The Project involves abstraction and treatment of 100 million litres of water per day from Lake Malawi (Salima) and transportation of treated water through a 120km transmission pipeline. The scope of the Contract is for the extraction and delivery of the 100 million litres of potable water from Lake Malawi to the city of Lilongwe, Dowa and Salima districts; including surrounding areas and trading centres along the M14 Lilongwe – Salima Road.
The Contractor will build clear water tanks and pumping stations along the 125 km stretch, the first one at Lifuwu in Salima where the treatment plant will be built, with storage tanks. The treated water will then be conveyed from Lifuwu to Kanyenyeva, which is located 51 kilometres in the same district. At Kanyenyeva the water will be pumped to Dowa turnoff clear water tank, a distance of 21 km. From there the water will gravitate 37 km to Kanengo water tanks.
It is from this stage that water will now be distributed through the existing Lilongwe Water Board’s systems to the city’s residents, and Central Region Water Board will facilitate the supplying of water in Salima and Dowa Districts from the pipeline.
Project Development Objective
To increase water availability for Lilongwe City, Salima, and Dowa Districts for social-economic development and to strengthen the capacity of Lilongwe City to respond to adverse climatic conditions and ensure sustainability of water supply
Client: Salima-Lilongwe Water Supply Company
Completion: January 1970
