News & Projects

28-08-2017 While the Nile recorded the highest waterlevel in the last 100 years, the Water for 3 States project is taken towards the final phase in Khartoum during august 14-17, 2017. Meanwhile in the 3 states Kassala, Gedaref and Red Sea the water availability is still minimal. Multiple dry years subsequently…

24-08-2017 Detailed assessment of hydrological and hydrogeological situations are being carried out in Darfur, Sudan together with partners of the Water for Darfur partnership. This program will address the root causes of crisis in Darfur by tackling one of the main drivers of local conflict and poverty –…

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 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…

27-07-2016 In June 2016, the ”Support to Improved Integrated Catchment Management for Increased Community Resilience” project started in Karamoja, northeastern Uganda. In this area the rivers Lokok and Lokere run from extremely arid areas into the marshes downstream. The region is characterized by drought,…

20-05-2016 The prolonging droughts in Southern and East Africa threatens the region with extreme water and food shortages. Also in Sudan. Within the ‘Water for Three States’ project Acacia Water works on the improved access to safe drinking water and sanitation. It investigates the water balance of 15…

06-05-2016 From April 25 until 27 Acacia Water was in Nairobi, Kenya, to give a refresher training on the concepts ‘Recharge, Retention and Reuse’ (3R) and ‘Multiple Uses Systems’ (MUS) to approximately 45 county experts and County Coordination Unit (CCU) officers in the field of water, livestock, planning and…

11-12-2015 The IGAD Inland Water Resources Management Programme (IGAD-INWRMP) has awarded IGRAC and Acacia Water with a contract for the ‘Design and development of a data system for the application of Management for Aquifer Recharge (MAR) in the Horn of Africa (HoA)’. The overall emphasis of the project is to…

09-12-2015 The Government of Kenya has approached the Dutch investment company ORIO to support the investment in infrastructure for the Habaswein-Wajir Water Supply project. The project proposes to draw water from the Merti Aquifer to supply the city of Wajir with drinking water, through a 120 km pipeline. The…

09-03-2015 The new website of Acacia Water provides you all possible information about our consultancy, projects, innovations and research we conduct.
Both international as projects in The Netherlands can easily be found at the tab “projects”. Besides, we share as much as possible final reports with you…

03-03-2015 As part of the Dutch Delta Plan for Lake IJssel a broad stakeholder platform was organized. Management of the surface water level in the lake was one of the main topics discussed by the platform. To come up with the best water level management policy an in-depth physical assessment was combined with…