This water collection process was repeated when women returned from farming in the late afternoon. In the home, drinking water was stored in clay pots that sweated and actually kept the water cool. Bath water was put in a bucket from which it was splashed on the body. On cold mornings it might be heated over the fire before bathing. The bathhouse was a tiny mud brick structure built into the compound, with walls about four to five feet tall and no roof.
Women keep a large container of water for cooking and cleaning dishes.
However, rather than carry enough water to wash cloths at the house many women carried dirty cloths to the bore hole and did their wash there. After the bore holes were dug and pumps installed, men with the bore hole project trained the village blacksmith to maintain the pumps. Being mechanically inclined, he seemed a logical choice. Using a traditional forge outside his compound he made hoes, guns, and almost any other metal item one could want. He did not, however, collect water for his household, and therefore, he did not go to the bore hole unless someone told him one needed to be fixed.