News & Projects

05-10-2021 We are very proud to announce our company registration in Ethiopia! After more than 10 years of active engagement in specifically groundwater and IWRM related projects in Ethiopia and neighbouring countries, it is time to take a next step.
Water resources are scarce in the Horn of Africa region,…

25-08-2021 UNICEF, Acacia Water and Aquacon have a long standing relationship on mapping of deep ground water resources in Ethiopia. The work focuses on improving the success rate of borehole drilling.
 
Following the mapping of groundwater in Ethiopia, Groundwater Mapping 4 Climate Resilient…

09-08-2021 In the past 2 weeks colleagues of Acacia Water installed hydrological & telemetric monitoring sensors at water sources outlets (river, groundwater & springs) in Bedele and Harar, Ethiopia to measure the impact of upstream reforestation (tree planting) and Soil & Water Conservation (SWC)…

15-10-2020 On October 6th, the project team of Groundwater Mapping 4 Climate Resilient WASH in arid and semi-arid areas of Ethiopia (GW4E) held the closure activities of the project with two online sessions: ‘Use and applications of the online webtool and the Dissemination Workshop of the EU RESET funded…

16-03-2020 In the Central Rift Valley in Ethiopia, the water level in lake Ziway and in the downstream saline Lake Abijata has declined over the past years. This has been due to increased water extraction for irrigation from Lake Ziway and expansion of agriculture in the entire Ziway-Shalla Basin, causing a…

03-02-2020 The Ziway-Shalla basin (Central Rift Valley, Ehtiopia) suffers from a combination of land degradation and agricultural expansion. The agricultural expansion is marked by a shift from rainfed to irrigated horticulture, resulting in intensification in the use of water resources and ultimately a…

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…

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…