Following a meeting held between National Water and Sewerage Corporation and Total Energies regarding the provision of adequate and reliable water supply services to East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) Project Sites in Kyotera, Sembabule, and Mubende, a team from NWSC Head Office visited the first site in Kyotera to start on the detailed designs. 

The exercise started with a visit to the proposed Main Camp and Pipe Yard-4 Site in Kyotera, which will serve as the central material storage and dispatch point for all imports through Tanzania to Uganda. At the site, the layout was discussed, topography & existing site conditions appreciated, Oil-pipeline route noted, and final water connection point picked.

The Camp expected to house over 1,000 people is projected to consume an average of 200,000 litres of water per day. From the visit to the NWSC facilities, it was noted that the existing NWSC infrastructure cannot meet this demand. As such, it was proposed to drill and develop two (02) additional boreholes which shall deliver water to a central reservoir supplying the Camp.

The potential reservoir site and boreholes sites were also visited and elevations taken, including assessment of nearby power sources, among others. The pipeline routes options were also discussed and agreed on. The team shall proceed to document and prepare detailed designs, cost estimates, and implementation arrangements as required.