Catchment to Tap (C2T)

The proposed Catchment to Tap (C2T) programme has the goal of improving access and availability of clean and safe water in adequate quantities and sanitation services for all users, as well as enhance climate resilience and inclusivity in the water sector. The programme will be implemented around the Rift Valley Basin. The programme will also have a light-touch in the Upper Tana Basin (Thika catchment) and Lake Victoria South Basin (Homa Bay), where the partners are able to leverage existing work through the WaterWorX and Blue Deal projects. The project’s activities will be implemented through an integrated approach centred around the IWRMWASH nexus demonstrations in Module 2. Through participatory approaches with the communities, particularly women and youth, the project will implement IWRM-WASH nexus demonstrations using a catchment approach, taking into account the human and climate induced changes degrading water source areas and impacting downstream users’ water supply and health outcomes. The catchment approach also facilitates the identification of bankable projects and the team will support additional high potential interventions with technical expertise to demonstrate sustainable business models that can be invested in and scaled through external finance. While each module will achieve specific outcomes, Module 1, 3 and 4 will create the necessary enabling conditions for the demonstration projects in Module 2 - i.e. raise awareness on the importance of IWRMWASH, increase capacity and knowledge in IWRM institutions, and improve institutional systems and structures with the WRA (Nakuru, Kisumu, and Embu) and WRUAs. Each module’s design builds sustainability and ownership of IWRM-WASH through IWRM institutions.