Water & sanitation
Seje | Kenya

Water Development

Water Development - Seje - Kenya
In progress
Project Status
In progress

One of the greatest health concerns of Seje community is the lack of treated drinking water; many community members have suffered unnecessarily from water borne ailments. Efforts had been made to drill bore holes in the community, but they were unsuccessful and it became clear that a larger vision was needed.

In 2008, Community Bible Church, Water Mission International, and the local community-based organization came together to begin a project that would pump water from the Yala river through a purification system, up to a holding tank and into 3 strategic water point locations at Seje Glory Centre Primary, Glory Centre Seje church, and His Blessings School.

A supplemental booster pump and another water point in Mugungu were added in 2013.

In 2015, two new water points were added in Bar Olengo community, with miles of trenches hand-dug by members of the community, bringing the water to 6 points. A generator is set up to run all night to keep the tanks full and the water moving out to all points.

In 2019, the system was revamped, and the changes in the system increased the distribution of water from 10,000 to 30,000 cubic meters a day. When the system is running at full capacity it now services as many as 2,000 families (an estimated 12,000 people) in the region.

The system has faced a number of challenges, but it continues to provide clean water and better health throughout the community.

Latest update

Gutters and tanks ease pressure

Part of the update to the water system was the installation of gutters and tanks on all the buildings at Seje Primary School.  

Being able to collect rainwater for school and agricultural use will help ease both the physical pressure on the community water system itself as well as the financial pressure on the project.

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