Kitwe Water Supply and Sanitation Project
Location
Kitwe, Zambia
Sector
Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Process and Environmental Engineering
Technology
High-Rate Clarification/Filtration
Beneficiaries
750,000
Completion Date
June 2025
Summary Scope of Work
Designing a treatment system to provide sufficient, clean, and affordable water to the customers of Nkana Water and Sewerage Company (NWSC) and Bulangililo Town in particular.
This involved conducting a feasibility study, producing a feasibility report, conducting a precondition survey to determine existing building levels, dimensions, water levels and pipework sizing and to identify areas of the existing system that needed to be maintained or replaced; and designing and construction of Water treatment plant.
Key Features
Upgrading of Bulangililo WTW
Construction a 40MLD compact type plant including floc/sed, filtration, backwash and clear water in a single structure plant
Upgrading Bulk Pipelines
Upgrading water storage reservoirs
Increasing Chimwemwe Distribution Centre 21.5ML Reservoir by 20ML
Increasing Riverside Distribution Centre 11.1ML reservoir by 10ML
Increasing Garneton Distribution Centre 0.05ML reservoir by 2ML
Upgrading of sewerage collection and treatment facilities
Installation of 25,000 water meters