The Africa Renewal Ministries (ARM) Muleete Project is located in south central Uganda, approximately 12.1 km (7.5 miles) southeast of Mubende. The coordinates for the project are:
Latitude 0˚-30’ N, Longitude 31˚-26’ E or
UTM 36N 326259 E 55713 N
Altitude: 4103 feet
The turn-off from Highway A109 is approximately 9.2 km (5.7 miles) from Mubende at coordinates:
Latitude 0˚-31.6’ N, Longitude 31˚-28.1’ E or
UTM 36N 329484 E 58134 N
The project supports a school with approximately 300 children in attendance, a church, and a soon to be completed clinic. A small village is close by and the project enjoys a close and supportive relationship with the local village families. An existing bore hole in the valley below the project supplies the project and the surrounding villagers with water. The well is equipped with an India Mk-II hand pump that is functional but operating below its design performance and is in need of repair. By informal observation it is estimated that it takes about three minutes of constant pumping to fill a 20 liter jerry can.
In May 2010, a test of the existing well was performed by contractors working for Living Water International. The test results are summarized in Appendix A. The producing stratum was approximately 17 meters below the surface, and the well was able to produce 3,000 liters per hour with a draw down to 29 meters. The water level was 80 percent recovered after 30 minutes. The well test supports the plan to install a high capacity submersible pump in the existing bore hole instead of drilling a new well to provide the local water needs. The rest of this document describes in detail a new water installation using the existing bore hole that will be capable of supporting the immediate local population and is also capable of expansion to support more children in the ARM project and school and population growth in the surrounding communities.
The new water supply system for the Muleete Project is predicated on using the existing well, refurbished and equipped with a downhole submersible pump and powered by an array of high efficiency solar panels, to provide clean drinking water to the Project and surrounding local populace. The proposed new system is a modular design that can be expanded in the future to meet increased demand.
