Fifth of six boreholes: 230 m deep and 60 m3 an hour at Darasalam

The Hargeisa Water Agency reported on 21 August 2025 that the fifth of six boreholes planned for the second phase of the Hargeisa water expansion had been inaugurated in Darasalam district. The agency stated that the borehole was drilled to a final depth of 230 metres, that water was first reached at 45 metres, and that its production rate is 60 cubic metres per hour.

What the source records

The agency's account names Engineer Abdalla Sacad for the drilling figures: a final depth of 230 metres, water first reached at 45 metres, and a production rate of 60 cubic metres per hour. Engineer Khalif Abdilahi Hussein is quoted saying the agency's ownership of its own drilling rig let it hold the project's timeline and budget. General Manager Mohamed Ali Darood said farm owners donated private land for the drilling sites, and that a delegation from Gabiley attended. The full report sits at Hargeisa Water Agency.

What it means on site

A 230 metre hole with first water at 45 metres suggests the productive zone sits well below the first strike, so the completion string, screen or casing arrangement and the pump setting depth are what determine whether the stated 60 cubic metres per hour can be drawn. For anyone specifying or supervising similar work, the questions are the same: which interval is screened, what the pump's rated duty is against the drawdown, and whether the yield was measured by test pumping or from a shorter flow test. The source does not give those details, so treat the rate as the agency's figure pending its borehole log and test record.

What the source does not establish

The report is the agency's own account, and the production rate is as its engineer stated it. The next step it describes is connecting the new boreholes into the existing Geedeeble reservoirs, work it says has begun under a plan presented to the President of Somaliland. That is a plan and a start, not a finished connection: the source gives no completion date, no pipeline or pump scope, and no figure for added supply reaching households. Nothing in it establishes the present condition of the borehole or the reservoirs.

What to do next

Ask the Hargeisa Water Agency for the fifth borehole's drilling log and test pumping record, and for the connection works' scope and programme to Geedeeble. Ask which office holds the second-phase progress report so the sixth borehole's status can be checked directly.