The Kiunga desalination plant provides clean water to Kenya

The Kiunga desalination plant uses solar power to desalinate seawater into clean water that can be used for washing and drinking. The plant filters out sediment found in seawater, after which, water is separated, pumping 6 litres of saltwater back into the ocean for every 2 litres of sweet water.

With a daily production capacity of 75,000 litres of water, the plant provides 15,000 residents -located in the Kiunga region- with clean water, an improvement from the previous high salt content water which produced health problems for residents.

Nevertheless, residents have to walk long distances to source water, with the majority of residents increasing their trips to the plant as a result of COVID-19, which makes access to clean water for hygiene empirical.

Full article: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kenya-water-energy-solar-trfn-idUSKCN24W21M