Before visiting the Bagamoyo water in-take, the PS inspected water storage tanks near the University of Dar es Salaam which have also been renovated in preparation ready to receive 270 million litres from the previous 182 million litres a day through the old supply pipes.
Eng Chrispin Mwashala , the Resident Engineer – Lower Ruvu Transmission Main informed the delegation about completion of repair work of water storage tanks in the area.
The main tank that remained literally empty most of the time was surprisingly found ‘holding’ water more than half its capacity. It has the carrying capacity of 45 million litres of water. From here water flows down the hill on gravity to different places in Dar es Salaam.
Filling of the University tanks was possible as two of the new pumps were started for test the previous day and pushed water to the expected level.
The Director of Technical Services of Dawasa, Eng Romanus Mwang’ingo said from the plant water was pushed through the new pipes covering 45km and diverted to the old pipes for delivery to the university tanks that appeared almost full. “In some places in the city consumers have started to notice the difference in supply of water,” Mwang’ingo explained.
Lower Ruvu Water Plant Manager, Eng Emmanuel Makusa informed the Permanent Secretary that the station was ready to produce water to its full capacity only that completion of the final touches along the newly installed supply line is underway. The old concrete pipes of 1.35m were laid down in 1976 and now aged. The new pipes have a diameter of 1.8m covering the entire distance of 56km from Bagamoyo to Dar es Salaam.
”At least eight powerful water pumps have been installed for increased production capacity at this station (Bagamoyo). Four are meant for water suction from the river to clarifiers (Low Lift Section) and four others to push already purified water to Dar es Salaam (High Lift Section),” Makusa explained.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Dar es Salaam Water and Sewerage Authority (DAWASA) Eng Archard Mutalemwa spoke about the necessary installation of flow meters to monitor water production and the performance of the machines.
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