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Capacity: 25 million cubic meters
River: Zibagwe
Catchment: Sanyati
Year mooted: 2005
Year Construction started: September 2018
Contractor: EG Construction
Implementing Agency: Zimbabwe National Water Authority
Completion Progress: 98,2 percent
Contract Value: US$41 526 919.76
Project Scope
l Construction of a 28,2m high earth-fill dam with a crest length of 346 metres and a 240 cubic meters per hour bulk water treatment plant together with a 7km pipeline linking the bulk water treatment works to the town’s water reticulation system.
l The project also included the establishment of a 120-hectare irrigation scheme.
Progress to date
l ZINWA already supplying water to Chivhu Town using the new, bigger and modern 240 cubic meters per hour water treatment plant
l Pipeline also complete
l 90 hectares of land under summer crop at the established irrigation scheme. The same irrigation scheme had a winter wheat crop last year.
l Dam has started impounding water
Outstanding works
l Works on the intake tower
Benefits of the dam
l Water for consumption in Chivhu Town
l Agriculture – up to 400ha of land would be irrigated using water from the dam
l Fisheries
l Tourism
l Power Generation
l Villagers resettled to pave way for dam construction also benefiting
l Livestock from nearby villages to get water too
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