Real-time IoT monitoring of motorized borehole sites across drought-affected counties in Northern Kenya, funded by the Millennium Water Alliance DRIP program.
Northern Kenya's arid and semi-arid lands face chronic drought cycles. Communities depend on boreholes, but 30–40% of water points are non-functional at any given time due to breakdowns and lack of maintenance visibility.
Virridy IoT sensors installed on each pump transmit daily runtime, flow, and operational data via cellular gateways. Real-time dashboards enable field teams to prioritize maintenance before communities lose water access.
Continuous monitoring across Garissa, Wajir, Turkana, Isiolo, and Marsabit counties enables data-driven maintenance, reducing downtime from weeks to days and providing verifiable usage data for donor reporting and carbon credit verification.
Virridy is piloting digital Monitoring, Reporting & Verification (dMRV) for safe water supply carbon credits under Gold Standard methodology. IoT sensor data replaces manual surveys for usage verification.
Continuous flow and runtime data from IoT sensors provides verifiable evidence of water system functionality. Sensor data is transmitted daily via cellular gateways and validated against field observations.
Phase 1: Sensor deployment and baseline. Phase 2: Algorithm calibration against manual surveys. Phase 3: Full dMRV integration with Gold Standard registry for automated credit issuance.
Digital MRV uses real-time sensor data to continuously verify water system operation, reducing verification costs by up to 80% while increasing data granularity from annual to daily resolution.