News & Projects

23-04-2019 Geophysics and groundwater exploration remains a very specialized field of work. For an outsider it is often hard to comprehend which methods are being used and how indications and characterization of underground water are being established. Between February 2017 and November 2018 the project…

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…

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…

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…

06-06-2017 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…

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…

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…