Cape Town's first solar-powered desalination plant gets 'wings'

Aug. 6, 2018

After winning a Redbull competition, Kusini Water launched the firm’s first solar-powered desalination plant.

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PIONEERING: The site where the first Kusini Water Cape Town Desalination Plant will be installed at the V&A Waterfront. Inset is Murendeni Mafumo, founder of Kusini Water. Picture: Henk Kruger/African News Agency (ANA)

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, AUG 6, 2018 -- Entrepreneur Murendeni Mafumo is in full flight after getting his “wings” from a Redbull competition and is making a difference to under-served and rural communities who often don't have access to clean drinking water.

Mafumo, a scientist and founder of Kusini Water, launched the firm’s first solar-powered desalination plant in Cape Town recently, set to be operational later this year. Kusini Water is a locally-designed solar-powered water purification system that uses an activated carbon filter made from locally-sourced macadamia nut shells.

The Cape Town plant, to be built at a site located on the Granger Bay side of the V&A Waterfront, will be capable of producing 4 000 litres of fresh water an hour, or enough water for more than 4 800 households a day. Read more at Moneyweb