This brief discusses how understanding rainfall variability can provide lessons for managing dams in drylands to improve water security for energy, agriculture, environmental and human needs.
Kenya
REACH Global Strategy 2020-2024
REACH’s global research and impact strategy recognises our progress to date, and provides a roadmap for improving water security for 10 million people by 2024.
From data to decisions: Water quality monitoring programs in sub-Saharan Africa
This study describes and assesses the formal and informal systems used by institutions with regulatory requirements for testing drinking water quality in six sub-Saharan African countries to organize, analyze, and transmit information about drinking water quality.
From data to decisions: Water quality monitoring programs in Kenya
This study describes and assesses the formal and informal systems used by institutions with regulatory requirements for testing drinking water quality in six sub-Saharan African countries to organize, analyze, and transmit information about drinking water quality.
Hydrogeochemistry of a strategic alluvial aquifer system in a semi-arid setting and its implications for potable urban water supply: The Lodwar Alluvial Aquifer System (LAAS)
This study examined the hydrochemistry of the Lodwar Alluvial Aquifer System (Kenya) and its implications for drinking water supply.
Water availability analysis of multiple source groundwater supply systems in water stressed urban centers: case of Lodwar municipality, Kenya
This research examines water delivery challenges for water utilities in fragile environment in Kenya, through a systematic analysis of availability from each supply sub-components from source to consumer.
Book chapter: Rural Water Policy in Africa and Asia
In this book chapter, the authors argue for an increase in investments in designing and testing emerging institutional models for rural water services to evaluate the trade‐offs in performance across institutional, financial and operational dimensions.
Including water quality monitoring in rural water services: why safe water requires challenging the quantity versus quality dichotomy
This study uses dilemma analysis, drawing on an institutional experiment engaging 76 stakeholders to identify and characterise the multiple dilemmas faced in including water quality monitoring in rural water services.
Dimensions of water insecurity in pastoralist households in Kenya
Pastoralist communities in Northern Kenya face increasing water security risks attributable to disruptions in their socio-ecological environments. This study provides empirical evidence on factors behind water security and identifies factors that enhance resilience for vulnerable pastoralist communities in Samburu County.
Rethinking the economics of rural water in Africa
Rural Africa lags behind global progress to provide safe drinking water to everyone. This paper explores why rural water is different for communities, schools, and healthcare facilities across characteristics of scale, institutions, demand, and finance.
