Eric Fewster

A recent report from the RWSN platform describes how what began with the training of companies and NGOs active in the DRC in manual rotary / jetting drilling techniques, has enabled, in ten years, more than 650,000 people to have improved access to water in the country. BushProof organized the first training sessions on manual …

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Since going online on 18th April, the BushProof document Care homes strategy for Infection Prevention & Control of Covid-19 based on clear delineation of risk zones has been widely cited and discussed, and has influenced how infection prevention is being advocated and carried out in the UK. So far it made it into the following …

BushProof Care Homes Strategy for Infection Prevention & Control of COVID-19 in care homes cited by WHO & British Geriatric Society Read More »

This is a holding page for the document Care homes strategy for Infection Prevention & Control of Covid-19 based on clear delineation of risk zones. This strategy builds upon current UK government guidance, but in addition it Expands the concept of infection prevention by clear delineation of risk zones for the entire building (rather than …

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BushProof has decided not to hold the Technical Training in Water Infrastructure in Madagascar any longer, rather we want to try to promote on-site training where it is required. This is to make it more efficient in terms of carbon emissions and our environmental impact, while bringing cost down per participant and being able to …

Training in Water Infrastructure now run as on-site session Read More »

We have just completed the construction of a drilled water well, a small raised water storage (2.5 m3) and installation of an efficient solar pumping system intended to supply water (3 m3/day) to a hospital in the commune of Anivorano-Est, in the East of Madagascar. We very regularly build this kind of small-scale system for …

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In light of the global climate emergency, BushProof is now taking the lead in being responsible for the carbon emissions produced by its activities. It is doing this through calculating the emissions produced, and balancing the carbon through a tree planting initiative in the UK run by Forest Carbon and certified by the Woodland Code. …

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We have just started to operate our new PAT drill 421 drilling rig. We now own four rigs, allowing us to drill in rotary and down-the-hole hammer up to 200 m deep, and in a maximum diameter of 12’’.

BushProof has just started the construction of a groundwater drainage gallery in a shallow valley filled with low permeability sediments. The installation of the 20 metre long drain will help to convey groundwater in a more efficient way to a 10 metre deep abstraction well built on the side. The system will supply water to …

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