Review of ESIA, Supervision and Quality Assurance of Construction Works for Gure- Shembola Water and Sanitation Project, Beneshangul Gumuz

The Gure-Shembola Refugee camp and host communities water supply and sanitation project in Benishangul Gumuz region, Mao Komo wereda  is aimed to address the existing critical water supply and sanitation problems in Gure- Shembola refugee camp and host kebeles.  

The project is funded by German Development Cooperation through KfW Development Bank. As per the ToR, UNICEF  has recently completed  the feasibility  study and design  for the long-term  water  supply for Gure-Shembola   refugee  camp and the two kebeles  that are hosting  the refugee  camp. The water  supply  system  is designed  to supply water to  19,000 refugees  and  15,200 host community  population;  the design  population  includes  a 2.4% population  growth  over a 10-year design period.  Gure and Shembola  are two Kebeles,  each with nine villages.  On completion,  the water  supply,  is therefore,  designed  to serve a total population  of about 34,200 persons.

The water  supply  system  is designed  to supply water to  19,000 refugees  and  15,200 host community  population;  the design  population  includes  a 2.4% population  growth  over a 10-year design period.  Gure and Shembola  are two Kebeles,  each with nine villages.  On completion,  the water  supply,  is therefore,  designed  to serve a total population  of about 34,200 persons.

The Engineering Design of the Water Supply & Sanitation Projects includes the following major components.

• Drilling of  4 Boreholes as a water source each requiring 30mx30m of area
• Two (2) Reservoirs of 300m3 capacity at collector chamber, 200m3 for Shombola community and 100m3 for Ghiba community
• Booster station
• A total length of about 22.2km distribution network pipelines for Phase-I (2030)

• Transmission main and collector pipe lines of total length of 13.4km.  

• A total of 20 water points and 5 water kiosks
• Access road of total length about 2m from the source to the collector chamber and reservoir. For the distribution network it follows the existing roadside and no need of the access road. 
• EEPCO Power supply.

• Water treatment. Chlorination of the water at the reservoir. Calcium or sodium hypochlorite solution will be used to disinfect the water.
• Auxiliary buildings office, powerhouse, storehouse, latrine.