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AN UPDATE ON ILLILI DARARTU
Date: Wednesday 03 March, 2010

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Catch up on the latest news on the Water Project

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AN UPDATE ON ILLILI DARATU

WATCH THIS SPACE FOR THE UPDATE ON THE WATER PROJECT

 

February 2009:

We promised you an update.  David Dalton of Plan International told us that water has been found and in good

quantities.  It is currently being tested for water quality. Presuming the water quality is good we'll proceed with part

two of the porject, the civil works i.e. pipeline, reservoir etc. 

 

We were then given an update from another source, Ewan Reid of Mathew Algie was in Ethiopia and sent us these pictures. Thanks Ewan!  Ewan's comments 'I was working in Ethiopia last week and past the new well that you financed the day that the drilling team were starting to flush it out.  I've attached some pics for you'

 

 

December 2009:

 

The first phase of the project, which involved drilling a borehole to 120 metres was completed - as you can see from the photos.  The second phase of the project involves building a pump house, piping works and installation of a reservoir approximately two kilometres away from the borehole.  We were told by David Dalton CEO of Plan International who is managing the project that it is anticipated that the project will be completed roughly in 75 days - naturally we'll keep you updated.

 

David McKernan is also planning to travel to Illili Darartu in January 2010.  Tim Desmond will be joining David on his trip back to Ethiopia to meet the people.  This will be featured as part of RTE's Documentary on One Series. Funding towards this is supported by the Simon Cumbers Media Fund.

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