Locations of water supplies serving Nairobi, Kenya.

This dataset portrays locations of water supplies serving Nairobi, Kenya.

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Locations of dam were approximately located by WRI based on SoK 1971, MoWD and JICA 1992a, 1992b, 1992c, Nyaoro 1999, and Wambua 2003. This data was used in Map 3.9 in Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being.

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Citation

Survey of Kenya (SoK). 1971. Directorate of Overseas Surveys: 1:50,000 Topographical Maps. Series Y731. Nairobi: SoK.

Ministry of Water Development (MoWD) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). 1992a. The Study on the National Water Master Plan. "Figure M10.1: Location Map of Potential and Existing Damsites." Nairobi: MoWD and JICA.

Ministry of Water Development (MoWD) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). 1992b. The Study on the National Water Master Plan. "Figure M10.2: Water Transfer Scheme." Nairobi: MoWD and JICA.

Ministry of Water Development (MoWD) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). 1992c. The Study on the National Water Master Plan. "Map U-1: Nairobi." Nairobi: MoWD and JICA.

Nyaoro, J.R. 1999. "Case Study on Kenya River Watershed Management and Arising Conflicts." In Report on the Conference on Cooperation or Conflict: Ways of Managing Scarce Natural Resources in Africa', 18-23 June 1999. Maputo, Mozambique: Civil Society Conflict Prevention Network and Citizens' Security Council (KATU). Online at http://www.katunet.fi/suomi/pdf/NATURAL%20RESOURCE%20REPORT.pdf

Wambua, S. 2003. "Yatta Canal: The 'Nile' of Northern Machakos." Network for Water and Sanitation (NETWAS) Newsletter. Online at http://www.netwas.org/newsletter/articles/2003/09/8

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Project: Ecosystem Service Mapping

Page Last Updated: August 19, 2016

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