Otor-Iyede
Solar Powered Pumps Make Water Supply Possible, August 2018
Located in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, the rural community of Otor-Iyede struggled to access potable drinking water. Realising this, the Nigerian Ministry of Water Resources initiated a water supply scheme, in 2017, to provide potable drinking water to the community. This scheme, consisting of five sites with high-yield boreholes, feeds underground water into above-ground storage tanks at each location. Water pumping is exclusively by the use of solar energy. Each site also has a reticulation system installed for distributing water across the community.
In 2018, VAYA Energy was appointed as engineering consultant on power provision for the Otor-Iyede project, with a scope that included the following for each of the five sites:
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Detailed design and specification of the solar power system
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Lifecycle analysis of the system
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Supply of Tier-1 solar equipment (solar power for pumps, perimeter lighting, accessories)
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Supervision of the solar installation
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VAYA's Workscope
Site 1 has a 4.5 kWp solar photovoltaic system, which provides power to Direct Current pumps connected to 3 boreholes.
The installed tank capacity at Site 1 is 45,000 litres. It will be increased.