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Surface Geophysical Exploration for Groundwater at the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Turkana County, Kenya
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Bauman, Paul T. Ernst, Erin Woods, Landon |
| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Abstract | The Kakuma Refugee Camp is located in the semi-arid Turkana County of Northwestern Kenya. The Camp was home to 184,966 refugees (reliefweb, 11 Jan, 2016) at the time of our survey. Kakuma is entirely dependent for drinking water on groundwater pumped from 12 wells. Drilling success is variable. Usually, successful wells with significant yields (> 5 m3/hour) are completed in close proximity to the Laga Tarach river bed. As one moves further from the ephemeral river, drilling success is sporadic with dry holes and brackish groundwater being common. High naturally occurring fluoride concentrations occur in all wells. From January 10 through January 22, 2016, a geophysical water exploration program primarily funded by the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) Geoscientists Without Borders Program (GWB) was carried out in the Kakuma Refugee Camp and nearby areas. The overall goals of this program included providing drilling targets for new water wells, introducing an improved geophysical approach to water exploration, training of refugees and Kakuma WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) staff, and adding to the knowledge of the hydrogeology of the area. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://csegrecorder.com/assets/pdfs/2017/2017-04-RECORDER-Surface_Geophysical_Exploration.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
