Hydrological advice for Yeelmulwa dam


The Rotary clubs IJmond, Velsen, Santpoort, Beverwijk (The Netherlands) and Machakos (Kenya) have initiated several successful rainwater harvesting projects in Kenya. One of the projects, an earth dam with a water intake and distribution kiosk near Yeemulwa village has been functioning successfully during the first seasons after the construction. Only recently the amount of water that is available for the community has diminished.

Rotary International has asked SamSamWater to investigate the hydrological functioning of the dam and to identify possible solutions to increase the amount of water available for the community.



Project details


Project location:Yeemulwa, Kathonzweni District, Kenya
(find climate data for this location)
Project manager:Sander de Haas & Lucas Borst
External website:http://www.rotary.nl/
Period:2010 - 2011

Project partners


Rotaryclub IJmond
Rotaryclub IJmond
Aqua for All
Aqua for All


Data for this project


Hydrological monitoring of the Yeemulwa dam reservoir


Monitoring plan for the Yeemulwa dam reservoir.
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Date: 2010-10-06
Author: Lucas Borst & Sander de Haas
Contact: sanderdehaas@samsamwater.com
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