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!!

 

A typical landfill site in Bishoftu

 

Nigel, ourt leakeage technician, demonstrating how to detect leaks