Solar Powered Water Supply

Sustainable Water Supply and Sanitation (SWASS) aims to contribute to improving health and well-being in urban slum areas by increasing water supply and sanitation access and the adoption of good hygiene practices in an equitable and sustainable manner.

1.  Sustainable Water Supply and Sanitation Programme will sink 10 solar powered motorised boreholes with overhead and ground reservoirs in strategic locations within the Jos metropolis.

2. Sustainable Water Supply and Sanitation Programme will address the water and sanitation problems of the 200,000 people living in Jos slums, including pupils of primary schools who are most vulnerable. Women and the girl child would spend less time fetching water daily thereby having time to engage in market activities and school respectively.

3. If scaled, it would help in reducing clean water shortage that over 2 billion people face around the world.

Provision of portable pipe borne drinking water to over 200,000 residents in Plateau state Nigeria living in slums. Renewable clean energy addresses the incessant power outages in Nigeria making access to portable drinking water a serious challenge.

It is estimated that every $1 spent on water and sanitation generates 
$4 in increased productivity. If scaled, universal access to water and
sanitation would result in an estimated $32 billion in economic benefits
per year globally from reductions in health care costs and increased
productivity from reduced illness.

The incessant power outages and relatively low power output of currently available systems in Jos mean that solar power is only suitable to serve fairly small populations. Because the power required to pump water is a product of flow and head, the greater the head the smaller the population that can be served. Each borehole will serve about 2,000 people within the radius.

- Increased coverage of sustainable and clean water to a total population of  approximately 200,000.

- Installation of trunk and distribution pipelines, local storage reservoirs and break pressure tanks;

- 50 communal water points to be constructed;

- Construction 1 public sanitation facility each at primary and secondary schools for females and males;

- Increased coverage of improved and inclusive water supply and sanitation to a total population of about 30,000 pupils in public primary schools; 52 % female beneficiaries will be served.

- 28,000 Women and girl child will have time for economic activities and school respectively.

Track through the community association. - Increased coverage of sustainable and clean water to a total population of approximately 200,000.

Progress tracking through the various school administration. - Construction 1 public sanitation facilities each at primary and secondary schools for females and males

Progress tracking through the various school administration. - Increased coverage of improved and inclusive water supply and sanitation to a total population of about 30,000 pupils in public primary schools; 52 % female beneficiaries will be served.​

Electricity generated by solar panels (photovoltaic power) used for powering pumps makes our solution unique. Increasing concern over climate change and the environment; ever rising oil costs with continuing development of solar systems have all combined to make solar power increasingly viable for some situations. In addition, adequate water and sanitation facilities will increase the number of children, particularly girls, who are able to stay in school. It will reduce the amount of time women in the developing world have to spend collecting water, and free them up to participate in other income generating activities.

Electricity generated by solar panels (photovoltaic power) used for powering pumps makes our solution unique. Increasing concern over climate change and the environment; ever rising oil costs with continuing development of solar systems have all combined to make solar power increasingly viable for some situations. In addition, adequate water and sanitation facilities will increase the number of children, particularly girls, who are able to stay in school. It will reduce the amount of time women in the developing world have to spend collecting water, and free them up to anticipate in other income generating activities.

Our solution would be deployed within selected schools, churches and mosques premises. Research has it that all the targeted communities have either one or more of the selected premises which are easily accessible by residents of the communities.

 We intend to partner with the local churches in Nigeria for donations. Secondly, we plan to develop a strong financial plan; without resources no projects can be developed. Do extensive research to define the ways in which we could finance our activities in the long term. Start by understanding who our potential donors are, what their financial priorities and strategies are, and also how to successfully become one of their partners. Whereas it is important to draft a strategic plan with a list of all the donors at the beginning of the activities, it is also important for us to keep this information filed and systematically updated in order to explore all the existing possibilities to apply for funding.

Lack of industrial technology to make water solutions sustainable affects our project. In addition to the geographic and developmental limiting factors, a number of political, economic reasons also stand in the way of ensuring adequate implementation. The Nigerian economy is in recession and so our targeted donors are not financially capable to partner with us.

I'm applying to solve because I'm looking for strategic partnerships to key into the SDGs. My objectives are;

• Contributing to the achievement of ending acute water and sanitation problems as the national target of 90% by 2015 and 100% by 2020;
• Building institutional capacity for effective operation and maintenance, as well as managing the implementation of sub programmes.
• End acute water shortage in the Jos Plateau slums of Nigeria.

Our current partners are ECWA Goodnews Church Bukuru and Renew Enterprises all based in Nigeria.

Don't have any competitors in or around our targeted area.