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HNCO step-by-step. ### GIVE CLEAN WATER One TimeRecurring £25£50£100£150£1800 or choose a custom amount £ ADD DONATION Live community appeal ### Solar Pump #18 in progress £805 raised of £1800 45% funded · £995 to go 41 donors have contributed so far Jazak Allahu Khairan to our recent donors 🤲 Salman N., SARA H., Maria M., Aneesa T., Sajida N. Thank you for your continued support — may Allah accept it. Contribute to Solar Pump #18 You've donated £150 for a water well — what actually arrives in your inbox, and when? This guide walks through the post-donation verification journey week by week: plaque confirmation, drilling, installation, independent lab testing and the final completion pack with photos, video, certificate and GPS. This page is specifically about what happens after your payment clears. For the upstream payment → matching → build allocation flow, see [how the payment-to-build process works](/water/how-water-pump-donations-work). ## What do you receive after donating a water well in the UK? Every HNCO donor receives the same verification pack — no upsell tiers, no extra fees. Within 2–3 weeks of your donation you receive: - A plaque confirmation email with your exact dedication wording for sign-off. - 4 short progress videos filmed at each construction stage — see [progress videos: watch your well being built](/water/progress-videos-watch-well-built). - 20–30 high-resolution date-stamped photos. - Independent water-quality lab certificate (bacteria, pH, chemical contaminants). - PDF completion certificate, GPS coordinates and village/district/province report — full breakdown in our [water pump completion reports](/water/water-pump-completion-reports) guide. ## Step 1 — Your plaque dedication is confirmed Within minutes of donating you receive a project ID and a short form asking how you'd like your stainless-steel plaque engraved — your own name, a loved one's name, an anonymous dedication such as 'For the Sake of Allah', or a family/group inscription. The wording is sent back to you for written sign-off before anything is laser-engraved, so there's no risk of a typo on a 20-year piece of infrastructure. ## Step 2 — Site selection and drilling begins (week 1–2) The Pakistan field team selects a village using objective water-scarcity criteria: distance to the nearest functioning source, prevalence of waterborne disease, and willingness of the community to maintain the well. A field officer films a short site-survey video (Video 1) before the rig is mobilised. The well is then drilled to 60–100 ft depending on the local water table, with PVC casing inserted and gravel-packed — captured in Video 2. ## Step 3 — Installation and plaque mounting (week 2–3) The India Mark II hand pump (the UNICEF/WHO-standard pump) is assembled and lowered into the borehole. A concrete platform is poured around the base to prevent mud erosion and contamination. Your laser-engraved stainless-steel plaque is mounted with permanent bolts and a protective coating, then unveiled — usually with village elders present. Videos 3 and 4 document the installation and plaque moment. ## Step 4 — Independent water quality testing Before the well is signed off, a sample is sent to an independent lab for testing against WHO drinking-water parameters: faecal coliforms, total coliforms, pH, turbidity, arsenic, nitrate and other chemical contaminants. You receive the lab certificate by name — not a generic 'safe water' claim. If the sample fails, the well is remediated before sign-off. ## Step 5 — Your completion pack arrives (photos, video, certificate, GPS) A few days after the lab certificate clears, your full completion pack lands in your inbox: the 4 progress videos, 20–30 high-resolution photos, the independent water-quality certificate, your printable PDF completion certificate, and the GPS coordinates plus village/district/province location report. From this point your Sadaqah Jariyah is live — every drop drawn is recorded for you, or for the loved one named on the plaque. ## Why does proof matter when donating a water well? Donating to a charity 4,000 miles away requires trust — and the only honest substitute for trust is evidence. Video proof of distinct construction stages can't be faked the way a single completion photo can, and a named independent lab report can't be reused across donors the way stock imagery often is. If you want to sense-check any UK water charity (including us) against a verification checklist, read [is a water well donation legitimate?](/water/water-well-donation-legitimate) before you give. ## What if there is a problem with my well? HNCO operates a 3-year maintenance guarantee: if anything mechanical fails in the first 3 years, the field team returns at no additional cost to fix it. The India Mark II is specifically chosen because every part is repairable in-country with locally-available components — no spare-parts dependency on the UK. After 3 years, the trained village maintenance committee handles upkeep. 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