Boreholes Kenya - Rural Focus

The dataset covers the Counties of Turkana and Marsabit in northern Kenya. It includes borehole records with some geological and water quality measurements. It is part of the project "HYDROGEOLOGICAL MAPPING OF TURKANA and MARSABIT AQUIFERS" that was carried out by Rural Focus and SWAS WATER SURVEYS. A significant portion of the data that was required for these datasets was collected from various organizations including Oxfam, the Catholic Diocese of Lodwar, JICA, and the WRA of Kenya. The dataset has undergone improvements in accuracy and consistency while being normalized to align with UNESCO's groundwater data collection template.

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Resource type Spatial data set
Date of creation 2024-11-15
Date of last revision 2024-11-20
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Metadata identifier Boreholes-Kenya---Rural-Focus
Metadata language English
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"{\"type\": \"Polygon\", \"coordinates\": [[[33.9, 1.5], [37.9, 1.5], [37.9, 5.5], [33.9, 5.5], [33.9, 1.5]]]}"
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Four separate datasets were extracted from the Rural Focus hard copy report titled "Hydrogeological Mapping of Turkana & Marsabit Aquifers." Two datasets contained water quality data for selected wells, while the other two focused on aquifer information. These datasets were merged by county into two CSV files, which were then used to create a unified SHP file combining all the information covering both counties.
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Purpose Water resources management
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Version 1.0
Dataset validity 2024-11-15
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Name of the dataset creator IHP-WINS Nairobi Admin
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Email of the dataset creator ihp-wins.admin.nairobi@unesco.org
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Email of the dataset maintainer ihp-wins.admin.nairobi@unesco.org
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