Cost-benefit breakdown for a 20-unit apartment sewage recycling system in Nairobi — installation cost, monthly savings, and payback period.
20 x THREE BEDROOM APARTMENTS, NAIROBI
COST OF ECOCYCLE RECYCLING SOLUTION (15m3 per day Sewage Recycling Capacity)
|
Description |
Details |
Cost (Kshs.) |
|
Klaermax equipment 15m3 per day |
Design & Supply, installation & One |
4,353,667.13 |
|
Recycled water discharge pump |
Procurement & Installation Costs |
65,000.00 |
|
TOTAL |
4,418,667.13 |
SAVINGS ON SEWAGE & WATER EXPENSES DUE TO SEWAGE RECYCLING EQUIPMENT
|
Description |
Details |
Monthly Cost (Kshs.) |
Annual Cost (Kshs.) |
|
10 cubic meters per day at a cost of Kshs. 150 per cubic meter |
45,000.00 |
540,000.00 |
|
|
Frequent exhauster costs to empty septic tank |
Two truck trips @ kshs.13,000.00 every two months |
13,000.00 |
156,000.00 |
|
TOTAL |
696,000.00 |
MONTHLY RUNNING COSTS ON ECOCYCLE SEWAGE RECYCLING SOLUTION
MONTHLY BENEFITS/SAVINGS DUE TO ECOCYCLE RECYCLING SOLUTION
|
Description |
Monthly Savings (Kshs.) |
|
Cost Savings on irrigation, open space & |
45,000.00 |
|
Savings on exhauster truck trips costs once every two months |
13,000.00 |
|
58,000.00 |
Net
Monthly Financial savings (benefits)
= Monthly savings – Monthly running costs= 58,000.00 -9,257.00= 48,743.00
PAYBACK PERIOD
In Months = Cost of Ecocycle Recycling system/ Monthly
Net Savings (benefits)
=4,353,667.13/48,743.00= 89
In Years; =89/12 = 7.4 years.