The Department for International Development, run by the UK government, has agreed to take on the funding to rehab the water supply of Freetown in Sierra Leone. The citizens if Freetown have had a water supply crisis since 2002, often going without clean usable water. A large focus will be on the failing Guma Valley water treatment works as well as efforts to prevent leakages in the pipes that feed the city’s needed water supply.

Key Takeaways:

• In order to address Sierra Leone’s chronic problem of limited access to safe drinking water, the UK government is funding a project led by IMC Worldwide in the country’s capital, Freetown.
• The project seeks to repair and rehabilitate Freetown’s primary and secondary water distribution networks, and simultaneously improve leak detection and pressure management.
• The project involves a tremendous amount of planning by the collaborating parties, including feasibility studies, and detailed design and construction plans with cost estimates for each stage.

“A consortium of IMC Worldwide, Atkins and BAM has been appointed for a design and construct contract to rehabilitate the water supply in Sierra Leone’s capital city, Freetown.”

Read more: https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/sierra-leone-awards-uk-funded-water-supply-upgrade