Davis & Shirtliff has commenced the set up of a spread of solar-powered water pumps in rural Kenya to connect poor households with reliable water supply.
The low-powered solar pumps dubbed, Dayliff Sunflo, are out there in full kits that include the PV modules, pump and all equipment for a whole installation. Power requirements for these pumps are as little as 150W.
Davis & Shirtliff Chairman, Mr. Alec Davis said water access challenges have been compounded by an over-supply of pricey diesel and electric powered generators and pumps that remain out of reach for the agricultural population.
“These installations are costly to purchase, run and maintain and are not viable for poorer rural necessities,” said Mr. Davis.
Rural households with capability to afford a water pumping system however lack entry to home electrical energy rely on conventional hand pumps given the absence of suitable alternatives.
weksler ea14 and the World Health Organization via a 2017 Joint monitoring Programme on water and sanitation reported 40 per cent of the country’s households lack entry to water.
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It means close to twenty million Kenyans dwelling mainly in rural areas and the urban slums still rely on unimproved water sources, corresponding to ponds, shallow wells and rivers.
“With the extraordinary improvement of photo voltaic expertise over the previous decade by method of both price discount and expertise a a lot better alternative is now obtainable – solar powered pumping methods,” said Mr. Davis.
“Benefits of this new answer are huge with capital costs of the pumps being lower than conventional hand pumps and offering totally cost and maintenance free operation – methods merely begin with the sun and pump all day,” said Mr. Davis.
The normal vary solar pumps present outputs from 1 to 12 m3 per day at heads up to 70 metres with different choices being available. However, for virtually all of hand pump installations decrease heads are more common.
Dayliff has additionally designed a particular tank and tower solution with capacities of up to 3000 litres which are very value effective, gentle and easy to install with the choice of the PV modules mounted on the tower for smaller installations.
“These Dayliff water supply solutions are certainly recreation altering in so many ways and can completely remodel lives providing much larger reliable water availability for rural communities,” added Mr. Davis.
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