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nternational consultancy, engineering
and project management service provider
Royal HaskoningDHV together with interna-
tional water utilities company Vitens Evides
International (VEI) will develop a new water
distribution system for northern Maputo,
the capital city of Mozambique. This distri-
bution system will ultimately supply safe
drinking water 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 Govern-
ment via an ORIO Grant.The contract value
for Royal HaskoningDHV and VEI’s services
amounts to €2,2 M.The new water distribu-
tion system will be part of the so-called
Corumana Water Supply System, a US$130
MWorld Bank funded project through a loan
to the Mozambique Government.The Coru-
mana System will initially supply 60 000 m3
per day of treated drinking water from the
Corumana Dam to Maputo. This capacity
will be extended during a second phase to
120 000 m3 per day. The new distribution
system will cover an area of about 900 km2
that is now rapidly urbanised. Although
Mozambique as a whole 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 en-
able FIPAG to cover all inhabitants of the city.
Royal HaskoningDHV
andVEI are respon-
sible for the design of the water distribution
system including new distribution centres,
a main distribution ring, at least192 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.
Bob Bakker, project director at Royal
HaskoningDHV said: "The new sustainable
urban water supply systemwill provide good
quality drinking water for more than half a
million inhabitants in northern Maputo.The
new system will improve drinking water
quality and quantity, and will reduce the
costs per litre for the inhabitants that now
depend on unreliable sources. As well as
helping to improve existing living condi-
tions, the system will be future-proofed to
accommodate Maputo's rapidly growing
population.”
Enquiries: Hillary Erasmus.Tel. 011 798 6511 or
email
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Water supply for growing Great Maputo Metro
