Aptech recently designed, supplied, installed and commissioned a water supply system project at the UNHCR old guest house in Kikuube District.
The project involved installation of a submersible pump, Grundfos SP2A-23 at an installation of 70m, HDPE pipes of 40mm were used as riser pipes in the well and all over the transmission line.
Cast iron flanged fittings were installed at the wellhead to facilitate technical functionality of the system. The project also involved installation of an inline klorman chlorination system along the transmission. The Project involved plumbing works on the 5m3 tank installed at a tank tower of 6m high. The project entailed construction of valve surface chambers and installation of mark posts along the transmission line, then a chain link fence was established around the borehole facility.
UNHCR Old guest house is located in Kyangwali, Kikuube district in the Western part of Uganda about 353km from the Capital City “Kampala” via Masindi route
This water supply system will not only benefit old guest house stakeholders but also partly the community around. The existing boreholes were not giving enough safe and clean water to the community that’s why this project was established.
With Aptech Africa’s supplied system, our client and communities around will have sufficient and reliable water supply resulting in both economic, health and social benefits from this installation. With this clean water supply system, we expect good sanitation resulting in prevention of the spread of water-borne diseases such as cholera, typhoid and diarrhea.
The effects on child development in this area were also severe, with around 50% of child malnutrition due to unsafe water so with this project the problem is expected to reduce or totally be eradicated.
Economically, as the beneficiaries become healthier, spend less time to collect water from distant water sources we expect more productivity hence contributing to the economic growth of the beneficiaries.
