A new brackish groundwater desalination system is set to be inaugurated in Bubisa, a village in Marsabit County, Kenya.
German start-up Boreal Light announced the inauguration ceremony and said it will take place on September 22nd, 2021. The new desalination system is being installed by Kenyan start-up WaterKiosk Africa, which is working in partnership with Boreal Light.
The plant will be powered by a 62 kWh solar photovoltaic energy and equipped with an automatic water dispenser to serve the population. A total of 30,000 people will benefit within a 5km radius of the water points and through 24 vending machines. It will provide 11 m3 of water per hour.
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Development of unconventional water resources
“After the “Shimoni WaterKiosk” system, which went into operation in August 2021 for several public structures on the southern coast of Kenya, Boreal Light will present a new brackish groundwater desalination system on September 22nd, 2021. The dubbed Bubisa WaterKiosk is a unique model for poor and disadvantaged rural communities where the provision of water, electricity and food is a challenge,” said Hamed Beheshti, CEO of Boreal Light GmbH.
This is the largest water desalination system Boreal Light has designed for the African continent. This project is also a reaffirmation of the company’s commitment to the development of unconventional water resources, a necessity in this arid climate and water-stressed area. The phenomenon is a consequence of climate change.
The Shimoni WaterKiosk system recently installed for public structures has a production capacity of 2 m3 of drinking water per hour; those commissioned in hospitals in Kenya and Tanzania in March 2021 have capacities of between 3 m3 and 10 m3 per hour.
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