Lifewater Project: N09-W009 

		Apawu School and Village Nasarawa State A safe water community in Nigeria
	Safe Drinking Water Supply Location
	Apawu Village
New hand pump					Old swampy water source
Children collecting water
	Project Sponsor/s
	CISVA: Blessed Sacrament School Vancouver, BC
	The Water Team Vancouver, BC
	Project Summary
	Apawu Afo village is about 49 miles from the Kokona township junction in the Keffi area of Nasarawa State of Nigeria. This community is settled by the Afo tribe who are predominantly subsistence farmers. Apawu has a population of about 600 with the little primary school of about 150 pupils drawing children from the surrounding villages. The school comprises of three classroom blocks. Kids sit on hard benches all through the day. Their sources of water are two little water holes/puddles about 1½ miles from the center of the village. The government had a plan to provide water, but that has not materialized yet. Ours was a very difficult process that took a longer time. There are lots of rocks in this community making the work very hard. But hopefully this handpump should help a lot especially with the school children who do not have to walk too long for water every morning.
	Well Details
	Project Completed: 2009-02-15				Well Depth: 58 ft.
	Depth of Water:15 ft.				Casing Diameter:6 in.
	Screen Length:14 ft.				Developed By:Other
	Development Time:8 hrs.				Well Yield:2.8 gpm
	Disinfection:24 hrs.				Handpump:India Mark II
	Water Colour:Clear				Water Odour:None
	Turbidity:Clear				Taste:Good
	Nitrate:0.5 mg/L				Bacti Test:Negative
	Iron:1.1 mg/L				pH:
	Testimonial
	Dear Sir, Madam We wish to sincerely show our appreciation for the long and difficult work your people did to help us with water. We thank God that this has taken place and our people can now be safe from diseases gotten from bad source water. May all who gave to make this work happen be blessed. Ariko Shehu Secretary