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The Importance of Water: #WaterIsLife

What is the importance of water? “Water is life” is such a common expression that we use it almost as a cliché.

To Make Water Last, Kenyans Build Sand Dams

Kenyans build sand dams to ensure water availability

Kenyans Build Sand Dams to Keep Water

To make water last year-round, Kenyans in dry regions are building sand dams

To Make Water Last Year-Round, Kenyans in Dry Regions Are Building Sand Dams on Seasonal Rivers

On a dry riverbed one recent sunny morning, residents of Kasengela village toiled away mixing cement and sand to make concrete. The sound of their shovels resonated through the valley while other residents, working in pairs, carried rocks to the site in wooden frames. They were building a sand dam, a structure for harvesting water from seasonal rivers. The barrier, typically made of concrete, impedes water flow and coarse grains of sand settle behind it, creating an artificial aquifer that fills up during rainy seasons.

To make water last year-round, Kenyans in dry regions are building sand dams on seasonal rivers

In drought-prone southeastern Kenya, residents are constructing structures along seasonal rivers to harvest water during rainy seasons for use during dry seasons.

To Make Water Last, Kenyans Build Sand Dams

Kenya: Sand dams built on seasonal rivers providing clean water for local communities

"It's an interesting and beautiful phenomenon. It has two components. One, it protects the environment and stores the water for a long period of time and then gives not only just water, but clean water. Because part of our objective is to have clean water for access – both for human consumption and

Kenya's sand dam construction curtails water loss