posted on 2018-11-08, 09:40authored byRobert Maina, Byrones Khainga, Dennis Nyamu, Lucia Monchere, Shaffi Ramadhan, John Gage
The Kibera Town Centre [KTC]has provided water and waste water treatment in the Kibera slum of Nairobi since July, 2014. This paper outlines the operational and engineering successes and failures in this four-year period, and describes the design, implementation, and operation of a real-time data acquisition system to support both operations and research. A primary research objective is to evaluate new technologies suitable for total potable reuse in a slum setting, inviting collaboration in the design of water quality sensors and data analysis systems.
History
School
Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Research Unit
Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)
Published in
Transformation towards sustainable and resilient WASH services: Proceedings of the 41st WEDC International Conference
Pages
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Citation
MAINA, R., 2018. Building an integrated water, waste-water and power facility in Kibera as a research platform: lessons learned. IN: Shaw, R.J. (ed). Transformation towards sustainable and resilient WASH services: Proceedings of the 41st WEDC International Conference, Nakuru, Kenya, 9-13 July 2018, Paper 3040, 6 pp.
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