About Us

BACKGROUND

Koom Consulting, which gets its name from the word for "water" in Mooré, the West African Gur language, was initiated by its founder and coordinator, Tarik R. Smith in 2010 as an amalgamation of collective professional, academic and humanitarian experience in integrated water management, engineering and research.

Since 2010, Koom Consulting, has established itself as an international  partnership of over fifteen SMEs, NGOs, research centers and independent specialists in the field of integrated water management and engineering with affiliates spread out over Western Europe, Western and Eastern Africa, North, Central and South America and the Caribbean.

Our mission is to Foster SMART local development and International Cooperation through sustainable water management.

CORE ACTIVITIES

Our principal lines of work revolve around the integrated management of water resources, with an emphasis on potable and wastewater treatment and management, research and development, training and capacity building, and project management.

CORE VALUES

Integrated Water Management is broadly defined as the “process which promotes the coordinated development and management of water, land and related resources, in order to maximize the resultant economic and social welfare in an equitable manner without compromising the sustainability of vital ecosystems."   

These pillars of sustainable water management also represent the core values of the Koom Consulting Partnership and our professional, holistic and multidisciplinary approach to tackling some of the many challenges currently facing the water resource management sector  worldwide.