Kitwe Water Supply and Sanitation Project
Kitwe, Zambia
Location
Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Process and Environmental Engineering
Sector
High-Rate Clarification/Filtration
Technology
750,000
Beneficiaries
June 2025
Completion Date
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
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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
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Increasing Chimwemwe Distribution Centre 21.5ML Reservoir by 20ML
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Increasing Riverside Distribution Centre 11.1ML reservoir by 10ML
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Increasing Garneton Distribution Centre 0.05ML reservoir by 2ML
Upgrading of sewerage collection and treatment facilities
Installation of 25,000 water meters