Groundwater, boreholes and ethical issues

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Groundwater be found, it was indicated that in this specific municipal area water is usually found in granite rock between 70 mand 100 m. Such a borehole may cost around R100 000 depending on the depth, including the pumps and additional equipment. The technician further states that about six hundred drilling machines in South Africa are actively drilling for water every day. If one argues that 400 successful holes are drilled every two to four days by these operators, then it is a large number of new boreholes that are added annually to the existing total. However, the technician does not know exactly how many boreholes have already been sunk in South Africa. There are specific regulations regarding drilling of boreholes, and the regulations differ for boreholes on farms and municipal areas. The piles of soil that lay in a neat pattern on the pavement are soil samples taken every few meters of minute rock splinters blown out during the drilling process.

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