News & Projects

06-06-2017 The Public Private Partnership (PPP) ‘Sustainable Water Services for Harar’ is a partnership between – amongst others – HEINEKEN Breweries S.C., Vitens Evides International B.V., Harar Town Water Supply and Sewerage Service Authority (HWSSA), MS Consultants and Acacia Water B.V. The PPP’s objective…

06-06-2017 A4Labs – Arid African Alluvial Aquifers – aims to unlock Sub-Sahara Africa’s agricultural potential by enhancing water security through increased ability of farming systems to cope with water variability. This can be achieved through increased water storage from alluvial aquifers. The river beds of…

06-06-2017 To support innovative development the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs finances through VIA Water the ‘Improving Sustainable Groundwater Exploration with Amended Geophysics’ (ISGEAG) project. ISGEAG aims to apply traditional, existing and new geophysical methods in 3 reasonably well researched…

25-04-2017 The Kinneti River flows northward from the Imatong Mountains eventually dispersing into the wetlands of Badingilo National Park. The Kinneti catchment is an area with a high biodiversity, a large part of the mountain range is part of the Imatong Central Forest Reserve (Mt Kinyeti 3170 masl). Today,…

27-03-2017 In the flower bulb cultivation, farmers flood their fields once few years to destroy unwanted plants and pests. The practice is normally done in autumn and the field remains flooded for a period of several months. The experimental field in Breezand was flooded in March 2017. 
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22-03-2017 World Waternet, Acacia Water and Wageningen Environmental Research (Alterra) are working together to support Lebanon using Dutch water and agricultural expertise. This project is supported by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Syrian crisis has had serious consequences for Lebanon. More…

22-03-2017 Kenya faces complex water issues every day. To support innovative development the Dutch Ministry of foreign affaris funds ’VIA Water’ projects in seve African countries. Acacia Water and their constortium partners work on two funded projects in Kenya:  ’Improving Sustainable Groundwater…

22-03-2017 The Dutch Government has established a Dutch Risk Reduction (DRR) team of water experts that can be called upon by countries to provide advise on how to resolve urgent water issues. A long drought caused by the 2015 El Niño event caused salinization of fresh groundwater in several village water…

21-03-2017 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…

21-03-2017 Widening of the motorway should be done in a way that blends in well with the landscape in order to guarantee proper water discharge and to prevent pollution and inconvenience for the environment. In the project to widen the A12 motorway, this was done on the instructions of and in partnership with…

21-03-2017 This project developed a new method to provide access to fresh water in an area deprived of external freshwater supply. The water from the drainage tubes is of good quality, which means that it can be used as an alternative source of fresh water. The water can be harvested and stored in a basin. The…

21-03-2017 In the dry areas of Northern Kenya, precipitation is scarce and nomadic communities are vulnerable in years of drought. To strengthen resilience in these areas, this project focuses on improving water supplies. A new approach was developed for this specific purpose. In a participative planning…

21-03-2017 Groundwater is an important source of water supply in Ethiopia. In order to improve the groundwater drilling success rate, a large-scale exploration was carried out to locate groundwater in two dry districts: the Afar and Tigray regions. This is a complex area and data are available only to a…

21-03-2017 Small-scale communities in remote areas are often vulnerable to the consequences of climate change. Glaciers in the Peruvian Andes are retreating dramatically while the demand for water in this otherwise arid area is increasing. In this project, we studied possible replenishing options for the water…

21-03-2017 This study provides a summary of all local measures to improve freshwater accessibility to agriculture. The reference work entitled Zoetwater Verhelderd (Clarifying Fresh water) provides an overview of the various options, including the stage of development and costs. The list includes a diagram for…