News & Projects

05-04-2019 Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) administers many projects in the international domain (aiddata.rvo.nl). Many of these projects rely on groundwater sources, especially the agriculture projects. RVO wants to stimulate discussions on incorporating groundwater assessments in the business…

22-02-2019 Burkina Faso experiences the impacts of climate change and population growth. This has consequences for water management at the micro-basin scale, including setting up monitoring networks and taking measures to increase availability of water, especially in the dry season. In many cases small…

21-02-2019 Last month we had our first Deltadrip meeting! Deltadrip is a project that investigates the extent to which water and nutrient savings can be achieved through the innovative use of drip irrigation and fertigation, as an alternative to traditional irrigation techniques, like water reels, and…

28-11-2018 Just a good news update from Chokwe, Mozambique! There is plenty of renewable water in the sandy river bed aquifer, affordable wells can be installed, financing instruments are available to support our ideas, and the farmers are now testing the Irrigation Package for Sand Rivers (IPSAR)!
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13-07-2018 Balancing water demand and supply has been more important then ever in Kenya last year. Heavy rainfall, floods and droughts followed rapidly. With good management, it can be balanced. From the Kenya Rapid project, Acacia Water contributes to the practical implementation of these complex management…

09-07-2018 The feasibility study on the irrigation package for sand rivers in Mozambique is running! Arid lands are often crisscrossed by sand rivers, which flow only during periods of rainfall, but have a bed that is filled with several meters of (coarse) sand. This bed forms a so-called aquifer, a shallow…

29-06-2018 Acacia Water went to the Conference on Critical Perspectives on Governance by Sustainable Development Goals: Water, Food and Climate organized on the 25th and 26th of June 2018 by The Centre for Sustainable Development Studies of the University of Amsterdam. Scholars, policy makers, business, and…

08-06-2018 Acacia Water has started working on the Taadoud project, a new project for Catholic Relief Services in Sudan funded by DFID. In Sudan, protracted conflict and displacement of communities are coupled with economic and political uncertainty, climatic variability, and environment degradation. The…

25-05-2018 Uganda’s Karamoja region is characterized by both acute and chronic poverty and has a very low level of social and economic development. Conditions have improved over the past few years, but attempts to implement long-term sustainable solutions have failed. This rampant poverty can mostly be…

25-05-2018 In Eastern Sudan, rainfall is very low and droughts are a common occurrence. Moreover, due to recent conflicts the pressure on water availability has increased enormously. These factors have caused the initiation of the ‘Water for Three States’ project. In this project, Acacia Water is working with…

25-05-2018 The Kinaite River flows northward from the Imatong Mountains eventually dispersing into the wetlands of Badingilo National Park. The Kinaite catchment is an area with a high biodiversity. Today, many locals are heavily dependent on the wetland and forest reserve for timber, firewood, charcoal, bush…

24-03-2018 Since 10 years Acacia Water has been working on the implementation of Managed Aquifer Recharge in coastal Bangladesh. In close cooperation with Dhaka University, UNICEF and the Department of Public Health and Engineering, a successful network of MAR schemes for drinking water has been…

24-03-2018 How can we build the long-term resilience of communities to withstand recurring food and water insecurity, droughts and flash floods in the Horn of Africa and wider Sahel?
This animation from Wetlands International showcases the integrated approaches, linking disaster risk reduction (DRR), and…

23-03-2018 The 3R Deal book ‘Reaching the millions’  describes 8 thematic investment profiles to achieve impact through rainwater harvesting at scale. 3R, Recharge, Retain and Reuse of rainwater will avoid costly and multiple negative effects and at the same time create social and economic benefits…

24-10-2017 The unique cooperation of Acacia Water and entrepreneurs Johan Oost and Jaap Feil will join forces with the University of Twente to update and improve the Water Footprint Network. Expansion of the activities will take place simultaneously by incorporating a new company by the name of ‘Water…