The water topic...

[AwRastaale]

I would advise Landers to watch this 8 minute video.



soaking the land escape is my favorite keywords and that's what I had tried to explain. Hadad si qodid uun waxba ma so kordhiin...lakin waxa loo bahan yahay inad wax ku shubtiid then it will give you sustainable return.

Gurey explained the rain factor but in the case of no rain like the el nino phenomena then what do you do to restore/re-soak the land and vegetations?

Our people only know how to take, take and expect to be there (wax kasta waxay ku odhan wan haysana, wu yala, my backyard is richer than KSA oil fields, mel kasta saliid ba ku jirta, my tribe has more natural resources-----yet every year they carrying same tanaag).

[MoAwr]

This is a good idea

[AwRastaale]

Well it's sad that our people do not understand the cycle of water. They believe penetrating the ground even past the 7 mention layers in the Quran is good solution. Dig baby dig as long as it can because 'theres a lot under there'.

But if you don't refill things, they eventually dry up or die out even the rain moves away because it too works with surface and soil evaporations.

I believe you need combination of things. Restore some of the table water before you keep drilling. Once we have enough ground water where it is, we can then soak the soil, which will in turn bring about live including plants, vegetation, birds, insects and eventually clouds (evaporation). Once you have enough rains then you're good.



My argument is simple, keep groundwater in the ground as long as possible. You may think they are just sitting there but they are very essential to rains. Our naked eyes cannot see it but once the soil gets enough water and soaks up, the rest gets evaporated and thus forms clouds.

But where does it go in the ground?

Water can be absorbed by the soil and may stay in the soil for long time until it gradually gets evaporated. If there is a lot of vegetative cover (green plants) the infiltrated water can also be absorbed by plant roots and later transpired. Infiltration occurs at the upper layers of the ground but may also continue further downwards into the water table.


Depending on how saturated the ground is, the water can continue downwards to replenish water tables and aquifers. This is called percolation. If there are water bodies nearby; the infiltrated water can also end up in the water bodies after.

The rate of infiltration depends on factors such as the amount of precipitation, the type of soils, the amount of vegetative cover over the area, pre-saturation levels, the topography of the land as well as the levels of evapotranspiration in that region.


Drying the groundwater means the rain goes with it too...

The Haud, the H2O advocate and environmentalist hence Haud (the wild).

[AwRastaale]

Amoud University is doing excellent job as usual. More fund should be allocated to the institution from privates, donors, NGOs, SL gov, SL development agency...

[Rambie]

Sand dams simple solution & badly needed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_WxyLRnjAU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjzcfPax4As

[Rambie]

Sand dams on the medium/long term preserves soil & ground water.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmPLGBy14CM

[AwRastaale]

Very good contribution and idea Rambie.

That is very cheap system and it won't take time to build one as long as the Great Wall of China

BTW here is the first video that was removed.

[JSL3000]

Yes, let's plants trees to stop this desertification that's what I'm planning on doing when I go back to somaliland, but for water I say we use smarter farming techniques to manage the water like the yahudi especially their desert farming methods would save us water and yield more crops.

https://youtu.be/Cdol2fumuI0[/youtube]

[AwRastaale]

Update boys...

President Ahmed Mohamed Mahmoud Silanyo on Tuesday laid the foundation stone for a proposed new water reservoir to be built at Humbo-weyne and which will have the capacity to hold estimated 500,000 metric cubic liters of water.

The proposed dam will store water during raining season, which usually flows to the sea. The dam will enable local people to use the stored water during dry seasons to water their farms and their livestock to drink and also to supply the capital with water.

President Silanyo speaking during the event said; “I, Would like to thank the elders and residents of Humbo-weyne for the warm reception, continuous support and also by standing alongside the government, which makes it possible for us to improve the country infrastructure and the quality of living for our citizens.

I, on behalf of fellow Somalilanders , would like to express my profound gratitude to the Government of the United Arab Emirates for its generosity for providing the necessary funds for the construction of this Dam and another one which will be built in Las Anod. Also, they have pledged to initiate several other projects of importance to other areas.

Also the other notable dignitaries speaking during the occasion were ,Hon Muse Bihi Abdi, the ruling party chairman and Presidential Hopeful, Hon Mahmoud Ali Jama, Minister of Water Resources , the District officer, local elders and officials representing the firm which will undertake the Dam construction.

The construction of the new dam will be the largest ever rain water harvesting project to be ever undertaken and implemented in Somaliland, whose aim is to save precious water from losing out to the sea .

Rain water harvesting is a low-cost, readily available and energy-saving method of water collection, which does not require any external energy inputs, unlike most other forms of water supply which require motorized pumping, road transport, human resources, etc.

Keep talking boys...

The water-advocate.

[original dervish]

It won't work because Somali's are too damn lazy and politicians enjoy skimming off foreign aid.

[YummyMummy]

Great positive contributions ilmaadeerayaal

[AwRastaale]

Update:

TheFuturist come and can you post those maps that showed Somaliland's run-off water into the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.

[Timiro1999]

Waa fikir wanaagsan allow dhawr Awrastaale wadaniga dhabta ah iyo Guban iyo Rambie

[Maroodijex]

I think Somaliland should start thinking of building her first Dam near Xumboweyne North East of Hargeisa. This is a perfect place for a water catchment.

Hargeisa's Herer seasonal river combines forces with other seasonal rivers from GacanLibax mountains and Sheikh's Golis Range. This creates when they combine a very powerful block of water that can, if properly utilised, be a source of water for commercial farming.

This particular location is perfect because you have a very high canyons as high as 160 mitres above the river bed. And there is a 700m wide openning at the front where a concrete wall can be built to hold the seasonal waters. This catchment can hold above 200 million cubic litres of water. Enough to power farms that can feed the whole nation.

http://i.imgur.com/J0Fc0dI.jpg
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[AwRastaale]

How much does 4 acres cost around Xunboweyne or Jaleelo?

I think my family has a farm land there but it never got cultivated. I have to inquire.

If they tell me it's there, then I have to start experimenting with it.

I know the area has enough water both underground and water heading to the ocean.