Water supply for Meibae Conservancy Headquaters

The conservancy needed a permanent cost-effective supply of water for the rangers’ camp to replace an existing supply pipe supply which had become prone to breakdowns that interrupted supply. After assessing various options, a decision was arrived at to construct a rock catchment and a large storage tank to harvest and store rainwater. A rock catchment is essentially a reservoir on a rock constructed to collect rain water in a similar way as guttering a roof.

Outcomes

• Engineering design for a rock catchment reservoir and storage tank
• A rock catchment reservoir and a masonry tank with 150,000 litres of storage
• A solar-powered pumping system to deliver water to the camp

What we did

• Feasibility study for different water supply options including groundwater and pipeline sytem
• Evaluated reliability of water supply under different preciciptation scenarios to guarantee supply even during dry periods
• Topographic survey and engineering design for a rock catchment system
• Costing for the rock catchment system and tender evaluations to select winning bids for the project
• Construction supervision to project completion
• Hand over and monitoring

About the Client

Meibae is a community-led wildlife conservancy focused on protecting wildlife and improving local nomadic pastoralist livelihoods. It lies within Wamba West Sub-county of Samburu County, Kenya and covers 115,900 hectares with a population of roughly 12,500 people.