{"id":2353,"date":"2019-01-22T23:34:14","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T23:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=2353"},"modified":"2019-01-26T06:44:10","modified_gmt":"2019-01-26T06:44:10","slug":"galgaduud-discovery-of-underground-water-brings-new-future-to-drought-stricken-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2019\/01\/22\/galgaduud-discovery-of-underground-water-brings-new-future-to-drought-stricken-village\/","title":{"rendered":"Galgaduud: Discovery of underground water brings new future to drought-stricken village"},"content":{"rendered":"

ADAADO (SOHA) –<\/strong> Residents of a drought-stricken village in Galgaduud region of central Somalia can now access clean, fresh water thanks to the discovery of an aquifer.<\/p>\n

The aquifer, discovered by a Turkish water drilling agency in Gideys village, is said to contain water reserves to last for many years.<\/p>\n

The residents have historically depended on locally dug wells producing inadequate and dirty water.<\/p>\n

Ali Abdullahi Mohamed, 41, father of seven in Gideys, said the discovery has solved one of the longstanding challenges of chronic water shortage in the area.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is unbelievable that sweet water is now within the reach of Gideyspeople!\u201d Ali said.<\/p>\n

Eight of the 12 salty boreholes in the village dried up in 2016. \u00a0They served 2,000 families.<\/p>\n

Mohamed told Radio Ergo he had lost 150 of his goats over time after drinking contaminated water fetched from the old local boreholes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the livestock drank this salty water, they fell sick immediately and subsequently died. There was one occasion when I lost 13 goats at once immediately after they had drunk from these wells,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

During the major 2016 drought, at least 600 families left the village because of critical water shortages in the area.<\/p>\n

Gideys chief, Abdi Elmi, said they are using a solar-powered pump to access the fresh water from the aquifer. Even water tankers are coming to fetch water from the village now.<\/p>\n

He recalled that times were very hard in the past and some people had to climb down deep into the old boreholes seeking dregs of dirty water.<\/p>\n

Abdirahman Odawa, an MP for the area in the federal parliament, said the drilling and construction of the well by the company Deyanat Turkey cost $120,000.<\/p>\n

Osman Ahmed Ali, who runs a tea kiosk, said access to clean water has boosted his business.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe water scarcity had a huge impact on my business in 2017. I was unable to run the kiosk with 20 litres of water a day, so I was forced to shut down, but now I have reopened the stall and am recovering from the loss,\u201d Ali said.<\/p>\n

Source: Radio Ergo<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ADAADO (SOHA) – Residents of a drought-stricken village in Galgaduud region of central Somalia can now access clean, fresh water thanks to the discovery of an aquifer. The aquifer, discovered by a Turkish water drilling agency in Gideys village, is said to contain water reserves to last for many years. The residents have historically depended …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news","category-wash"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t