Storing groundwater with Tube recharge Rain season is starting in many African countries. Now its time to fill up your groundwater resource. Yes...

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Storing groundwater with Tube recharge Rain season is starting in many African countries. Now its time to fill up your groundwater resource. Yes, You can do that for your private well-it just might prevent the well from drying next year- and its very cheap ($4). Many hand dug wells dry up at the end of the dry season, because more water is taken out than is coming in by the natural recharge. Reasons of limited groundwater recharge are heavy rainfall in short time, (climate change) compact topsoil layers, erosion because of loss of vegetation, etc. Options to increase the recharge of ground water are above or underground dams, the planting of trees and plants such as vetivar grass, making contour canals etc. An other option is the so called “Tube recharge”. This low-cost option combines a manually drilled hole with a drainage tube, a filter and a small pond. Rainwater, that otherwise would run off to rivers or evaporate, thus penetrates into the ground and reaches the first aquifer. Watch instruction video: https://youtu.be/mv3d8yJqbp8  ; Download the free manual from MetaMeta at: - www.metameta.nl/publications Also visit: - http://jacana.help - https://justdiggit.org - www.gaia-movement.org

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  2. Hmmmm. Maybe it's just me and my 40+ years in the groundwater industry, but this doesn't seem to me to be magic.  In Colorado, the state says it owns ALL of the waters of the state.  Some quick law library research showed this to be wrong and I in fact, own t, lhe water that falls on my property.  In an effort to lower my water usage hill, I installed a 4" shallow well into the shallow aquifer and regraded the property to drain toward a 30' kind, 15' deep French drain.  It works so well my water bill has been the bare minimum since and my landscaping is lush.  So it's a simple matter, dig a trench across a water runoff zone, fill it with crushed rock and presto chango!  Instant recharge!!

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  3. There is another technology which eliminates the "plugging" which occurs when a tube is inserted into the ground.  It is called EGRP.  I have been looking at research they have been doing on California Almond farms to recharge the Vados zone.  It seems that they can keep water in subterranean storage for almost two years realistically.  Check out http://www.earthboundinnovations.com/technology.html. They supply the product and have installers who work internationally.  My company, www.Pangeaws.com provides consult and solutions and has been looking into this innovative technology.  Groundwater recharge through ASR's or by either of these methods is critical to sustainable agriculture.

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  4. We have a innovative system of storing water in soil layers (50 cm below the soil surface and deeper). This system is based on new technologies: the buried diffuser and the draining floater. It is possible during the rainy season, to store the water requirement of fruit trees for the next dry season or for the next 1 or 2 completely dry years . For more information visit our website: www.chahtech.com. contact informations: e-mail :
    bchahbani@chahtech.com
    Skype: lachheb25
    Whatsap or IMO: +21698254383
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    1. Inspiriting. Now can I ask you a challenging question? 

      In rural Africa we train local independent entrepreneurs to locally make and sell Simple Market based Affordable Repairable Technologies (SMART) (www.smartcentrezambia.com) . Your product line seems SMART, but would it also be possible to use local available materials and would you then allow small African entrepreneurs do make them and sell them to their community?