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Biogas promotion project in Kenya

09.12.2015

Institutional Strengthening of ENACAL in Nicaragua

AKUT has been awarded with a contract by GIZ (German Technical Cooperation) to continue its institutional strengthening project for ENACAL in Nicaragua.

A higher efficiency in water supply and sanitation is the principal objective of this technical cooperation. The measures are part of the institutional strengthening of the national water supply and sanitation (WSS) company “Empresa Nicaragüense de Acueductos y Alcantarillados – ENACAL“. In addition to the ongoing assistance at the offices Boacco and Chontales this stage of the project will also include the offices in the departments St. Tomás, Camoapa and Acoyapa.

The project comprises the following components:

The improvement of service quality (duration of supply and customer services), a reduction of receivable accounts and enhanced processes for result and effect oriented planning services, monitoring and evaluation. This shall be achieved through the introduction of the GIS based system SIGIL.

The reduction of physical water losses and energy costs as well as increased revenues through extension and maintenance of a customers register are measures to limit the operational costs of ENACAL.

A modern surface waters monitoring system will be established for the supervion of receiving water bodies.

The operational management of 14 wastewater treatment plants of ENACAL will be improved in order to comply with legal requirements regarding outflow water quality of wastewater plants.

Timeframe of the project is 3 years.

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AKUT is contractor of the Swiss Development Cooperation

26.02.2015

Biogas promotion project in Kenya

Within the framework of the project „Power Generation from Biogas for Improved Agro-processing Efficiency“ AKUT has been assigned by the GIZ with the planning and installation of demonstration biogas pilot systems in various parts of the country and for substrates (residual organic waste material) from various agricultural value chains.

AKUT fixed dome plants have shown good performances in Kenya and can therefore serve as a basis for standard replicable plants that shall be developed: With adapted design and stirred reactors for different substrates and usage.

At the same time construction companies, project developers and engineers will be trained by AKUT at those pilot systems.

Timeframe of the project will be approximately one year.

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Modernization of Peruvian Water Management

29.01.2015

AKUT is contractor of the Swiss Development Cooperation

In the framework of development cooperation of Switzerland and Peru the Swiss State Secretariat of Economic Affairs (SECO) and the Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) have defined the endorsement and promotion of urban infrastructure and the institutional strengthening of public service providers as strategic objectives.

Therefore the water supply and sanitation company EPS Grau in Piura has been selected to introduce an integrated project for the improvement of water supply, wastewater treatment and water resources management.

AKUT has been assigned to work in the institutional strengthening of EPS Grau in a cooperation with its Swiss partner Seecon GmbH.

Timeframe of the project is 3 years.

On the picture: after solemny signing the cooperation contract
From the left to the right: Thilo Burkard, representative of AKUT; Hans Ruedi Bortis, Swiss embassador; Martin Perter, head of Swiss State Secretariat of Economic Affairs in Peru

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