Contact Person: Humble Siboli WASH Officer
Tel No. +260 211 252055, + 260 211 254265
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Contact Person: Peter Lubambo, Former Director, DHID Ridgeway, Lusaka, P.O. Box 50027, Lusaka, Zambia.

With the aim of obtaining high percentage water supply coverage of all 4 districts in Luapula Province, the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) requested the Government of Japan for the Preparatory Survey on the Project for Groundwater Development in Luapula Province -Phase 3 in the Republic of Zambia. The Japanese government, represented by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), decided to conduct the Survey in the project area. WRC was awarded the contract in July 2013 to conduct the geological survey and topographical for the preparatory survey on the project for groundwater development at 5 sites in 3 Districts namely Nchelenge, Mwense and Milenge in Luapula province, Republic of Zambia.

WRC Preformed the following tasks: Standard Penetration Test (SPT) to depth of 10m at five sites, preparing of the boring logs and profiles of penetration resistance (N), Elevation surveys from water source to elevated water tank and public faucets for surveying and distance, centerline survey (30km) for the  pipeline,Topographic survey for facilities and important features and preparing key plan (topographic map). Preparation of report on electronic files and hard copies.

With the aim of obtaining high percentage water supply coverage of all 4 districts in Luapula Province, the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) requested the Government of Japan for the Preparatory Survey on the Project for Groundwater Development in Luapula Province -Phase 3 in the Republic of Zambia. The Japanese government, represented by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), decided to conduct the Survey in the project area. Zambezi Drilling was awarded the contract in June 2013 to conduct drilling of 10 boreholes for the preparatory survey on the project for groundwater development at 5 sites in 3 Districts namely Nchelenge, Mwense and Milenge in Luapula province, Republic of Zambia.

Zambezi Drilling sub-contracted WRC to perform geophysical electrical logging on the 10 boreholes as a component of the project. WRC Consultants Ltd carried out geophysical electrical logging of successful production boreholes. Parameters measured and presented as logs were Self-potential, Natural gamma, Long and Short resistivity and neutron-neutron.

Contact Person: Peter Lubambo, Director, DHID
Tel: +260 211 251128 / 252353

The Government of Zambia (GRZ) through MLGHEEP implemented the Sustainable Operation and Maintenance Project for National Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (NRWSSP) in two phases (SOMAP 1 and SOMAP 2) since 2005 with a technical cooperation by JICA, with the aim of developing principles and a model to realise sustainable operation and maintenance (O&M) of water points fitted with hand pumps. GRZ further aims to nationally disseminate the SOMAP O&M model and to achieve the NRWSSP O&M Component of more than 70% operational rate of water supply facilities in rural areas.  In order to achieve this objective JICA designed the Project for National Roll-out SOMAP3 jointly with MLGHEEP for implementation from October 2011 to February 2016.

WRC was awarded the contract by Japan Techno., Ltd to conduct Consulting Services for Water Quality Analysis and Monitoring. The main aim of the water quality analysis and monitoring study was to assess relationship between water quality with high iron content and steel made downhole components of the hand pumps and whether utilization of PVC pipes and stainless steel connecting rods avoids the increment of iron content in the groundwater in boreholes.

Contact Person: Mr Naoki Mori, Chief Advisor, SOMAP3 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ,
Tel No. +260 211 257374

The Baseline Survey was conducted on 300 water points in 10 districts (Kazungula, Chongwe, Serenje, Lundazi, Sesheke, Mufumbwe, Luwingu, Mansa, Nchelenge and Chinsali) through semi-structured interviews with District Local Authorities (DLA’s), structured interviews with questionnaire with V-WASHE as the target group and direct observations and measurement of the conditions of wells with hand pumps.

The overall objective was to obtain the following baseline data: Operational rate of wells equipped with hand pump, downtime of the wells with hand pumps, and percentage of rural population with access to safe, reliable and convenient quantity of water.

Contact Person: Mr Naoki Mori,
Tel No. +260 211 257374

WRC was commissioned to implement a borehole siting programme with the prime aim of exploring and developing groundwater resources to meet the projected future water supply demand for the Kabitaka township. Ground geophysical surveys were undertaken to locate at least twenty potential drilling sites in a new well field to develop 10 successful boreholes to meet the projected demand.WRC were commissioned to conduct a further geophysical investigation with the prime aim of exploring and developing a new well field to meet the mine’s long-term potable water supply requirements.

The overall goal of the project was to survey and site locations for drilling 10 pilot boreholes from which a well field will be developed. The survey consisted of Magnetic, Resistivity and Horizontal Loop Electromagnetic (HLEM) profiling followed by Vertical Electrical Soundings (VES).  A total of 50km of Magnetic profiling, 13km of Resistivity profiling, 42km of HLEM profiling, and 114 VES were completed. Analysis of the survey results in the context of the hydrogeological understanding of the area provided the partial selection of 10 sites for drilling new boreholes.

Contact Person: Victor Masedi
Tel: +260 966 994794
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