Mukuu Springs

The community have a spring in their area and there has been a lot of conservation mobilization and we are about to ground break on an almost Ksh 2.5 million project of conserving the spring and putting place a water system for livestock and domestic use.

Mkuu springs project is a community led group which is in Kiruua Location, Buuri Division in Meru Central District.

It is situated in the Arid/Semi Arid Land (ASAL) a distance of about 20 km from Isiolo town and is neighboring Lewa on the eastern side.

The project is strategic where it is projected to meet a high demand of water for about 800 families that’s making it 3000 people for domestic use.

The number of livestock expected to get water from the spring project is approximately 2400 per week. The biggest problem is that the communities’ livestock are getting down to the stream and causing a lot of pollution down stream which in return causes water borne diseases. To stop this we believe the project will both make the situation manageable because we will fence round the spring eye and the project facilities.

We currently are carrying an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the project just to ensure that the project will have a positive impact to the spring and the surrounding environment. The project design is being drawn to allow a better plan of the area. Mkuu spring is a public utility land and after consultation with the relevant government authorities we have acquired the support documents for the same.

When the project starts there will be a perimeter fence around the spring to stop the livestock from getting direct to the spring.
The project is expected to have the following facilities put in place:

• Cattle troughs
• Sheep/goats trough
• Dhobi/washing sinks
• Shower block
• Pit toilet blocks
• Clothes lines
• Soak pit/overflow