- Boreal will commission a water desalination plant in Kenya later this month.
- The plant will produce 11m3 of potable water hourly.
German start-up Boreal Light will deploy a new brackish groundwater desalination system in Bubisa, Marsabit County, Kenya. To reduce the impact of poor power supply, the system is powered by a 62 kWh solar PV system. The desalination system is being installed by Kenyan start-up WaterKiosk Africa in partnership with Boreal Light. The system is expected to serve the 30,000 people living within a 5km radius through 24 vending machines. The system will provide 11 cubic metres of water per hour.
Hamed Beheshti, CEO of Boreal Light GmbH, states: “the Bubisa WaterKiosk is a unique model for poor and disadvantaged rural communities where the provision of water, electricity and food is a challenge. The Bubisa Plant is the largest water desalination system designed by Boreal Light in Africa. The company had earlier installed the Shimoni WaterKiosk system for public facilities, with a production capacity of 2 cubic metres of drinking water per hour.