Thr Athi Water Services Board piloted a new innovation with Grundfos Lifelink last November on an automated borehole that focuses on ensuring revenue collection, hence providing a solution to the challenges of unaccounted-for water. Kenya is the first country piloting these innovative systems that herald a new era in sustainability on all levels — technical, financial, environmental, and social. The solar-powered borehole is driven by and works with a pre-payment system based on M-PESA. The end-user receives a water key in the form of a chip. The key can be loaded with money from any M-PESA account. Once the user is at the tapping station, they insert the chip, and water flows automatically until the chip is removed. The tapping station automatically deducts the amount of credits used and transfers the money in a closed payment system. The pilot project was funded 50% by the Athi Water Service Board and 50% by Grundfos Lifelink. It was handed over to the Rujwasco Water Service Provider to service and run the project and to ensure that the communities around would have access to water.