Study and Design of Kebribayah Town and Surrounding Villages Water Supply Project

The project involves feasibility study and design of water supply system for Kberi-Beyah Town and about Fourteen[14]Surrounding villages. Kebribayah City administration is found in Kebribayah Woreda of Fafan Zone Woredas of Somali Regional State.  The town hosted huge refugee since 1989, those refugees and returnees from Somalia. It was the only camp in the Somali Region to remain open while the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was able to close down the other camps in the region between 1997 and 2005. However, the influx of more refugees from south-central Somalia led to the growth of the camp up to 16,000 or 17,000 inhabitants. 

The town has been structured as a City Administration by the Somali Region Government; and the earlier water wells[two] were provided by in 1997 by UNHCR for refuge and host communities. In 2015; the regional government drilled additional three wells to supplement the Town and Surrounding villages critical water shortage. However, as more & More surrounding villages of are connected to the system; the source that is located southwest of the town had been extended to as much as 44km in the Northeast villages, and 60km in the south of Kebribeyah. The existing sources are located about 30km southwest of Kebribeyah. 

The 2020 population of the Town and surrounding villages is reported to be 103,681 with 37,699 to be Town residents and 65,983 to be from 13 surrounding villages incorporated in the project whom most of them currently use the town source. 

Blue Matrix Consultancy had been contracted with the Water Resource Development Bureau of the Somali Regional State to conduct: “Study and Design of Kebribayah Town and the surrounding villages (Dhurwale, Hahi, Qaho, Kudhley, Gadhun, Oman, Kotoroble, Dul’ad, Hartashekh, Istanbudh, Samatar, Wadoabo, Guyo, Waberi, Gilo) Water supply and Sanitation project.  

The projected population of the project for 2035 and2045 is   143,532 and 173,609 respectively. Therefore; we have undertaken a source assessment, study and investigation for phase I &II projected demands 138 l/S and 198 l/s. Accordingly we have conducted the following major tasks under the project:

1. Identified and proposed three well fields around the town to optimize and improve system efficiency proposed development of 10 deep wells[500m] for first phase and 16 for 2nd phase
2. Designed the Water Supply system in five Lots with over 125km pipe length of diameter up to HDPE40 to HDPE400, 45 new water points 
3. Over 105km collector and transmission pipe lines 
4. Five collector reservoirs for pumping station between 100 to 200m3 and five new Service Reservoirs between 200 to 1000m3 
5. Complete Electro-Mechanical design from BH pumps, booster pumps, power supply, chlorination and Automated SCADA management Systems for main system