Interesting to Know

Equatorial Nuts – the Macadamia people

You have probably enjoyed the creamy macadamia nuts either purchased from a department store or provided as a snack on one of our Kenyan airlines. Those nuts need water to produce and process. Equatorial nuts had drilled 3 dry boreholes at their main farm and were desperate for water when they approached our team leader for a solution. Following thorough…

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Blast vibration velocity modelling

With the construction of the Kenyan Standard Gauge Railway through residential neighbourhoods, it was only a matter of time before issues identified in the ESIA would surface. Some of the crushed aggregate quarries and cut-and-fill sections were located in residential areas; furthermore, the cut-and-fill areas on the track required vibration compaction. Buildings started developing cracks and people complained of human…

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Water on the hill – Case of RIAT borehole

The Ramogi Institute of Advanced Technology is a premier college situated on the hills overlooking Kisumu City, Kenya. The college’s expansion was curtailed for a long time by inadequate water supply. The director at Georama was called in to deliver a successful borehole for the institution. To put the difficulty of the task into perspective, the college stands at 1384m…

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East African Growers – Artesian borehole shock

Daisa Farm at Timau, Kenya operated by East African Growers, a horticultural enterprise had one borehole that was sorely insufficient to meet their demand. Following surveys on the sizable land, it became clear that no aquifer would be struck that would be worth the effort.  We advised the proprietor that his neighbour’s farm had a high chance for a successful…

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