Kampala Water Supply and Sanitation Expansion Programme, Uganda
Key Data:
Region supplied
Kampala and greater Kampala (Matugga, Mukono, Kajjansi, Nansana, Nabbingo, Buddo, Gayaza and Bulenga)
Gaba III capacity
80,000m³/day
Total combined capacity
200,000m³/day
Raw water intake/low lift pump station capacity
92,000m³/day
Pipework
From Gaba II raw water abstraction pipe
DN1000 mm
Delivery pipe
DN800 mm
Chlorine contact/treated water storage tank
3,600m³
Treated water pumping station capacity
54,000m³/day (Muyenga reservoirs); 30,000m³/day (Nakasero reservoir)
Transmission mains
Plant to Gunhill reservoirs
DN700; 50,000m³/day
Plant to Muyenga reservoirs
DN900; 90,000m³/day
Muyenga to Rubaga reservoir
DN500; 29,000m³/day.
Total project cost
€25m (Euros)
Project Timeline:
Poverty Eradication Action Plan (PEAP) formulated
1997
National Water Policy formulated
1999
PEAP revisions
2001, 2004
Work commenced
November 2005
Gaba III completed
November 2006
Testing phase began
December 2006
Plant formally commissioned
19th April 2007
Construction of Mukono reservoirs, pipeline and pumping stations begins
June 2007
Key Players:
Project sponsors
National Water & Sewage Corporation (NWSC) and Kampala Water
Gaba III design & build contractor
Dywidag International GmbH
Other contractors
Spencon and Sogea-Satom
Gaba III design consultants
GkW & Aqua
Transmission mains design consultants
HP Gauff
Funding
German Government; Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau (KfW) and the Government of Uganda
