Southern Region Water Board
 
 
SHIRE VALLEY TRANSFORMATION PROJECT

Project name: Chikwawa water supply project shire valley transformation program

Contractor:  SINOHYDRO Corp Ltd

Supervising Consultant: Korean Rural Community Corporation (KRC) jv Dasan & ISAN Ltd

Contract Price: USD 6,474,521.91

PROJECT ELEMENTS

  1. Intake at the canal with 2 No. pumps abstracting raw water
  2. A pumping mainline of 250mm diameter ductile iron pipe
  3. A full conventional water treatment plant (3,326m³/Day capacity or 3,326,400 litres per day )
  4. A pumping house with 2No. pumps
  5. An elevated steel tank of 500,000 litres capacity
  6. A 200mm PVC transmission and distribution pipeline, 4.1km long taking the water to Chikwawa township