EWB – International Kenya

Meeting Time

Wednesday 7pm

Project Description

Currently the infrastructure for water collection is a water pan that the locals have dug. This system dries up seasonally, so it is not an effective primary water source throughout the year. Recently, the local government has completed a water pipe system, but it is very unreliable and is not directed to the school which is an important, central part of the community. During the dry season, the community uses surface tanks which are extremely unsanitary and are not in close proximity to the community. This means that children have to travel to get water which interferes with their education, and farmers have difficulty finding sufficient water to keep their crops and livestock alive.

The proposed solution that our team is planning to achieve is designing and implementing a sustainable rainwater catchment system for the community of Naki. We are planning to implement 2 10,000 liter tanks on each side of the dining hall and we plan to have a gutter system running on top of the roof and a basic filtering system that will catch any large debris before traveling into the tanks. Because we want this project to be as low maintenance and easy for the community to take care of and utilize we will have a system that will make the cleaning of the filters and collecting the water easily. In the fall 2021 semester our team was able to design a system and have an estimated cost. The next steps that we hope to achieve by the end of the semster is to finish leftover paperwork and finalize the financial budget and begin virtual implementation since we cannot travel to Kenya as of now.