Wells are expensive. They cost from $2,500 to $10,000, with an average of about $6,000 per well, depending on the access, the well depth, and the availability of materials to bring the water up once the well is drilled.
We cannot put a price on life. Clean water eliminates many of the waterborne diseases and maladies that people get from drinking dirty brown river water. As of December, 2023, KMI has been gifted enough funding for:
- 5 complete well refurbishes
- 12 new wells
- 4 Hydrology reports finding sites for 4 new wells
*From time to time, things go wrong with the hand pumps in the bore-hole wells. When that happens, we hire a well repairman to come and refurbish the working parts of the pump. One of the goals of KMI is to train a local person in the vocation of well repair
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