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Box 4.1
The Tatu Real Estate Project in Nairobi, Kenya: An Opportunity to Test the IUWM Approach This megaproject involves construction of a new city of 62,000 residents, who will live in a well-planned environment of homes, office blocks, shopping malls, and industrial parks. Tatu is a privately financed plan. The US$2.3 billion real estate project could become a visible symbol of Nairobi’s urban renewal and reaffirm Nairobi’s position as East Africa’s economic hub. The location—close to the United Nations offices in Nairobi and the leafy suburbs of Runda and Muthaiga—signals the intention of its creators to target the top level of Kenya’s real estate buyers. A demonstration project in Tatu City would present a highly visible flagship and would have the potential for scaling up IUWM solutions. Initially, the demonstration project would include just one neighborhood of about 100 to 1,000 residents in Tatu City. The demonstration project would need to be developed in cooperation with the private developer. Source: Eckart et al., 2012.
ing the water cycle as one system, matching water quality to its intended use, and potentially applying innovative technologies to harness the value of wastewater. A demonstration pilot would be important to test the institutional capacity for implementing IUWM solutions. For example, reuse of wastewater and rainwater harvesting would both require changes in the building code for Nairobi. Reuse of wastewater might also require changes to the health code. A number of issues regarding who should bear the extra costs of measures, such as rainwater harvesting, if they were to be made mandatory for new developments, would also need to be considered. A demonstration pilot would require the collaboration of a number of agencies, institutions, and the private sector and would test the ability of authorities to collaborate in nonconventional ways.