Friday 26th July: Nigel delivered Leakage Detection training which was very well received. This involved a practical session outside with a electronic listening stick and ground microphone. The participants were very interested and involved in the training. They went away from the leakage detection training with a clear view of what they need to do to improve leakage.
Saturday 27th July: Anna delivered water quality training and stressed the importance of adding chlorine to the water supply. Anna delivered a practical session on using a Comparitor to show how easy it is to detect chlorine within the water supply. At the end of the session the three Yorkshire Engineers and Hannah from Water Aid were given a gift from the participants of some Bishoftu clothing, Some interesting pictures to follow!
Sunday 28th July: We have moved from Bishoftu and back to Addis today. At Addis we have visited a bio gas cafe which is supported by Water Aid. The bio gas cafe allows people to use their toilets and showers for a very small fee and the waste that is then produced is used to run the kitchen which makes and sells coffee! A great way to make the most of the situation.
Monday 29th July: We will take a trip to the WaterAid office for a final evaluation and to develop an action plan for the future.
Monday 29 June 2015
Friday 26 June 2015
Ethiopia 2015: Diary #3 from Yorkshire Water's volunteers
Joel has completed his day of training on Asset Management which has been very successful.
There were 26 attendees (including from the Ministry of water and irrigation and the regional offices) from 20 different towns throughout Ethiopia and 6 Wateraid Ethiopia staff.
All attendees were very engaged and a lot of networking took place. A number of questions were raised and they are definitely wanting to move forward, improve assets and have a much improved way of data management.
An opening comment from one of the attendees was 'we want to move forward by choice not by chance' which assured us we are in the correct area covering the correct problems.
There were 26 attendees (including from the Ministry of water and irrigation and the regional offices) from 20 different towns throughout Ethiopia and 6 Wateraid Ethiopia staff.
All attendees were very engaged and a lot of networking took place. A number of questions were raised and they are definitely wanting to move forward, improve assets and have a much improved way of data management.
An opening comment from one of the attendees was 'we want to move forward by choice not by chance' which assured us we are in the correct area covering the correct problems.
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| Frehiwot, 10, walks over half hour and crosses a river to get water she knows to be unclean, yet the only source of drinkable water her community has |
Ethiopia 2015: Diary #2 from Yorkshire Water's volunteers
Another productive day in Ethiopia! We started the day with a tour of the landfill sites in Bishoftu enabling us to see what challenges they face in regards to dealing with their waste issues.
On the visit we were able to see the grand scale of the problem but also the plans they have in place that should reduce this problem over time.
It was also another positive day on the Leakage Detection process as we were able to locate and pin point a burst main. Following on from this we were able to arrange for the repair to be carried out. Whilst on the site of the burst main it gave us the chance to show how leak detection equipment (Ground Microphone) can help identify where the area of focus needs to be in terms of pin pointing a burst main.
We have big plans for the next 3 days as we will be issuing training to 20 Water Utilities Managers on Asset Management, Leakage Detection and Water Quality.
Tomorrow will be Joel kicking off with Asset Management, We’ll let you know how it goes!!
On the visit we were able to see the grand scale of the problem but also the plans they have in place that should reduce this problem over time.
It was also another positive day on the Leakage Detection process as we were able to locate and pin point a burst main. Following on from this we were able to arrange for the repair to be carried out. Whilst on the site of the burst main it gave us the chance to show how leak detection equipment (Ground Microphone) can help identify where the area of focus needs to be in terms of pin pointing a burst main.
We have big plans for the next 3 days as we will be issuing training to 20 Water Utilities Managers on Asset Management, Leakage Detection and Water Quality.
Tomorrow will be Joel kicking off with Asset Management, We’ll let you know how it goes!!
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| A typical landfill site in Bishoftu |
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| Nigel, ourt leakeage technician, demonstrating how to detect leaks |
Ethiopia 2015: Diary #1 from Yorkshire Water's volunteers
We are here on our second day and starting to get stuck in and have more of an understanding of the challenges facing Bishoftu Water Utilities.
We attended a meeting with Bishoftu Water utilities to discuss issues which they currently face and the plan for the rest of 2015. We then visited a number of sites to get an increased idea of the issues on individual sites.
Nigel, a leakage technician, has seen that leakage is an issue with 40% of water produced lost through various ways, but mainly leaking from mains. Leaks are unable to be detected until water shows through the ground which could take weeks or months.
Joel, a Field Technician, is going to be working alongside Bishoftu Utilities on how to manage the network in a more efficient way and suggest improvements in network management which will benefit the company.
Anna, a Water Quality Scientist, will be making suggestions on how to improve water quality in a variety of ways. She has seen that there are a number of small changes which can make a huge difference in the future.
In Bishoftu the production capacity is 12,000 m3/d with an ever increasing population. This is also based on an assumption of 40 litres per person per day but recent evaluation has suggested this is nearer 80 litres!
Ethiopia has increased its water supply coverage from 19% to 52% and although sanitation has improved by 24% the coverage is significantly less than that of the clean water network. After meeting many Ethiopians and being treat like royalty over the last few days it seems such a shame that so many of these people are suffering in ways we could only imagine from Yorkshire.
We have seen that Bishoftu have got big plans for the near future and we cant wait to help support them where we can.
We attended a meeting with Bishoftu Water utilities to discuss issues which they currently face and the plan for the rest of 2015. We then visited a number of sites to get an increased idea of the issues on individual sites.
Nigel, a leakage technician, has seen that leakage is an issue with 40% of water produced lost through various ways, but mainly leaking from mains. Leaks are unable to be detected until water shows through the ground which could take weeks or months.
Joel, a Field Technician, is going to be working alongside Bishoftu Utilities on how to manage the network in a more efficient way and suggest improvements in network management which will benefit the company.
Anna, a Water Quality Scientist, will be making suggestions on how to improve water quality in a variety of ways. She has seen that there are a number of small changes which can make a huge difference in the future.
In Bishoftu the production capacity is 12,000 m3/d with an ever increasing population. This is also based on an assumption of 40 litres per person per day but recent evaluation has suggested this is nearer 80 litres!
Ethiopia has increased its water supply coverage from 19% to 52% and although sanitation has improved by 24% the coverage is significantly less than that of the clean water network. After meeting many Ethiopians and being treat like royalty over the last few days it seems such a shame that so many of these people are suffering in ways we could only imagine from Yorkshire.
We have seen that Bishoftu have got big plans for the near future and we cant wait to help support them where we can.
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| The Yorkshire Water staff out in Ethiopia. (From left to right): Joel Tidswell, Field Technician; Anna Warrington, Water Quality Scientist; Nigel Riley, Leakage Inspector |
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