.html

There is a very useful overview map of the Continent indicating geology and the occurrence of water and population densities.

 

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