Weis Engineering Ltd is one of the professional water borehole drilling companies in Uganda that brings a combination of hydro geologists, geologists, drilling engineers and technicians, water engineers to mention
We have worked on a number of drilling projects including;
- Community water supply system,
- Irrigation water supply,
- Industrial use
- Domestic use, to mention
We have worked in different regions of the country including the central, Eastern, Western, and Northern gaining more experience in handling different soil formations, and different rock types.
Listed below is some of our selected drilled water boreholes
Table Of Contents
- Borehole drilling in Bugiri
- Borehole drilling in Kapeeka
- Borehole drilling in Nakapiripit
- Borehole drilling in Lwengo
- Borehole drilling in Jinja
- Borehole drilling in Wakiso
- Borehole drilling in Yumbe
- Borehole drilling in Kasanda
- Borehole drilling in Mubende
- Borehole drilling in Kapeeka
- Borehole drilling in Pallisa
- Borehole drilling in Yumbe II
- Borehole drilling in Serere
- Borehole drilling supervision in Ibanda 1
- Borehole drilling supervision in Ibanda 2
- Borehole drilling supervision in Ibanda 3
- Borehole drilling supervision in Ibanda 4
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Borehole drilling in Bugiri
Borehole details
Activity | Hydrogeological survey | Drilling and siting | Pump testing | Pumping system Installation(Hybrid) |
Contractor | Weis Engineering | Weis Engineering | Weis Engineering | On going |
Borehole details | Recommended drilling depth= up to 75 meters | 75 meters, open hole casing | Three step tests 1.5m3/hr, 2.5m3/hr and 4.5m3/hr each one hour Constant pumping for 24hrs at 4m3/hr Recovery 96.1% in 1 hr |
Borehole purpose
Some field photos
Short video
Borehole drilling in Kapeeka
Borehole details
Activity | Hydrogeological survey | Drilling and siting | Pump testing | Pumping system Installation(Hybrid) |
Contractor | Weis Engineering | Weis Engineering | Weis Engineering | On going |
Borehole details | Recommended drilling depth= up to 70 meters | 45 meters, closed hole casing | Three step tests 7.5m3/hr, and 15m3/hr each one hour Constant pumping for 24hrs at 10m3/hr Recovery 94.17% in 1 hr |
Borehole purpose
- Community water supply (School, hospital and general community)
Some field photos
Short video
Borehole drilling in Nakapiripit
Borehole details
Activity | Drilling and siting | Pumptesting | Pump Installation | |
Contractor | other | Weis Engineering | Weis Engineering | |
Borehole details | Recommended drilling depth= up to 70 meters | 100 meters, open hole casing | Three step tests 0.3m3/hr, 0.6m3/hr and 1.0m3/hr each one hour Constant pumping for 12hrs at 0.5m3/hr Recovery 96.1% in 1 hr |
Borehole purpose
- Provide water for community and basic industrial use
Some field photos
Short videos
Borehole drilling in Lwengo
Borehole details
Activity | Hydrogeological survey | Drilling and siting | Pumptesting | Pump Installation |
Contractor | Weis Engineering | Weis Engineering | Weis Engineering | Weis Engineering |
Borehole details | Expected yield = 2m3/hr, Expected drilling depth= up to 100 meters | 100 meters, full casing | Two Step tests 1.5m3/hr, 2.5m3/hr, and 4 m3/hr each one hour Constant pumping for 72hrs at 2.0m3/hr Recovery 99% in 1 hr | Hybrid (Uses both AC and DC, Multi-led digital pump inverter with remotely controlled function |
Borehole purpose
- Provide water for community (Institute)
Some field photos
Short video
Borehole drilling in Jinja
Borehole details
Activity | Hydrogeological survey | Drilling and siting | Pumptesting | Pump Installation |
Contractor | Weis Engineering | Weis Engineering | Weis Engineering | |
Borehole details | Expected yield = 1m3/hr, Expected drilling depth= up to 70 meters | 60 meters, open hole casing | Two Step tests 1.1m3/hr for 1 hr, and 2.1m3/hr for 40 minutes) Constant pumping for 24hrs at 1.3m3/hr Recovery 96.1% in 1 hr |
Borehole purpose
- Provide water for domestic and basic irrigation
Some field photos
Borehole flushing demo videos
Borehole drilling in Wakiso
Borehole details
Activity | Hydrogeological survey | Drilling and siting | Pumptesting | Pump Installation |
Contractor | Weis Engineering | Weis Engineering | Weis Engineering | |
Borehole details | Expected yield = 3m3/hr, Expected drilling depth= up to 85 meters | 70 meters, Full bottom casing to 65 meters | Four step tests 1.5, 3m3/hr for 1hr and 4.3m3/hr for 3 mins. Constant pumping for 24hrs at 2.5m3/hr Recovery 98% in 55mins. |
Borehole purpose
- Provide water for school the community
Some field photos
Borehole drilling in Yumbe
Borehole details
Activity | Hydrogeological survey | Drilling and siting | Pumptesting | Pump Installation |
Contractor | Weis Engineering | Weis Engineering | Weis Engineering | |
Borehole details | Expected yield = 2m3/hr, Expected drilling depth= up to 80 meters | 70 meters, open hole casing | Step tests = 2 each 1.0hrs (1.53, & 2.04m3/hr) Constant pumping for 24hrs at 1.2m3/hr Recovery 98% in 1 hr |
Borehole purpose
- Provide water for Moslem community – prayers, school and the community
Some field photos
Borehole drilling in Kasanda
Borehole details
Activity | Hydrogeological survey | Drilling and siting | Pumptesting | Pump Installation |
Contractor | Weis Engineering | Weis Engineering | Weis Engineering | |
Borehole details | Expected yield = 3m3/hr, Expected drilling depth= up to 120 meters | 70 meters, Full bottom casing | Step tests = 5 each 1.5hrs (1.5, 2.5.3.5, 4.5 &5.5m3/hr) Constant pumping for 24hrs at 4.5m3/hr Recovery 91% in 1 hr |
Borehole purpose
- Basic industrial use
- Basic irrigation water
- Domestic use
Some field photos
Borehole drilling in Mubende
Borehole details
Activity | Hydrogeological survey | Drilling and siting | Pumptesting | Pump Installation |
Contractor | Weis Engineering | Weis Engineering | Weis Engineering | Weis Engineering |
Borehole details | Expected yield = 3m3/hr, Expected drilling depth= up to 120 meters | 77 meters, Open hole casing | Step tests = 3 each 1.5hrs (2.5, 4.5, &6.5m3/hr) Constant pumping for 72hrs at 3.3m3/hr Recovery 99% in 1 hr | Grundfos SQfelx |
Borehole purpose
- Irrigation water for 2.2 acres
Some field photos
Borehole drilling in Kapeeka
Borehole details
Activity | Hydrogeological survey | Drilling and siting | Pumptesting | Pump Installation |
Contractor | Weis Engineering | Weis Engineering | on hold | on hold |
Borehole details | Expected yield = 2m3/hr, Expected drilling depth= up to 85 meters | 70 meters, full bottom casing | on hold | on hold |
Borehole purpose
- 2 acres irrigation
- Livestock
- Domestic use
Some field photos
Borehole drilling in Pallisa
Borehole details
Activity | Hydrogeological survey | Drilling and siting | Pumptesting | Pump Installation |
Contractor | Weis Engineering | Weis Engineering | Weis Engineering | pending |
Borehole details | Expected yield = 3.5m3/hr, Expected drilling depth= up to 75 meters | 75 meters,open hole | 7.2m3/hr | pending |
Borehole purpose
- Domestic use
- Livestock
- Irrigation
Some field photos
Demo video – Borehole flushing
Borehole drilling in Yumbe II
Borehole details
Activity | Hydrogeological survey | Drilling and siting | Pumptesting | Pump Installation |
Contractor | Weis Engineering | Weis Engineering | Weis Engineering | pending |
Borehole details | Expected yield = 1.5m3/hr, Expected drilling depth= up to 65 meters | 65 meters,open hole | 1.2m3/hr | pending |
Borehole purpose
- Community water use
Some field photos
Borehole drilling in Serere
Borehole purpose
- Domestic use and irrigation
Borehole details
Activity | Hydrogeological survey | Drilling and siting | Pumptesting | Pump Installation |
Contractor | Weis Engineering | Weis Engineering | Weis Engineering | Weis Engineering |
Borehole details | Expected yield = 4m3/hr, Expected drilling depth= up to 70 meters | 50 meters, Full casing | 6.8m3/hr | Ongoing(Solar powered) |