Stephanie Ng's Visit- May 2012
While we were still driving to this well, Juma informed me it currently is not functioning properly. When we arrived, Mr. Lesirko, an elder in the community was present and able to expound on the problem. About two weeks ago the four bolts that kept the top part of the well secured to the metal encasing began to break and Paul was unable to tighten them. Because of this breakage, the two parts are not closed tightly enough which makes it hard for the water to flow up. Fortunately the community has enough money in their repair fund to pay for the spare parts. They knew what to look for since they had previously had this same issue and were able to replace the bolt. However, this time around, they could not find the bolts in town. Paul is aware of which bolt to get and will go into neighboring towns to find the spares.
For now, in order for the community to take water from this well, someone has to actually stand on the spout part of the well in order to close the gap. However this is not a long term solution since it does not effectively or permanently close the gap and it still takes about thirty seconds of rigorous pumping for the water to flow up and come out.
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