Water supply in a tourist destination Mtwapa
Mtwapa is one of the coastal region's property markets and home to a large number of European retirees and holiday-makers, who have built homes in the vicinity. The town has relatively high population and therefore the demand for affordable drinking water is inevitable.
The residents depend on shallow wells that are saline and contaminated making them unfit for human consumption. Mtwapa Waterkiosk is delivering 20,000 liters of clean hygiene drinking water per day from a shallow well. 9.8kW of solar array is powering the entire system and its operation
Key Facts
Technology transfer
Solar-PV powered reverse osmosis water treatment plant for the production of clean drinking water
Status
commissioned in January 2021
Country, region
Kenya, Kilifi County
Impact achieved
Access to drinking water at affordable rate to the public
