Kiserian Dam

Kiserian dam view from the horn of the dam

Kiserian dam[1] is a water catchment project by the government of Kenya located in Kiserian Town, Keekonyokie Ward.[2] The dam construction started in 2008 and ended 2013.The dam has a height of 18 metres and a capacity of 1.8 million litres.[3] This project was set up in order to overcome water challenges in Kajiado county and parts of Nairobi county. The dam has a daily supply capacity of 15,700 cubic metres and is currently supplying domestic water in constituencies in Kajiado north and kajiado west. It's under maintenance by Oloolaiser water and sewage company who are also in charge of water and sewage treatment and supply. The dam has a water treatment storage of 5000 m³ and serves over 253,000 residents.[4] Kiserian dam relies on four seasonal rivers, two which originate from Ngong Hills.

This image shows a part of the kiserian dam when dry

See also

References

  1. ↑ "kiserian dam | Kenya News Agency". kenyanewsagency.go.ke. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  2. ↑ "Large Dams". www.watercorporation.go.ke. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  3. ↑ "A COMPARISON OF RAW AND TREATED WATER QUALITY CASE STUDY: KISERIAN DAM WATER TREATMENT PLANT | Department of Civil & Construction Engineering". civil.uonbi.ac.ke. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  4. ↑ "KISERIAN DAM | Oloolaiser Water and Sewerage Company Ltd". www.oloolaiserwatercompany.co.ke. Retrieved 2017-05-07.

Coordinates: 1°26′16″S 36°41′47″E / 1.4379°S 36.6965°E / -1.4379; 36.6965

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