In brief

  1. The Somaliland Development Fund lists the connection of eight boreholes to the New Geed Deeble Pumping Station among works delivered under the Hargeisa water expansion programme, in a commissioning account dated 12 October 2022.
  2. The same account reports production and transmission capacity rising from 6 million to 18 million litres per day under the programme, and states that a further three boreholes and 13 km of pipeline were expected to finish in December 2023.
  3. The account records outputs and expectations, not metered household delivery; records held by Hargeisa Water Agency or the SDF would show the present state.
Contents
  1. What the source records
  2. What it means on site
  3. What the source does not establish
  4. What to do next

The Somaliland Development Fund reported on 12 October 2022 that the connection of eight boreholes to the New Geed Deeble Pumping Station was among the works delivered under the Hargeisa water expansion and improvement programme. The account covers a commissioning ceremony held on 10 October 2022 at Geed Deeble, Hargeisa, officiated by the President of Somaliland and attended by the ministers of planning and water resources and the General Manager of the Hargeisa Water Agency.

What the source records

According to Somaliland Development Fund, the delivered support included drilling and equipping three boreholes at the Hora Hadley well field with transmission facilities via Geed Deeble, 23 km of transmission pipeline from New Geed Deeble to the Chinese reservoir, and the connection of eight boreholes to the New Geed Deeble Pumping Station. The same account states that the programme raised production and transmission capacity from 6 million to 18 million litres per day, and that a further three boreholes with 13 km of pipeline were expected to complete in December 2023, which would take output to 22 million litres per day.

What it means on site

A borehole connection is a chain, not a single item: the well, the pump set, the rising main to the pumping station, the manifold and valves, and the electrical supply all have to be commissioned together. When a connection is reported, ask for the commissioning record for each borehole, the pump curves and duty point, and the test results for the pipeline. Until those are produced, the count of eight connections describes scope and reported completion, not flow at the tap. Borehole yields and aquifer behaviour can change with abstraction; a sustainable yield figure belongs in a pump test record.

What the source does not establish

The source is an implementer account dated 12 October 2022 and gives the position as of that date. Capacity figures are production and transmission capacity, not verified household delivery. The three boreholes and 13 km of pipeline expected in December 2023 are a target, not a completed output, and the 25-year water sustainability study is described as funded work, not a finished assessment. Nothing in the account establishes the present condition of the wells, pumps or pipelines, and it does not state who carried out which construction task.

What to do next

Ask Hargeisa Water Agency, or the SDF programme office, for the commissioning certificates and pump test records for the eight connected boreholes and the current status of the three boreholes and 13 km pipeline listed as expected in December 2023.

Frequently asked questions

How many boreholes did the SDF report as connected to New Geed Deeble?

The Somaliland Development Fund account dated 12 October 2022 lists the connection of eight boreholes to the New Geed Deeble Pumping Station among the delivered support, alongside three boreholes at Hora Hadley and 23 km of transmission pipeline.

Does the 18 million litres per day figure mean households receive that water?

No. The source describes production and transmission capacity. It does not verify household delivery, and metered flow and pressure records from Hargeisa Water Agency would be needed to confirm what reaches consumers.

Sources

  1. Water expansion commissioningSomaliland Development Fund, 2022-10-12, somalilanddevelopmentfund.org. Implementer report; commissioning account and support list.

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