August 2013
CONSTRUCTION WORLD
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projects & contracts
THIS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
will ulti-
mately supply safe drinkingwater to 550 000
residents and 20 000 households. The Royal
HaskoningDHV lead consortium has been
commissioned by Fundo de Investimento
e Patrimonio do Asbestecimento de Agua
of Mozambique (FIPAG) to implement all
services required for the Development Phase
of this project that will be funded by the
Netherlands Government via an ORIO Grant.
The contract value for Royal HaskoningDHV
and VEI’s services amounts to €2,2-million.
The newwater distribution systemwill be
part of the so-called CorumanaWater Supply
System, aUSD130-millionWorld Bank funded
project through a loan to the Mozambique
Government. The Corumana System will
initially supply 60 000 m
3
per day of treated
drinking water from the Corumana Dam to
Maputo. This capacity will be extended dur-
ing a second phase to 120 000 m
3
per day.
The new distribution system will cover
an area of about 900 km
2
that is now rapidly
urbanised.
AlthoughMozambique as awhole is likely
to meet the millennium development goals
for water in 2015, the coverage of potable
water supply in the capital city Maputo is
still below 50%.The CorumanaWater Supply
Systemwill enable FIPAG to cover all inhabit-
ants of the city.
Future proof
Royal HaskoningDHV and VEI are respon-
sible for the design of the water distribution
system including new distribution centres,
a main distribution ring, at least 192 km of
primary and secondary distribution lines
and 20 000 new household connections. It is
currently planned that the design works will
be completed in April 2014 and construction
works will start at the end of 2014.
"The new sustainable urbanwater supply
system will provide good quality drinking
water for more than half amillion inhabitants
in northern Maputo. The new system will
improve drinkingwater quality and quantity,
and will reduce the costs per litre for the
inhabitants that now depend on unreliable
sources,” said Bob Bakker, project director at
Royal HaskoningDHV.
As well as helping to improve existing
living conditions, the system will be future-
proofed to accommodate Maputo's rapidly
growing population.”
Services supplied by Royal Haskoning-
DHV and VEI include among others: socio-
economic surveys to provide demand and
financial stability analysis, topographical
and geotechnical surveys on which to base
preliminary anddetaileddesigns anddetailed
plans for implementation, operation and
Water for 550 000 people
International consultancy, engineering and project management
service provider Royal HaskoningDHV together with international
water utilities companyVitens Evides International (VEI) will develop
a new water distribution system for northern Maputo, the capital
city of Mozambique.
maintenance, organisational development,
and finance.The consortiumwill alsoproduce
tender documents to procure contractors to
build the water distribution system.
"It is exciting to have the opportunity to
provide a system that will make a real differ-
ence to the quality of lives of somany people,
and help to enhance theMaputo community
in such a positive way," Bakker adds.
Funding of the €2,2-millionDevelopment
Phase was awarded by the Netherlands gov-
ernment after an ORIO request for funding
was submitted by Royal HaskoningDHV, VEI
and FIPAG.
After approval by ORIO of the studies
of the Development Phase, the value of
the ORIO Grant for implementation will be
around €20-million and operation andmain-
tenance for the first 10 years will add up to
around €1-million.
Rapidly growing population
Bakker continues: "The newCorumanaWater
Supply systemwill beMaputo's secondwater
supply system, and is needed as the existing
supply system is no longer able to deal with
demand. Ourmain challengewill be todesign
a distribution systemthat will copewith a rap-
idly growing population and to construct it in
an area where urban infrastructure facilities
such as roads are still under development.”
After completion of the Construction
Phase Royal HaskoningDHV andVEI will con-
tinue to provide technical support to FIPAG
and the future water supply operator of the
Corumana Water Supply System.
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Laying of distribution lines.
A water meter and tap.
Royal HaskoningDHV
Royal HaskoningDHV, headquartered
in Amersfoort (the Netherlands), is a
leading, international engineering
consultancy service provider, ranking
globally in the top 10 of independently
owned, non-listed engineering con-
sultancy companies and in the top 40
overall. It specialises in aviation, build-
ings, industry, energy and mining, in-
frastructure, maritime and waterways,
planningandstrategy, rivers, deltas and
coasts, transport and asset manage-
ment, and water technology.
