05 Jul 2018

Parliament has been informed that implementation of Phase II of the Maun Water Supply and Sanitation Upgrade project will start in earnest as soon as funds are available.

The Assistant Minister of Land Management, Water and Sanitation Services, Mr Itumeleng Moipisi said this in response to a question from the Member of Parliament for Maun West, Mr Tawana Moremi on July 2.

Mr Moipisi said as a medium term solution, the ministry had also completed a 6 000 cubic metres per day potable surface water treatment plant at Borolong ward in February 2014 at a cost of P65 million.

The other completed sub project included the Maun water supply remedial works and a pipeline from Kubung to Wenela Pump Station at a cost of P77 million.

Furthermore, the assistant minister explained that this project, which was first conceptualised in the 1990s, was packaged into two phases to progressively provide the essential services to residents of Maun.

“The project is packaged for implementation into four contracts as a design and build delivery model with a total estimated cost of P2.5 million,” he said.

Mr Moipisi told the House that progress had been made with Phase I of the project in the development of water reticulation infrastructure in Maun at a cost of P50 million.

The Phase I components consisted of development of five storage tanks, equipping of seven boreholes and construction of a 40 km transmission main and pump station.

Explaining further on the above components, Mr Moipisi said in November 2006, five elevated storage tanks were put in place, seven boreholes in Kunyere South were also equipped.

Mr Moipisi said also a 40 kilometres transmission main and a pump station were developed to increase water supply to Maun from 3 000 cubic metres per day to about 7 000 cubic metres per day.

He noted that Phase II components which would be implemented as soon as funds became available; consised of Maun water supply distribution, sewerage reticulation and telemetry and SCADA including implementation and control, extension and upgrading of the new water supply infrastructure to cover the extent of the Maun Growth Buildable Area.

It also includes sewerage reticulation, equipping of Kunyere North boreholes, Maun Wastewater treatment plants (East and West of the Thamalakane River) and Maun Satellite villages’ connections including treatment plant at Sexaxa.

Mr Moremi had wanted to know as to what progress had been made in the development of water reticulation infrastructure in Maun, and when the expansion was first conceptualised. ENDS