New technology to supply piped water to residents – Kenya News AgencyResidents in the rural areas of Turkana County are set to benefit from a ...
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Residents in the rural areas of Turkana County are set to benefit from a new technology, that will enable them access piped water, that is safe and clean from boreholes, equipped with hand pumps.
The project has been made possible through partnership between the County Government and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
The technology described as “elevated hand pump” works by raising the normal hand pump by three to four meters above the ground, fitting it with a reservoir tank, and connecting homesteads and communal water points, to a pipeline through which water is supplied by gravity.
Prior to the technology, piped water was only possible from boreholes equipped with solar energy or connected to electric power.
JICAs’ team Leader in Turkana, Fumiaki Murakami, said the technology provides the residents with clean and safe water, without necessarily having to walk long distances or using energy to pump water.
“We have already installed the “elevated hand pump” technology at Kawarnaparan Primary School and Nakitoeakwaan village near Kakuma,” JICA’s Murakami said.
https://www.kenyanews.go.ke/new-technology-to-supply-piped-water-to-residents/
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