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Innovations and Opportunities in the Water Sector Tears of a Crying River... Pg 16 Israel, Hero of Water Management... Pg 20

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Contents Incorporating Water Innovations in Education Key to Sustainability

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Social Media Thrives Water Innovation Since the inception of his company that installs water pans harvesting upto 10 million liters...

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Turning Corridors of Disease into Clean Pathways

Tears of a Crying River

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Every Drop Counts

Innovations in the Water Sector – Lessons from Israel

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Even ordinary Joe can smell the strong stench and see the black coloration or foaming on the waters; Signs and symptoms of...

The biggest wastage of water from homes comes from leaks;10% of homes have leaks that waste 450 litres or more per day. Minor water leaks accounts for more than...

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Clients Focus

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KCIC provides technical expertise and mentorship in different spheres of business management, technical skills and competencies to turn technologies into feasible...

A collection of photos from different activities in the last quarter.

The activities cut across those from KCIC and clients and partners.

A curriculum that embraces the practice of encouraging students to develop in addition...

Supposing one day there was not water in the world, ever wondered what would happen? With no water supply, all vegetation would...

Israel’s promotion of innovation in the water sector through the integration of the private sector, urban Executive Editor – Edward Mungai Editorial Director – Ruth Ndegwa Senior Editor - Ernest Chitechi Editor – Solomon Irungu Commissioning Editor - Vincent Ogaya Writers –Tobias Meso, Amanda Kibe, Arnold Muthanga, Robert Wanyahoro, Michelle Mung’ata, Vincent Ogaya, Solomon Irungu Contributors – Vick Okumu, Eric Magu Photography – Different sources Layout – Solomon Irungu

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Editorial

Live Green Magazine is a leading magazine in the subject of Climate Sustainability.

Each issue of this magazine addresses a particular theme, with this issue addressing the place of water in climate sustainability.

The paradox of water in climate sustainability is that it is affected by climate change and at the same time its presence or lack of also affects climate change.

Water is one of the primary indicators of climate change; Changes in the water cycles in the world clearly elucidate different climatic trends. Heavy rains, floods, rising of the sea-level and storms as well as droughts, decreasing sea-level and melting of ice-fields are water conflicts that indicate changes in climate.

Whereas climate change affects the water cycle, water also affects climate resilience. Climate resilience is dependent on a healthy and sustainable ecosystem which heavily relies on the presence of water bodies and sufficient water in the atmosphere.

The world needs to brace up towards improving water availability and conservation.

All nations need to encourage and support innovations in the water sector. Efficient country-driven climate change adaptation ought to reveal the significance of water management in climate by decreasing susceptibility and building resilience.

Kenya Climate Innovation Center is one of the arganisations that are on the forerun to supporting innovations in water and sharing knowledge on how this can be facilitated at the national and regional levels.

This publication shares some of this knowledge. It brings together different leaders and practitioners with practical insights in

the water sector to generate and proliferate information that is necessary in addressing the negative impacts of climate change.

You can contribute an article in the subsequent publications of Live Green by sending in your 500 – 550 words article to communication@kenyacic.org. The article may be edited to fit our editorial guidelines. It may also be published on the blog or news segments of our website or clients and partner websites.

Live Green magazine is distributed online for free to thousands of KCIC subscribers, partners and clients. Printed copies are also delivered to our audiences. To run an advertisement on the publication, send in your inquiry with the information you wish to advertise on.

Ruth Ndegwa, Editorial Director and KCIC Corporate Services Director.

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How my Seed of Innovation was Watered by Water Challenges

By Vincent Ogaya

Imagine being a witness to struggles people make in order to access water in the village. You see them making laborious trips uphill with jerrycans balanced in their heads. When you think things can be better in the university- the epitome of learning- you have to think again when you find yourself battling water-borne infections because the only water available for domestic use is dirty and contaminated.

These are the recollections by CEO and founder of Majik Water, Beth Koigi who tells us of what inspired her to seek for a solution that would not only work for her but for everyone else in pursuit of clean water.

Together with her partners Anastasia Kaschenko and Clare Sewell, the youthful techpreneurs believe that there is more to gain by harvesting water from the air since it contains six times the water that is held in all rivers on earth.

Shortage of water, particularly clean drinking water, is one of the ways through which the effects of climate change are being felt.

This calls for innovative application of technology in order to be able to adapt. This is what one of our accelerator clients, Majik Water, is doing. Anchored on a vision of “creating a new source of affordable, clean drinking water for water scarce communities”, the enterprise believes that having air means having clean drinking water.

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chine that extracts water from the atmosphere using solar as the source of energy. Early this year, the ecopreneur partnered with The Ark Children’s Home, which is located in a water-scarce area just outside Thika town, to test their machine while enabling access to clean water for the charity.

The home houses 43 children aged 1-17 who are either orphans or were abandoned or abused by their parents. Caroline Gichuhi who founded The Ark 11 years ago says that they have no other access to clean water apart from the Majik Water system.

The only other nearby water source is a government project that was solely meant for farming because it contains chemical contaminants. The other problem is that this water source often dries up and the other option is for the children’s home to buy water tanks, something that is unaffordable.

“Because of all these challenges you see, this machine has been very, very, very, very helpful… in fact it is our only hope,” a beaming Ms Gichuhi says of the Majik Water machine.

In addition to providing a much-needed water solution for a worthy cause, Majik Water is able to further refine its product.

The ecopreneur has been able to scale up its business and expand its impact even further. It is working on machines that can produce 500 to 1000 liters per day. Already, some customers from outside Kenya have purchased them.

Majik Water Solutions Water Harvesting Machine

A machine that harvests water from the air. It was developed by KCIC client, Majik Water Solutions. “When the testing was finally done, Majik Water donated the machine to the children’s home to enable them sort out their challenge of drinking water. The machine generates 50 liters of clean water per day and has provided the children with a reliable constant supply,� Beth Koigi.

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Turning Corridors of Disease into Clean Pathways

By Arnold Muthanga

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ate August this year, Kenyans have been treated to the unfolding horror story of the filth in rivers that meander along densely populated settlements in Nairobi and its suburbs.

Reportedly, rivers Athi, Nairobi and Sabaki and streams around are nothing less than flowing domestic and industrial sewage sludge. It is of importance to understand the genesis of this menace.

Economic growth founded on the pillar of industrial growth creates job opportunities in towns triggering rural-urban migration. This leads to an increase in population and consequently more settlements, including informal ones, all in the name of urbanization. These individuals consume products and

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An ongoing cleanup exercise at Nairobi River. services in their day today activities resulting in extensive domestic waste waste water, sewerage and solid waste.

Kenya generally has a poor waste management system and weak enforcement of environmental regulations.

The aftermath is low levels of recycling rates due to virtually non-existing collection policies and industrial pollution spree. In such no-man’s-land settings, dumpsites grow everywhere while industries drown their waste into rivers.

Even ordinary Joe can smell the strong stench and see the black coloration or foaming on the waters- signs that the rivers are themselves sick and infested with toxic substances and disease causing pathogens.

areas will bolster waste management efforts. There is a dire need for quality water in our rivers. This will ensure reemergence of aquatic animals as well as vegetation.

To affirm the speculations, medical reports of those who reside along the rivers indicate higher prevalence of dysentery, typhoid, cancer, intestinal disorders, anemia and infections of other vital organs. Alarmed with the public health concern, environmental regulatory authorities are to restore sanity.

First, the media is a focal stakeholder in promoting environmental conservation and has got the ball rolling. Definitely, authorities’ assertion that firms must suppress direct discharge into rivers and improve the quality of treatment of waste water is right.

Additionally, suggestions to extend sanitation (sewage) systems to such

Rivers in urban areas need retention ponds to not only attenuate runoff during rainy seasons but most importantly to facilitate water upgrading into acceptable quality by treatment. However least used, in a country constantly rationing water supplies, these rivers can be dammed for debris and flood control, domestic use and irrigation.

These rivers will need aeration procedures and installation of water quality monitoring stations. Several lagoons along these rivers will also reduce sludge production, increase biodiversity, and better the taste, quality and color of the water. Investing in water infrastructure promotes sustainable economic development.

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Social Media Thrives Water Innovations How Maji Agri Solutions is using social media to market its innovative water technology

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By Solomon Irungu

imon Wachieni, the founder of Maji Agri Solutions attributes the progress of his climate-innovative enterprise to the power of social media. Since the inception of his company that installs water ponds that harvest up to 10 million liters of water, he has gotten more than 100 customers from his Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and WhatsApp platforms.

Maji Agri Solutions was established to address the challenge of water shortage especially during the dry spells. It is a company that installs water ponds of different capacities for domestic and commercial use. The company has until now impacted lives of hundreds of households by offering them and their neighbors a reliable source of water both for farming and consumption by livestock. The most recent installation is a 5.8 million litre capacity pond in Kajiado.

“Basically, I get almost all my clients from social media or referrals by people who spot my work on social media,” Simon says. “This customer is one of them.” His client in Kajiado is a farmer who had previously tried in vain to drill a borehole and suffered huge losses in the process. The customer, a farmer, got wind of the work that Maji Agri Solutions was doing and contacted Simon.

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Maji Agri excavated less than a quarter acre of land then installed a water harvesting system.

“This system will collect enough water during the rainy season and it will serve this farmer and his neighbours until the following season,” Simon says, adding, “No amount of water will be lost through percolation and only 10% of the water harvested will be lost through evaporation which is quite negligible given the amount that we are collecting.”

The water that is harvested is used for irrigation. Maji Agri Solutions has managed to advise the customers on the best irrigation systems and given recommendations on where to get them affordably.

“The irrigation system that we shall use with this particular water pond in for instance is a form of drip irrigation that will use only two liters of water a week to grow 10,000 vegetables on an acre of

land,” he notes. “You can imagine how much water will be left for the livestock and the farmer can even engage on other practices like fish farming.”

Simon has been training his customers on the best farming methods and advising them to plant trees around the ponds to act as wind breakers. “The trees around here not only reduce the rate of evapora

Innovation Center (KCIC) which enrolled him into the incubation programme.

“At KCIC I have learnt numerous things and most importantly branding and communication, market penetration strategies and business development,” he affirms.

The most recent installation is a 5.8 million-litre capacity pond in Kajiado.

tion but are also an important component of agribusiness and will eventually be used as a source of revenue in future,” he explains.

As Simon seeks to expand his market to include more farmers and institutions of learning, he is grateful to Kenya Climate

Kenya Climate Innovation Center (KCIC) incubates entrepreneurs with innovative solutions to address the impact of climate change around the fields of water management, renewable energy, agribusiness, waste management, energy resilience and commercial forestry. Applications for incubation are open and can be done through: https://kenyacic.org/apply/ 9

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Every Drop Counts

By Tobias Meso

A leaking water pipe.

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ime is trickling down fast, and the challenges anticipated for the future are approaching quickly. For the human race to survive in the fast approaching future, water and water sources have to be conserved and since charity begins at home then water too has to be conserved from home and then throughout the world.

Did you know that you could save millions of litres of water every year by observing a few simple steps at your own backyard and be of great essence to the future of the human race?

The eight edition of the Oxford Dictionary defines water as a liquid without colour, smell or taste that falls as rain, is in lakes, rivers and seas and is used for drinking and washing. This definition

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clearly gives the most important aspects of water and where it can be found.

There is also a clear indication that this is the most important substance for preserving life.

Like we may all be aware that 75% of planet earth is covered by water, but it is also crucial to note that only 2.5% of all this water is fresh water. This is such a worrying percentage that makes water conservation an inevitable role all around the world.

It is paramount to know the importance of water but also wiser to find out extra facts about this precious commodity.

Three of the most basic needs of a human being are said to be food, shelter and clothing.

Water revolves around all these making

it the most important component of life.

Note that the existence of the other fundamental elements of existence is also largely dependent on water.

Findings from the World Water Day which is observed on 22 March of every year and further revelations from the recently commemorated World Water Week in September, it takes approximately 2,000 to 5,000 litres of water to produce one person’s daily food. 70% of the total water consumption is used for agriculture while 40% of the water in the world is used in the beverages we drink.

Home owners are advised to repair any leakages they come across in their homes since this could save millions of litres of water every year.

A few simple practices at home could help conserve litres of waters every day.

Fixing damaged pipe joints, faucets and broken seals could save almost 100 litres of water per day.

Taking a shower rather than a bath and reducing the time you spend in the bathroom by only three minutes saves tens of litres of water. It is also advisable to turn off the tap while brushing your teeth and washing your hands.

Human beings need to drink about two litres of water per day. Nevertheless, one in every six people do not have access to safe freshwater thus the findings suggested that two thirds of the world’s population could face water stress by 2025. “…is such a worrying percentage that makes water conservation an inevitable role all around the world.”

The biggest wastage of water from homes comes from leaks;10% of homes have leaks that waste 450 litres or more per day. Minor water leaks accounts for more than one trillion litres of wasted water each year which is equal to an annual household water use in 11 million homes.

Collecting rain water for use in the lawn and garden and most preferably in the evening when the sun has set to reduce the rate of evaporation also saves litres of water. These simple practices save a big percentage of water that could have ended up to waste.

A leaky faucet dripping at the rate of one drip per second can waste more than 15,000 litres of water per year.

The future awaits and we are headed straight there, every drop counts, let us save water.

A shower leaking at ten drips per minute wastes more than 2,500 litres per annually. These fascinating facts would not allow anyone to pass by a leaking tap or hose.

The writer of this article is a freelance journalist and an agripreneur with deep interest in Climate Sustainability. He can be contacted via tobiasmeso@gmail. com 11

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KCIC clients during an exhbition at the KCIC offices in Nairobi.

Edward Mungai, KCIC CEO, and Lentera Ltd after the signing of a financing option.

A fruit farmer in Kangundo. He supplies fresh organic fruits to our client Miyonga.

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Staff from KCIC during a due diligence visit to Dash Foods Limited in Homa Bay. A delegation from the European Union having a discussion with KCIC. Sorting of chillies ahead of the drying process by Mace Foods Limited in Eldoret.

A water pond constructed by Maji Agri

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Harvesting of the organic products by Laikipia Permaculture Center in Nanyuki.

12 Kenya Papaya, one of KCIC incubation clients drying pawpaw seeds in Vihiga.

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Incorporating Water Innovations in Education is Key to Sustainability

By Michelle Mung’ata

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e Kenyan youth, comprising above 50% of the total population are filled with vigour, are highly educated and are an ambitious generation. This is a generation that is heavily plagued with unemployment, heavy debt, a global housing crisis and a system that is unable to help enhance their wellbeing.

How can we ensure that this very young generation will transition and survive, let alone lead a sustainable future?

We ought to focus on early education coupled up with the provision of skills requisite for driving sustainable devel-

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opment. Children when born have the extraordinary ability to learn and adopt new concepts at an alarming speed.

Their first learning experience occurs at home.

Our actions reflect on their behaviours.

Since children learn more by observing, adults should endeavour to adopt healthy practices that encourage water management. Imagine ensuring that the tap is not leaking or minimising the use of water at home while the children are watching; They will definitely adopt this as they grow up.

There is currently a new curriculum being rolled out that is affecting children below the age of eight years. Despite the government facing challenges in its implementation, it is a stepping stone in promoting sustainability in the education sector by bringing in new disciplines to forge the agenda of sustainability.

A curriculum that embraces the practice of encouraging students to develop in addition to adopting meaningful solutions to water challenges, is one that will ensure prosperity for our country and the world as a whole. In recapitulation, a good curriculum will encourage more analytical or rather practical approach on what is learnt theoretically in school coursework.

We ought to strive to create a new generation of thinkers, not only doers who can easily tackle water, environmental, economic and other social issues, but also have sustainability at the top of the mind.

Majik Water from the Kenya Climate Innovation Center for instance has developed a machine that can harvest water from the atmosphere. A few years back,

this could have been deemed impossible. One of the founders, Beth Koigi, was exposed to the concept through a foreign program that she had applied to and was enrolled to attend for a full year.

This information is thus not alien; It is just not as widespread as we would like it to be. The innovation has the potential of solving the water scarcity problem that the world is experiencing.

Other elements that the new curriculum can propagate is the increasingly popular water technological advancements that we are unable to do without in the 21st Century. Children should be equipped with a detailed advanced understanding of water technological knowledge.

This will enable them to enter and advance in industries that are not overpopulated in the space of water innovations. To implement sustainability in our education system we need to embrace a culture that encourages it.

In order to do so we ought to work on our attitudes, as attitudes build cultures and cultures beat strategy.

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Tears of a Crying River

Robert Wanyahoro and Solomon Irungu

Image of a waterfall in a natural forest

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very inhale of fresh breath is directly attributed to the flora around us, which sums up as the world’s natural air conditioner. A conserved environment not only provides a healing therapy from life’s turbulence but also gives life the reason to populate.

It is truly sad how our rivers are overly chocked with waste and all kinds of pollutants, leaving harmful microorganisms as the only excited lot from this kind of ecosystem.

is forested. Out of this, 20.0% or roughly 704,000 hectares is classified as primary forest, the most bio-diverse form of forest.

From 1990 to 2000, Kenya lost an average of 12,600 hectares of forest every single year. This amounts to an average annual deforestation rate of 0.34%. From 2000 to 2005, the rate of forest change decreased by 1.4% to 0.34% per annum.

In total, Kenya lost 5.0% of its forest cover, or around 186,000 hectares in just 15 Water is the key composite when deyears. Kenya lost 38,000 hectares of its termining the presence of life in other primary forest cover during that time. planets of the galaxy, while trees are the “Water is the key composite when deultimate proof of a healthy ecosystem. termining the presence of life in other Statistics indicate that only about 6.2% planets of the galaxy…” The irony of this or about 3,522,000 hectares of Kenya is that water is a prerequisite to survival 16

and forests are the primary water catchment areas in the world.

As the forest cover decreases, the amount of water is also decreasing, thus jeopardizing the existence of life.

The alleged encroachment of the Mau Forest in Kenya which is the main rainfall catchment area in Kenya has continually led to decreased amount of rainfall.

Improving forest cover is thus not only a way of building an adaptable ecosystem but also contributes immensely to the continuity of life: not by just providing the much-needed Oxygen but also because “water is life.�

Supposing one day there was not water in the world, ever wondered what would happen? With no water supply, all vegetation would before long cease to exist and the world would look like an earthy dab, as opposed to a green and blue one.

Clouds would stop to exist and precipitation would stop despite being a vital outcome, implying that the climate would be managed on the whole by wind designs. In reality, other than changes in wind power, our atmosphere would look like one interminable summer characterized by a long drought.

In the long run, vegetation would cease to exist. Creature life, including human beings, would before long stick to this same pattern and nibble the exacting dust.

Since water is a natural resource that can not easily be created domestically, there is need to conserve it and its sources. The entire ecosystem especially the trees that enhance the water cycle and the forests that are the water catchment areas need to be preserved and developed.

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Enabling Sustainable Livelihoods through Drought Resistant Crops

By Vincent Ogaya

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report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) early this year pointed out drought as among key contributors to the continued rise in hunger in sub-Saharan Africa. The report titled, the Africa Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition also cited rising malnutrition, stating that some 237 million people in the region are undernourished.

There is growing opinion, however, that the solution lies in growing indigenous food crops which are easily adaptable to drought; and are resistant to pests and diseases. Indigenous foods are also considered to be more nutritious.

Our client, Dashcrop Limited believes that empowering communities to embrace drought-tolerant crops is the way to go. The agribusiness company works with smallholder farmers as a commercial aggregator targeting horticulture and grain crops value chains in Western and Nyanza regions of Kenya.

KCIC recently awarded Dashcrop Limited early stage financing (ESF) to assist the client procure machinery to improve the production capacity and expand their market base. The machines will be instrumental for milling gluten free flour from locally available crops such as cassava, sorghum, finger millet, amaranth among others.

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engaged in the growing of drought resistant crops- cassava, finger millet and the like. The enterprise also supports the value chain of such produce by providing financial support to cater for certain farm activities such as ploughing and harvesting, all the while ensuring fair trade practices for farmers to optimally benefit from their produce.

Speaking to Live Green during the signing of the MoU for the award of the ESF in June, Dashcrop founder and Director, Caroline Alango said, “Currently we have the market but the production is low,” adding, “once we acquire a new machine, our production will shoot and this will ensure we serve existing customers satisfactorily while enabling us penetrate more markets.”

Dashcrop produces assorted brands of fortified flour from cassava, finger millet, amaranth and soybean. The flours have high fiber content and are good for general health. They can be used in cooking porridge and ugali, and in baking cakes and cookies. These products target low income earners, nutritionally conscious individuals and institutions including schools and hospitals.

Dashcrop Limited is based in Rongo town and partners with smallholder farmers from across Migori, Homabay, Kisumu, Siaya and Busia counties. Such farmers would ordinarily find it difficult to access markets, based on their low volume of production. Dashcrop there-

fore comes in handy as a commercial aggregator of their crops.

diverse seeds by farmers in a bid to enhance food security.

Caroline was last year’s winner of Disrupt, for her role in promoting indigenous foods in western Kenya! Disrupt was an ideathon organized by Hivos in conjunction with KCIC. It brought together ethical seed companies, diverse organisations and tech enterprises who were interested in championing access to

Dashcrop is a company that works with farmers across Migori, Homa Bay and Busia counties as a commercial aggregator targeting horticulture, cassava, soybean, and sorghum farming. Dashcrop Limited gives farmers financial support from ploughing to harvesting and guarantee market for their produce.

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Israel: Hero of Water Management By Amanda Kibe

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srael is a Middle Eastern country located on the Eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea that borders Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Egypt. The northern and coastal regions of Israel experience a Mediterranean climate characterized by hot and dry summers and winters with decreasing levels of rainfall. The southern and eastern areas of Israel are characterized by an arid climate throughout the year. Israel’s less-than-favourable climate has led to it being considered as one of the most water-scarce countries in the world.

So just how did Israel become one of the leading experts of water management? Over a period of 12 years, Israel

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experienced three major water crises that led to the gradual implementation of institutional policy reforms and massive investments in infrastructure.

In 2000, the Israeli government changed their policy for water sector management to one that moved to adopt a sustainable approach to guaranteeing water security for the country. Moreover, the country implemented key innovations to ensure water sustainability for its future.

Israel established a national bulk water transmission system that conveys 95 percent of Israel’s potable water resources (surface water, groundwater,

Herzliya, Central Coast of Israel

desalinated water). This massive water infrastructure includes as many as 3,000 installations and 12,000 kilometres of transmission pipelines controlled by 10 main command centres across the country. Impressively, the overall level of water losses in the bulk transportation system declined and is currently reported to stand at 3 percent.

Gradually, Israel reclaimed wastewater which has now become a major source of water for farmers, supplying more than 40 percent of the country’s needs for irrigation and more than 87 percent of wastewater being reused. It is also worth noting that re-use of wastewater is environmentally less damaging than the traditional methods of disposing treated sewerage into the environment, something that Israel really tapped into.

Five mega desalination plants based on seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) were constructed along the Mediterranean Coast with a total capacity of 585 million cubic meter per year. Four of them were developed through public private partnerships (PPPs) with private concessionaires under build-operate-transfer (BOT) and build-operate-own (BOO) schemes.

Desalinated water now supplies 85 percent of domestic urban water consumption and 40 percent of the country’s total water consumption.

Using aquifers as reservoirs in the absence of surface reservoirs and dams was also an innovation that was adopted by Israel.

This involves recharging of aquifers with treated wastewater during low-demand months, capturing of occasional flash floods, and comprehensive monitoring and control of aquifer levels with a strict abstraction regime.

Demand management has also been strengthened by controlling aquifer abstraction through water permits and metering, improving efficiency, reducing domestic consumption of potable water per capita, and shifting water use to higher value irrigated crops.

Israel’s promotion of innovation in the water sector through the integration of the private sector, urban water utilities and the government is unmatched.

They truly are an example that all water-scarce and water-abundant countries need to follow.

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