Assignment Name:

Country:

Water Resources Evaluation Study for three towns in Mid-Western Uganda

Uganda

Location within country:

Positions provided by WE Consult:

Masindi (Masindi District)

Mubende (Mubende District)

Hoima (Hoima District)

Senior Hydrologist

Name and Address of client:

No. of  staff months:

Funding agency:

Mid-Western Towns Water and Sanitation Project (MSTWSP)

Directorate of Water Development

P.O.Box  20026, Kampala

1.7

European Community

Start Date

(Month / Year)

Completion Date (Month/ Year)

Total contract price of the assignment

02/02

04/02

US $ 12,000

Name of Associated Firm(s), if any:

Name of Senior staff of WE Consult involved:

DHV Water B.V.

Kagga & Partners Ltd.

C.W.B. Mulders (Hydrologist)

D.A. Naafs (Hydrologist)

Narrative description of project:

WE Consult as sub consultant to DHV Water B.V. was asked to carry out a verification of water resources for Hoima, Mubende and Masindi towns based on the appraisal studies carried out by GITEC and Alexander Gibb & Partners, within the framework of the detailed design and supervision of construction works for the water supply and sanitation of these towns. This task included the assessment of the safe discharge of potential water sources of the three towns.

Description of services provided by your staff:

• Collection and analysis of all available relevant information, including stream flow data and rating curves, rainfall and evaporation data, and borehole data
• Field reconnaissance surveys and on-the-spot stream flow measurements of all potential surface water sources of the three towns
• Statistical analyses of relevant stream flow records, including one-in-twenty years three day low flows, and 95 % probability low flows of two reference gauging stations, and where applicable extrapolation to other measuring locations
• Water balance calculations of several wetland systems
• Verification of groundwater potential of the three towns
• Presentation of results and writing of extensive report