Development of a First Flush Diversion System for Roof Rainwater Harvesting in Buoye Sub-location, Kisumu, Kenya
About 300 million people in Africa, a third of the continent’s population are experiencing water scarcity. Clean drinking water is essential for all humans’ survival, and has become one of the fundamental issues towards the UN Millennium Development Goals.
There is a great potential of Roof Rainwater Harvesting (RRWH) in Africa, but RRWH does not always provide clean drinking water due to contaminations on the roofs. One way of solving this problem is to use a First Flush diverter (FF) to prevent the initial contaminated rainwater from entering the RRWH tank.
This report provides guidelines for the process of technical design development, implementation and maintenance of a First Flush diverter (FF) adapted to the local situation in Buoye Sub-location located 6 km west of Kisumu, Kenya. In addition it highlights the weaknesses and difficulties experienced when running an aid-project in a developing country and what measures to take in order to avoid these and improve the sustainability of project. The study should be seen as a pilot project leaving room for further work and improvements.
Andersson, P., Haug, A. & Sjöberg, A. (2006). Development of a First Flush Diversion System for Roof Rainwater Harvesting in Buoye Sub-location, Kisumu, Kenya. Bachelor’s Thesis. Department of Pure and Applied Natural Sciences. University of Kalmar.