Tue, 03 May
|Bocharia
Training Course Low Cost Water Technologies for Self-supply and Households
A practical training on construction of improved or new (proven) low-cost technologies for wells, hand and solar pumps for water supply and household water filters that are affordable for families.


Time & Location
03 May 2022, 09:00 EAT – 20 May 2022, 18:00 EAT
Bocharia, 7WFF+PMC, Bocharia, Kenya
About the Event
Location
Aqua Clara WASH Campus, 25 km east of Kisii, Kenya. https://www.aquaclarakenya.com/
Dates
Training course 1 - Tuesday 3 to Friday 14 May Main Training
Training course 2 - Monday 16 to Thursday 19 May. Extra Week EMAS Drilling
Demonstration day: Friday 20 May 14 – 17.30 PM
Target Group: Training course 1 and 2: Well drillers, welders, masons, entrepreneurs
Demonstration day: WASH program officers of NGOs, governments officers and other interested in water related SDGs like poverty, food security and employment.
Fees
Training course 1 - 400 US$ or equal in Ksh. Training course 2 - 100 US$ or equal in Ksh
Demonstration day - Free Admission
More info
www.smartcentregroup.com / jouko@aquaclarakenya.com
Jeremiah Ouko - +254 712 709 592
Context
Recently a Worldbank blog mentioned the study "The rising tide" indicating that women and girls in Sub Saharan Africa spend 40 billion hours per year on collecting water. https://blogs.worldbank.org/water/women-and-jobs-water. One option to reduce the time to collect water is having a well at or near the household. There are affordable water technologies for small communities and households, for example, EMAS technologies. In Bolivia over 70.000 household wells of 20 to 50 m deep were drilled commercially at a cost of $200 to $500 (including pump). Other low-cost well drilling options are SHIPO (rotary) jetting, and Mzuzu drill. Low-cost pumps include EMAS, rope and ZL small solar pumps. Rainwater storage options include the EMAS underground and wire brick cement tanks. Options for groundwater recharge at the household level include Tube recharge. For water treatment, there is a range of household water filters and for sanitation there are Satopans.
Low-cost water and sanitation technologies are often fit for so-called Self-supply so families fund part or 100% of their own water supply. The recently published book “Self-Supply”[1] indicates that over 1 billion people worldwide have Self-supply and an estimated 80% of all Self-supply systems are wells. Scaling up water at the household level has much potential to help in reaching Sustainable Development Goals for water, poverty and food.
The training in low-cost technologies includes the demonstration of a range of improved or new (proven) affordable technologies for wells, hand and solar pumps and household water filters that are affordable for families. The course is hosted by the organization Aqua Clara in Kisii with support and trainers from the EMAS foundation and the SMART Centre Group who have long term experience in Self-supply including Mr Wolfgang Buchner and Jaime Perez of (EMAS), and Mr Henk Holtslag (SMART Centre Group). Corona related measures will be taken into account.
Training on these low-cost water technologies was held in Malawi in 2021, see also https://smartcentregroup.com/
[1] Buy or download from; https://practicalactionpublishing.com/book/2530/self-supply
WORKSHOP FEES AND BANK DETAILS
Fees
The fees for the training have to be paid before April 25, 2022
For payment in Kenya shillings, bank details are:
Name of Account Holder: Aqua Clara Kenya
Account Holder Address: P.O BOX 26423-00504, Nairobi, Kenya
Account number: 01136122696301
Currency: Kenya shillings
Bank : Cooperative Bank Of Kenya Ltd
Bank Address: Cooperative House, Haile Selassie Avenue, P.O Box 48231-00100, Nairobi
Branch: Cooperative House Branch
Branch Address: Cooperative House, Haile Selassie Avenue, Nairobi,
Swift code: KCOOKENA
For payment in US dollars, bank details are:
Name of Account Holder: Aqua Clara Kenya
Account Holder Address: P.O BOX 26423-00504, Nairobi, Kenya
Account number: 02120845505000
Currency: US Dollars
Bank : Cooperative Bank Of Kenya Ltd
Bank Address: Cooperative House, Haile Selassie Avenue, P.O Box 48231-00100, Nairobi
Branch: Cooperative House Branch
Branch Address: Cooperative House, Haile Selassie Avenue, Nairobi,
Swift code: KCOOKENA
For information on ACK see website: https://www.aquaclarakenya.com
For information on the course you can contact
Jeremiah Ouko
Tel: +254 712 709 592
Mail: jouko@aquaclarakenya.com
or
Henk Holtslag Tel; +31642559870
Mail; henkholtslag49@gmail.com
Schedule
248 hoursTraining Course 1
Aqua Clara Kenya WASH Campus
104 hoursTraining Course 2
Aqua Clara Kenya WASH Campus