Outlawed & Shirtliff has commenced the installation of a variety of solar-powered water pumps in rural Kenya to attach poor households with reliable water supply.
The low-powered solar pumps dubbed, Dayliff Sunflo, are available complete kits that embody the PV modules, pump and all accessories for a complete installation. Power requirements for these pumps are as little as 150W.
Davis & Shirtliff Chairman, Mr. Alec Davis said water entry challenges have been compounded by an over-supply of expensive diesel and electrical powered generators and pumps that remain out of attain for the agricultural population.
“These installations are expensive to buy, run and preserve and usually are not viable for poorer rural requirements,” said Mr. Davis.
Rural households with ability to afford a water pumping system however lack entry to residence electricity depend on traditional hand pumps given the absence of appropriate alternatives.
UNICEF and the World Health Organization by way of a 2017 Joint monitoring Programme on water and sanitation reported 40 per cent of the country’s households lack access to water.
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It means shut to twenty million Kenyans living mainly in rural areas and the urban slums still depend on unimproved water sources, similar to ponds, shallow wells and rivers.
“With the extraordinary improvement of photo voltaic technology over the past decade by means of both price discount and technology a significantly better different is now obtainable – photo voltaic powered pumping techniques,” stated Mr. Davis.
“Benefits of this new solution are large with capital costs of the pumps being decrease than conventional hand pumps and providing totally cost and maintenance free operation – systems simply start with the sun and pump all day,” mentioned Mr. Davis.
The normal vary photo voltaic pumps provide outputs from 1 to 12 m3 per day at heads up to 70 metres with other options being obtainable. However, for virtually all of hand pump installations decrease heads are extra frequent.
Dayliff has also designed a particular tank and tower answer with capacities of up to 3000 litres that are very cost effective, mild and simple to install with the choice of the PV modules mounted on the tower for smaller installations.
“These Dayliff water provide solutions are actually game changing in so many ways and will completely rework lives providing a lot greater reliable water availability for rural communities,” added Mr. Davis.
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