National Water and Sewerage Corporation, (NWSC), through the Government of Uganda has received financing from the World Bank under the Integrated Water Management and Development Project (IWMDP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under contract for construction of Adjumani Water Supply and Sanitation Project.
The project scope entails; A raw water intake of capacity 12,000m3/day on River Nile at Arra West Village off Adjumani-Laropi Ferry road in Adjumani District, a Raw Water Pump station with Vertical Turbine Pumps; 1 duty and 1 Standby (discharge 70.66lps against 136m head) at the raw water Intake.
It also necessitates; an 8.8km DN-300mm Ductile Iron Class 40 Raw water transmission pipeline from the raw water intake to the Water treatment plant, Water treatment plant of capacity 4,000m3/day expandable to 8,000m3/day at Mijale village on Adjumani-Laropi Ferry road, Treated Water Pump station with Vertical Turbine Pumps; 1 Duty and 1 Standby (discharge 66.49lps against 176m head) at the water treatment plant, 10.0km DN300mm Ductile Iron Class 40 treated water transmission pipeline from the treatment plant to the elevated steel reservoir in Adjumani town council. An elevated hot dipped galvanized Iron pressed steel
reservoirs of capacity 655m3 in Adjumani town council, 3km of 140-315mmOD uPVC PN10 distribution pipeline from the elevated steel reservoir in Adjumani town council to the existing network, 30Km of 110-250mmOD uPVC PN10 gravity feeder distribution mains from the elevated steel reservoir in Adjumani town council to existing reservoirs in Pakele town council and Ciforo township and to a new reservoir in Dzaipi township.
An elevated hot dipped galvanized Iron pressed steel reservoirs of capacity 130m3 in Dzaipi township, Supply, installation and commissioning of borehole pumps; 86.40 m3/hr with 117m head at Pagirinya refugee settlement, 64.8 m3/hr with 111m head at Olua refugee settlement, and 28.8 m3/hr with 93m head at Nyumanzi refugee settlement, 12km of DN100-150 Ductile Iron Class 40 pumping mains from the boreholes to elevated steel reservoirs, and, an elevated hot dipped galvanized Iron pressed steel reservoirs of capacities 110m3 at Pagirinya refugee settlement, 200m3 at Olua refugee settlement and 60m3 at Nyumanzi refugee settlement, are detailed as part of the project scope.
The scope also entails; 19Km of 110-200mmOD uPVC PN10 borehole water distribution network, 7 sanitation blocks at public places and institutions in Adjumani and Pakele Town Councils, Dzaipi and Ciforo townships, and, a Faecal Sludge treatment plant of capacity 3.6m3/day at Amelo in Adjumani Town council.
