Tinet, Kenya: 2019-Present
WATER CATCHMENT
We are currently in the process of finishing up a rainwater catchment system at the Sotiki school in Tinet, Kenya. As of now, they only have a 5000-liter tank that collects water from only 1/5 of one school’s roof, meaning that during the dry season, they often run out of water within two weeks. We plan on installing four additional tanks to maximize their capacity to 25,000 liters. To make the entire system much more robust, we plan on renovating the gutters, building a stronger concrete foundation for the tank, and installing a first flush system to get rid of the initial rain which may be dusty. We hope to implement this system during our visit to Kenya in August of 2021 if travel is permitted.
BOREHOLE WELL
We have recently finished the installation of a borehole well in the Kapkeet school of Tinet, Kenya. We assessed the well site in January of 2020, and in April were approached by an anonymous donor with an offer to fund the solar panels and drilling, if we could handle the engineering of a distribution system. We were able to use the contacts we had made on our trips to successfully pull this partnership off from an ocean away, and once their teams finished drilling and installing the solar we were able to successfully coordinate with our contractors the installation of the distribution system in August of 2020. The footage we have received is very promising—we believe the system will provide 5 m3 of water a day—and are excited to see the system in person when we travel soon.
Our contractors drilling the borehole well and lowering part of the well down. 
This solar array powers the pumps in the well as well as the school in case the regional power grid fails, which unfortunately occurs often. 
Here the water is pumped up to our 7,500L tank and can then be accessed at the bottom through a distribution line.
