The Ghana Borehole Drillers Association has launched their new website and is ready to operate nationwide and aslo have global presence. As part of the features presented on the website, Users will be able to: Find Rigs to Rent Find Geologists and Hydro Experts Recruit Borehole Workers Buy or Sell Rigs and other borehole equipments […]
Water they say is life and as true as it may sound is almost becoming a huge problem for many to access even in the urban cities of Accra. In the remote Areas of Ghana, the story is so bad that in as much the government and many foreign organizations and stakeholders are doing all […]
WHO HAS OWNERSHIP OF WATER RESOURCES OF GHANA? Section 12 of Act 522 stipulates that “the property in and control of all water resources are vested in the President for and on behalf of, and in trust for the people of Ghana”. • There is therefore no private ownership of water in Ghana. However, the […]
The Water Resources Commission (WRC) is warning individuals to desist from drilling boreholes, even in their homes, without permission. It said persons who do not adhere to the instructions risk sanctions. According to the Commission, although groundwater is easily accessible, it is a resource entrusted to the government and therefore cannot be drilled without seeking […]
Hydrologists and hydrogeologists are water scientists who study the properties of freshwater and its distribution on the continents. (Oceanographers study the physical and chemical properties of salt water in the oceans.) Together, hydrology and hydrogeology provide information on how to manage and protect freshwater, humans most essential natural resource. Hydrology and hydrogeology are distinct fields […]
Any borehole constructed in a home, office or community less than 30 to 50 metres away from a septic tank is likely to be polluted with human excreta and other pathogens, the Water Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-WRI), has said. According to the Head of the Groundwater Division of […]
The Earth’s crust has often been compared to a sponge, in that it can soak up and hold water in pore spaces, fractures and cavities. This ability to store water depends very much upon geological conditions and on the host formation. For example, fresh, un-fractured, massive granite – a crystalline rock – has virtually no […]
Troubleshoot the Problem Problem: A large turbine pump keeps going down before it achieves full power. Action: Locate the problem area. While the pump is still running use the 279 FC Thermal Multimeter to do a quick thermal survey using the IR camera to look for hotspots at the panel, disconnect and the pump […]
Hydrogeology (hydro- meaning water, and -geology meaning the study of the Earth) is the area of geology that deals with the distribution and movement of groundwater in the soil and rocks of the Earth’s crust (commonly in aquifers). The terms groundwater hydrology, geohydrology, and hydrogeology are often used interchangeably. Groundwater engineering, another name for hydrogeology, […]
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