Mombasa Mainland Desalination Plant the desalination plant for 25 years after commissioning. Mombasa Mainland Desalination Plant Mombasa Mainland Desalination Plant (MMDP), is a planned water purification project in Kenya. The water treatment facility would be located on the mainland of the seaport city of Mombasa, on Kenya's Indian Ocean coast. The county of Mombasa lacks a source of potable water, within its boundaries. The fresh water used in the county is sourced from neighboring Kwale County, Kilifi County and Taita Taveta County. The amount of water these sources can provide to Mombasa is less than what the county needs to supply its growing population
Mombasa Island sprawl and industrial areas now occupy the rest of the island. Mombasa is linked to the mainland by the Makupa Causeway to the northwest, by the Nyali Bridge to the east and by the Likoni Ferry to the south. A road and rail bridge also serve the mainland container port near Port Reitz. Port Tudor and Tudor Creek were named by Owen Tudor the Royal Navy captain who first surveyed the area. Mombasa Island is one of the four divisions of Mombasa County. The division has a population of 146,334 (1999 census). It is divided into six subdivisions: Mombasa Island