# Qool Caday Water Works: Two Dams, One Borehole Reported in 2017

> Somaliland Sun reported on 7 October 2017 that the Livestock Holding Ground Project in Qool Caday had completed two dams and one borehole.

- By: Editorial Team, Somali Construction Review (https://somaliconstructionreview.com/about)
- Published: 30 September 2026
- Format: News story (reported from one named public source)
- Publication: Somali Construction Review (https://somaliconstructionreview.com)
- Subject: Infrastructure and Services
- Tags: water-supply, drainage
- Web version: https://somaliconstructionreview.com/blog/qool-caday-water-works-2017-report

## Key points

- Somaliland Sun reported on 7 October 2017 that the Livestock Holding Ground Project in Qool Caday had completed two dams and drilled one communal borehole.
- The report said the project, funded by the Somaliland Development Fund, supports construction of three earth dams, two boreholes and seven animal health and inspection centers.
- Somaliland Sun has not reported what has happened to the project since 7 October 2017.

On 7 October 2017, Somaliland Sun published an article titled "Somaliland: Improving Communal Water Infrastructure in Qool Caday." The article was written by the Somaliland Development Fund Secretariat, the organisation that manages the fund behind the project.

The report said pastoralist communities in the Qool Caday grazing plain of Somaliland had long lacked a centralised communal water system for human and animal consumption. It quoted the topography of the area as offering suitable conditions for sustainable water harvesting.

According to the article, the Somaliland Ministry of Livestock secured funding from the Somaliland Development Fund (SDF) to implement the Livestock Holding Ground Project. The project, the report said, supports the construction of water harvesting infrastructure including drilling of two boreholes and excavation of three earth dams. It also includes the construction of seven animal health and inspection centres.

As of the date of the article, the SDF Secretariat reported that the project had completed two dams and drilled one communal borehole that supply water to the local community and their animals. The report did not say that the remaining works, one borehole, one dam, and the seven centres, had been completed.

Jama Hassan Omer, 63, described in the article as a pastoralist benefiting from the project, told Somaliland Sun he now waters his camels from the communal borehole. He said the borehole was a relief during the worst days of the drought and that before the project, residents walked long distances and bought water from individually owned berkads in Sallahley. His account was not independently verified.

The article described the SDF as a four-year fund designed to support the Government of Somaliland by funding projects aligned to the National Development Plan. It listed the fund's donors at that time as the UK's Department for International Development, the Danish International Development Agency, and the governments of Norway and the Netherlands.

The 2017 report does not state the funding amount, contract value, contractor or consultant for the water-harvesting works. It gives no date for when the funding was secured and does not say whether the two dams and one borehole were commissioned or handed over.

Somaliland Sun has not reported on the project since 7 October 2017. The current status of the Livestock Holding Ground Project in Qool Caday, including whether the remaining planned works were completed, is not established from the available source.

## Questions

### What water infrastructure was reported in Qool Caday in 2017?

Somaliland Sun reported that the Livestock Holding Ground Project had completed two dams and one borehole as of 7 October 2017.

### Who funded the Qool Caday water project?

The report said the Somaliland Ministry of Livestock secured funding from the Somaliland Development Fund for the Livestock Holding Ground Project.

### What happened after October 2017?

Somaliland Sun has not reported on the project since that date, so the current status is unknown.

## Sources

- [Somaliland: Improving Communal Water Infrastructure in Qool Caday](https://somalilandsun.com/somaliland-improving-communal-water-infrastructure-in-qool-caday/) — Somaliland Sun, 2017-10-07