This project is deployed in Utulu-Ugo kingdom, Aniocha LGA, Delta State where we use state-of-the-art, low-cost, energy-efficient technology and engineering expertise to construct customized solar-powered water systems to operate on direct currents (DC) that are sustainable, easy to maintain and economical.
Women and children bear the primary responsibility for water collection. Our objective is to empower 18,000 women and their households with reliable, safe, adequate water and to improve the community’s health. Through this project, we are reducing greenhouse gas emissions and the dependency on imported fossil fuels through the adoption of renewable energy for water supply in irrigation to foster economic and social development.
Outcome
- We reduced the time women spend each day gathering water by 33%; 56+ hours were saved in a month. More time and energy for farming, crop yields went up, and costs came down.
- Increased employment opportunities due to increased economic activities and knowledge base of the management committees and local communities which is enhanced through the transfer of technologies and capacity building;
- Solar PV has shown a very low lifecycle cost of pollution per kilowatt-hour (compared to other technologies)
- 13, 000 women now save an average of 2 man-hours a day & a 50% improvement in water use efficiency.
- For every $1 invested in water, it provides a $4 economic return & results in $7.3m in economic benefits annually.
- Our solution offers a unified national solution to water issues in Nigeria that can be adopted by the rural electrification agency (REA).
