A review of Excellent's four-year pilot sand dam programme to increase access to clean water for both people and wildlife in the Northern Rangelands of Kenya. Read more
This is the final evaluation of the three-year DFID-funded project that ended in October 2016 which set out to support 20 self-help groups (SHGs) in southeast Kenya to build 62 sand dams. Read more
This paper addresses the analysis and comparison of vegetation at sand dam sites and control sites over selected periods of drought, using the normalised difference vegetation index (NDVI). The results show that vegetation biomass was consistently and significantly higher at sand dam sites during periods of extended droughts. It is also shown that vegetation at sand dam sites recovers more quickly from drought. Read more
Water stored within sand dams is clean, and safe to drink! This is according to a 2018 paper written by Cranfield University Water and Science Institute. Read more
In this study, Cranfield University attempted to quantify the flows and understand the water balance of sand dams. Read more
A brief summary by Cranfield University of the 2018 published paper. Read more