Potable water in Likoni creek - Likoni WaterKiosk®
Likoni is a division of Mombasa County, Kenya, and is located to the south-west of Mombasa Island Although the area is heavily built-up with aging offices and apartments constructed centuries prior, the area also exhibits many examples of even older, more traditional Portuguese architecture. Likoni also has a high concentration of Boda-boda services. Likoni is inhibited with a huge number of lower class people who mostly ply the ferry to and fro Mombasa Island in search of their daily bread.
Likoni waterkiosk is located along the road, a few kilometres from the sea. Its supplies 20,000litres of hygiene drinking water with a 9.8kW solar array for the entire system.
Key Facts
Country, region
Kenya, Mombasa County
Technology transfer
solar-powered water treatment plant for the production of clean drinking water by modified reverse osmosis
Impact achieved
access to drinking water at affordable rate to the public