KBL sinks Sh4 billion in Kisumu water treatment planKenya Breweries Limited Managing Director Jane Karuku(left) explains how an effluent treatment plant works to Nic Hailey, the British High Commissioner to Kenya (right), during a tour of the KBL Kisumu Brewery on March 27, 2018. SEE ALSO :EABL profit after tax jumps to Sh6.6 billionThis is further expected to remove the plant from the list of large water dependents of Kisumu Water and Sewerage Company, easing the strain on domestic users. Jacob Bett, the head of engineering and packaging the first phase of the treatment would receive water laden with organic brewery waste and chemical such as sodium hydroxide and sulphates. “From the second stage the water is about 99 per cent pure, meeting parameters for release into a water body. He said due to strict quality parameters in beer brewery, the water would not be used in the process.

Source: Standard Digital March 22, 2019 13:30 UTC