Our Wells

Sabore’s Well built two wells that serve over 250 Maasai families each, and are planning on a building a third one with your help! Each well is equipped with solar panels, a solar pump, a 10,000 liter holding tank for dispensing the water quicker and more efficiently, and a set of bathrooms. Not only do our wells provide a sustainable source of clean water, but they help solve gender inequities by shortening the trips of Maasai women to the river so they can spend more time with their families or learning a trade. In addition to the wells helping people, a trough was built to provide water to the thousands of domestic animals and many of the wild animals.

More information about the Supetai Well in the Narok County:

The Supetai Well was drilled to a depth of 95 meters.  Steel casings were inserted to a depth of 65 meters due to the soft soil and sand located at the site.  The drillers tapped into an underground river which produces more water from the well than the original 30 cubic meters per day projected.

The construction of the Supetai well consists of 8” diameter outer casings with 6” steel plain and perforated inner casings following the design created by the supervising hydrologist.  The borehole was then properly developed, gravel packed and sealed to avoid any contamination from shallow aquifers.  The well was fitted with a solar powered pump connected to a solar panel grid.  A pump house was constructed to house the controls for the solar equipment and store the harnessed power.  A 10,000 liter holding tank was placed on top of the pump house to allow for storage of the well water and create immediate access to the water for the women.  In addition, a public bathing room and 3 toilets were built to provide proper sanitation measures and to keep the area around the wells clean and uncontaminated.

The Supetai well is experiencing a naturally occurring high concentration of fluoride and nitrates which makes the water unsafe for human consumption.  Sabore’s Well has been collaborating with engineering, business and anthropology students from two universities, KU Leuven in Brussels, Belgium and Santa Clara University in California, to come up with a solution to remove these contaminants.  Through many hours of meetings and discussions, it has been recommended to install a Reverse Osmosis system to purify the water.  

To properly house and maintain the Reverse Osmosis machine, a holding room was recently constructed by the two universities with the help and guidance of our local contractor.  Focus is now on fundraising for and securing the system to make the water consumable.  Although more work needs to be done for the proper elimination of the reject water the system will produce, Sabore’s Well is excited to know there is a solution.

The well is targeted to benefit 3,500 people, 3,000 cows, 10,000 goats/sheep and 100 donkeys.  Two water troughs were constructed to provide water for the livestock. Below you will see where the Supetai Well lies on a map! Zoom in and out for better context!