A term from your borehole quote, explained plainly.
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Kenya's borehole guide
WRA (Water Resources Authority)
A term from your borehole quote, explained plainly.
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WRA (Water Resources Authority)
The Water Resources Authority is the Kenyan body that regulates groundwater. It issues the permit that makes drilling a borehole legal, and it requires a hydrogeological survey report before it will consider an application.
Why it matters
Groundwater in Kenya is a public resource, not something that simply comes with the land, which is why abstracting it needs authorisation. Ask any contractor for their current WRA licence number and verify it. Get the permit issued in your name as the landowner rather than the driller's, so the authorisation stays with the land if the relationship ends.
Why Proboreholedrillers
One team from the survey to the first glass of water
A borehole is five jobs bundled into one: the survey that finds the water, the permits that make it legal, the drilling, the test that proves the yield, and the pump. We run all five for you, with licensed rigs and a quote broken down line by line, so you know exactly what you are paying for before anyone starts.
- ✦ Survey first, so you drill where the water is
- ✦ WRA and NEMA permits handled for you
- ✦ A quote itemised at real market rates
Do you need a borehole drilled?
Tell us where the plot is and what the water is for. We will handle the survey, the permits and the drilling, and come back to you with the likely depth and what it will cost. Countrywide, all 47 counties.
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The survey, the WRA permit and the NEMA licence, in the order they actually happen.
View Permits →The step that decides whether your borehole finds water, and the report the Water Resources Authority will ask for.
View Survey →Your own water supply, drilled by licensed contractors. Find out what your site needs and what it will take.
View Home →The words your quote and your permit use, without the jargon.
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