Kenya, Technical Assistance to Coast Water Service Board, "Mwache Project", Mombasa

The project objectives aimed at reducing the water shortage in Likoni (South Mombasa). The assignment focused on short-term increase of water availability before the implementation of the Mwache (dam) project and consisted in study, design, procurement and supervision of works, including hydrogeological investigations of the Tiwi aquifer, to establish the optimum capacity of the well field and optimum well field operations, detailed inspection rehabilitation of existing boreholes, drilling of new boreholes and study and design of desalination units for treatment of brackish ground water (10,000 m³/d).

Services

• Study and design to increase the yield of the Tiwi well field
• Improve the capacity of the system up to 5,000 m³/d
• Design and construction 14  groundwater boreholes (60 m³/h)
• Study and design of desalination units for treatment of brackish ground water (10,000 m³/d)

Technical Data

• 14  ground water boreholes (60 m^³/h)
• Desalination units for treatment of brackish ground water (10,000 m^³/d)

Client / Financing Agency

• Coast Water Works Development Agency (CWWDE)
• World Bank, Washington

Services Period

2018 - 2019