Southeast of Stuttgart and not too far from in2aqua’s headquarters, this “Roman bath” is the most important known architectural monument from the Roman past of Rottweil. When the municipal cemetary was being extended in 1967, this Roman bathing complex measuring 45×42 meters was discovered, and it was opened to the public in 1971.

The Roman bath is one of the most important complexes of its kind in Baden-Württemberg and was probably built circa 110/120 AD under Emperor Trajan who is remembered as a successful soldier-emperor and led the greatest military expansion in Roman history. He is also known for his philanthropic rule, overseeing extensive public building programs and implementing social welfare policies, which earned him his enduring reputation as the second of the Five Good Emperors who presided over an era of peace and prosperity in the Mediterranean world.

Here’s a photo that was taken in the Apac district when the well building team leader was there during his last visit.  As you can see, it’s a truck-mounted drill rig that is made by a company called Atlas Corp.

It is capable of drilling wells anywhere from 30m to 150m in depth. In the case of in2aqua’s first well in Uganda, the project used a hand-pump and dug 51m deep.  It was one of the deepest digs of this sort yet.

Most hand-pump wells are between 40-50m deep.  Fortunately, the water table in the Apac district is such that there seems to be plenty of water around at this depth.  The big challenge in Apac is the clay-rich nature of the soil; this results in mud-pumps having to be used more often than not to ensure the optimum drilling depth is reached.

in2aqua is happy to report it has completed its second Well in Africa and its first in Uganda.  Previous to installation, the Odyek Pe villagers had to walk approximately 1 km to an unprotected water source.  On average, most families spent about sixty minutes per day collecting water.  With this nearly 51 meters deep well, the 312 Abongomola sub county inhabitants now have access to fresh water within their own village.

in2aqua is proud to have been part of this wonderful project and our thanks go out to entire team that helped design and install this Well.  It goes without saying, in2aqua wishes the Odyek Pe village much health and happiness.  To learn more about our Well building endeavors, please visit in2aqua Build a Well

The Long Well Walk would like to sincerely thank in2aqua for making this project happen. The rainwater harvesting system will provide the life saving resource of clean, safe water to the 62 children at Namnyaki Massai School. This would not be possible with your kind support, thank you.

Best,

Patrick Brown

Director

Greetings from  Namnyaki Maasai school, first let me thank in2aqua for all the wonderful, tremendous and sacrificial work you are doing, your willingness to work with the Naserian Project and the financial help you have extended to the community is so appreciated.

This project is really a life changing venture and it is going to cause a considerable developmental impact as far as health and sanitation of our pupils and school community is concerned.

-Alais Esoto (Naserian Project Coordinator)