The WATEX™ System is a key tool for the implementation of Clusters of Prosperity.
CONTEXT
Kadinyangole is part of the Lolupe community (3,000 persons). It is a community of 1,800 people and their cattle, located 7 km away from Lodwar. 75% of the boreholes in the area have highly saline water, with a dangerous concentration of Fluoride and Arsenic.
The people of Kadinyangole are pastoralists: they have developed a symbiotic relationship with their cattle. Unfortunately, as surface water is regressing due to repetitive droughts, this pastoralist community is intensely suffering as they see their beloved cattle die of thirst.
METHOD
RTI, via the Gachet Family Holding, deployed the WATEX™ System to identify optimal location to build a Cluster of Prosperity (COP), in terms of local water needs, soil suitability and potential for consistent fresh groundwater outflow, avoiding areas of extreme salinity, preponderant in this region of Kenya.
Using this method RTI identified Kadinyangole as an ideal location to build the first Cluster of Prosperity of the region.
The
Cluster of Prosperity is a decentralized water supply layout. The elementary cluster unit is composed of a solar powered well feeding water tower, communal taps, animal troughs and central pilot farm with top-tier irrigation system.