UCF

WATER TREATMENT and HEALTH RESEARCH

The refugees of nakivale have to contend with a high level of water borne disease such as cholera due to accessing contaminated water from Lake Nakivale and even large puddles after rainfall.

With our fabulous consultants in Wales, and in collaboration with UNHCR and Uganda national water supplier, Nsamizi, UCF is building their first water filtration and purification plants to deliver clean water to refugee households. 

The prototype is designed by our biochar consultants in Wales including researcher in biochar, Prof Lionel Clarke. See images and video below. The prototype  has proved very successful and the water from the plant is tested by the Ugandan Government Pathology Laboratories as having zero pathogens. Test results. This is great news and the team in Wales (as of May 2026) have decided to fund two further filtration plants. Each plant as in the image below will provide a 20L jerry can of water to 500 households every day.

While a few additional infrastructure upgrades are still required to house the distribution outlet,  prevent direct environmental contamination, and provide a community access point, UCF expects to have the plant upgraded to distribution capabilities by July 2026.