Dataset

Weekly volume of water pumped for handpumps monitored with Smart Handpump technology, Kwale County, Kenya

Water Quantity (Supply, Recharge), Borehole / Well / Handpump InfrastructureKenyaBritish Geological Survey (BGS)

Dataset Objective

To provide the weekly volumetric output of pumps monitored using a smart handpump in Kwale, Kenya.

Context

This project was supported by the following grants: Groundwater Risk Management for Growth and Development project (NE/M008894/1) funded by NERC/ESRC/DFIDã¤¼ã¸²s UPGro programme, New mobile citizens and waterpoint sustainability in rural Africa (ES/J018120/1) ESRC-DFID, and Groundwater Risks and Institutional Responses for Poverty Reduction in Rural Africa (NE/L001950/1) funded by NERC/ESRC/DFIDã¤¼ã¸²s UPGro programme.

What is included

Data contains the pumps' IDs, locations, names, and descriptions and the weekly volumetric output of pumps monitored using Smart Handpump for 2014 and 2015.

Collection Methods

Data was collected using remote sensing and monitoring.