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Groundwater exploitation has considerable potential for boosting water supplies in Kenya but its use is limited by poor water quality, overexploitation, saline intrusion along the coastal areas, and inadequate knowledge of the occurrence of the resource.
A water committee is elected to guide the well building process. Many materials such as stones need to be hauled to the site. Geological surveys show if there is a good site. The hole is drilled and once water is hit a pump is installed and cement cap put in place. [6] This allows people in Kenya to have a safe, accessible water source. [7]
The anticipated water shortage is a potential problem for the future. For example, the damming of the Omo river by the Gilgel Gibe III Dam together with the plan to use 30% to 50% of the water for sugar plantations will create significant environmental problems. Up to 50% of Lake Turkana's water capacity will be lost.
The World Bank began financing the Kenya Forest Service’s Natural Resources Management Project in 2007. It promised to cover $68.5 million of the project’s $78 million budget in an effort to help the KFS “improve the livelihoods of communities participating in the co-management of water and forests.”
Water supply and sanitation in Nairobi is characterised by achievements and challenges. Among the achievements is the expansion of infrastructure to keep pace with population growth, in particular through the construction of the Thika Dam and associated water treatment plant and pipelines during the 1990s; the transformation of the municipal water department into an autonomous utility in 2003 ...
NAIROBI (Reuters) -Riot police fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse thousands of demonstrators in Nairobi on Thursday as coordinated marches took place across Kenya against government ...
A three-year drought has led to extensive violence over limited water resources, worsened by the lack of effective government and central planning. [12] [13] 2005: Kenya: Police were sent to the northwestern part of Kenya to control a major violent dispute between Kikuyu and Maasai groups over water. More than 20 people were killed in fighting ...
The amount of water these sources can provide to Mombasa is less than what the county needs to supply its growing population of people, offices and industries. As of December 2018, the daily freshwater needed was 200,000 cubic meters (200,000,000 L), but prevailing sources could only supply 42,000 cubic meters (42,000,000 L).