There are certain parts of Kenya that do not have enough rainfall and therefore residents have to walk long distances in search of this basic commodity. Most of the time, their agony can be halted if the government invests in boreholes. This is the point borehole services in Kenya become the most sought after thing and the service providers are usually more than willing to help.

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2. A borehole can be described as a narrow shaft that is made on the ground,
either vertically or horizontally and is usually constructed for different purposes.
They can either be drilled onshore or offshore depending on the main purpose
of their drilling. There are usually two main types of boreholes; open holes and
cored holes. Bore hole services in Kenya are becoming popular as the days go by
and many people are also into the business of drilling boreholes.
Boreholes are usually drilled for different purposes and they include: for mineral
exploration like sand and gravel, for drilling water and for water abstraction, for
oil and gas extraction and also simply for monitoring. Experts in borehole
services in Kenya ensure that anyone who needs a borehole can get one within
the shortest period of time.
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3. We all need borehole services in Kenya because drilling a borehole is not a one-day
affair. There are a lot of things that need to be done before one sees the outcomes.
There are several borehole services in Kenya. The following are the top 5:
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4. This is one of the borehole services in Kenya that provides adequate, reliable and consistent
data regarding boreholes and borehole drilling in Kenya. It always important and advisable
to hire the services of a borehole surveyor before any borehole drilling process occurs. A
borehole survey will help you know whether the hole is going to hit the target you selected,
whether it is going in the direction you intended and/or whether your calculations are
based on facts or assumptions.
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5. Borehole drilling is the process of making a hole in the ground for extracting a natural
resource like water, gas or petroleum among others. A few years back, the only
boreholes that existed were water wells which were dug by hand. This meant that they
did not go too deep. With the wake of technology though, borehole drilling has become
much easier and that is why boreholes are drilled for more natural resources than just
water.
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6. Another borehole service that is offered in Kenya is borehole test pumping. This is
usually practiced in order to assess the hydraulic behavior of a well by checking the
hydraulic properties and to determine whether there will be an effect if the well also
gets its water from other water sources. This is done by running a series of tests to get
maximum information about the well. Some of the tests run include equipment test,
step test. Constant discharge and draw down test as well as the recovery test.
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7. Another culprit in the list of borehole services in Kenya is borehole logging also
known as well logging. This is the process of creating a detailed record also known as
a well log of the geological formations of the areas penetrated by a given
well/borehole. This can be done in two ways; either by visual inspection of the
sample contents brought to the surface (geological logs) or my use of an instrument
lowered into a hole and measurements taken (geophysical logs). This can be done for
boreholes meant for extraction as well as for geotechnical studies.
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8. Borehole yield testing is often done by pumping a borehole at a given rate and
recording the water level afterwards. When these recordings are substituted into
appropriate equations, certain hydraulic parameters can be calculated from it. It is these
parameters that are used to determine the yield of the given borehole. Borehole yield
testing are mainly done to determine the potential of a given borehole to supply water
consistently.
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