Group has ensured riparian lands have been marked and water friendly trees plantedAs the Environment ministry races against time to save the country’s water sources, community associations in parts of Meru County have come up with plans to conserve rivers. The groups, known as Water Resource Users Associations (WRUAs) have put in place measures that ensure proper usage of water from the rivers to benefit hundreds of thousands of people. Speaking to officials of three groups in Buuri Sub-County that manage Ngusishi, Timau and Tereswani rivers last week, it was evident the solution of rivers drying up lies in water management. The group has ensured riparian lands have been marked and water friendly trees planted on the course of the river with a ban on eucalyptus which consumes a lot of water. “We had to educate people who own land on the riparian areas and give them seedlings for water friendly trees,” he says.

Source: Daily Nation October 23, 2019 12:56 UTC