Client: Addis Ababa Water and Sewerage Authority (AAWSA)
Location: Addis, Ethiopia
Population: 600,000 residents
Contract: 4 years (2022-2026)
The 4-year contract covers an array of activities needed to reduce water loss, including the design and establishment of District Metered Areas (DMAs). Thereafter, the Authority will be autonomous to maintain the reduced levels of water loss.
The project starts with comprehensive asset and customer surveys and improvement to the Geographic Information System (GIS) which will form the basis for hydraulic modelling, DMA design, development of a customer meter replacement programme and the identification of illegal connections. NRW levels will be assessed on a DMA-by-DMA basis and water loss performance indicators calculated.
After three years of survey, design, DMA construction and physical and commercial loss reduction interventions, the then low levels of NRW will be maintained during the last year of the project (maintenance phase) and AAWSA will be fully trained to be able to take over NRW operations and ensure sustainability of results.
MIYA will be implementing this project with mainly local engineers and technicians, trained, guided and supervised by MIYA´s international experts. This will not only create local jobs but also ensure transfer of technology.