Faza Water Supply Project

Project Description:

Objective: Conveying 75 CM water per day from mainland to the Faza Island

Services: Study, design, execution and operation

 Water resource: Wells in the mainland

Pipe diameters: 90 mm

Pipe length: 14 Km (4 Km in the mainland, 10 Km subsea pipe laying)

Transmission rate: 1.7 lit/sec

Consumption: Faza village drinking water

Pipe material: HDPE

Transmission type: Pumping

Pumping Head: 60 m

No. of pump stations: 2

No. of pumps: 3 units

Electricity demand: 3 generators with the capacity of each 5.5 KVA

Status: completed in 2014

Objective :

- This project is to carry fresh water from Vumbe side to Faza town through land and sea in Kenya at east of Africa.

General Project Information in brief 

- Three wells with large diameter were drilled and equipped in Vumbe village.

- A 90 mm HDPE pipe transfers fresh water from Vumbe Village to Faza town. 

- Three submersible pumps and electromotors were installed at each well. Two of these pumps work simultaneously and the third one was used as standby. The total flow rate is  80 m3 /day.

- Two diesel generators with 10 KVA capacity were installed to produce the required power of all electro pumps and also lightening of the sites.

- About 4000 meters of the pipeline is layed at Vumbe side, about 8000 meters at sea part and about 1000 meters at Faza side.

- Two 50 m3 ground water tanks were constructed to store fresh water at Faza town.

- An elevated 20 m3 tank at a height of 15 meters were  built at Faza side. 

- A centrifugal pump with a horizontal shaft which works at operation point of 17m head and 5m3/hr flow-rate was installed to carry water from the 50 m3 ground reservoir to  the elevated 20 m3 tank.