Nov 14
Ikomenie - school water project
The Ikomenie water project was formulated as a result of a successful Sanitation project implemented in two primary schools in Mbeere, Embu County (Mutugu Primary School and Ikomenie Primary school) . The project was funded by NAK- Karitativ and implemented by Kujenga Maisha East Africa in collaboration with the community, Kengen, and the County governemnt.
The project was designed to construct an eight kilometere water line from Gitaru dam to Ikomenie Primary school and the installation of a water pump near the dam that would help in pumping the water to the school. The community at Ikomeniea and its enviros has always faced acute water shortage yet they have sevearla hydroelectricity generating dams in their neighbouhood. The project was aimed at alleviating the acute scarcity of water for drinking and sanitation purposes as well as allow full utilization of the sanitation facilities constructed and the existing ones. The project also had a provision for a water Kiosk which would be used to sell surplus water to the coummnity around.
The Ikomenie Primary school has a popuation of of 415 pupils who together with their immediated families and the sorrounding homested form the 2000 beneficiaries targeted.
The approach for this project is to draw water from the Gitaru Dam using a wtaer pump Ground –Force CR5-16 2.2 KW 3HP to a distance of 300m peakpoint and then have the water is transmitted for 8 Km to the school by gravity. The water is conventionally treated through qaugulation, sedimentation, filatrtation and disinfection.
The system has been able to purify 1000 litres output per hour which from the constructed storgae amounts to 24,000 litres per day. This is sufficient for the school and the community around the school.
