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Malawi Govt. plans to construct new water supply schemes
June 16, 2020 / Nelson Gonjani
The Malawi Government has planned to construct new water supply schemes while it continues with rehabilitation and extension of existing ones.
State President Arthur Peter Mutharika said this in his state of the nation address during the opening of the ongoing parliamentary budget meeting.
“Government will continue with construction of new water supply systems, rehabilitation and extension of existing schemes through the various projects currently under implementation but also introduce new projects to start in the upcoming financial year,” he said.
He said the projects include completion of the rehabilitation of six gravity fed schemes under the Sustainable Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project, rehabilitation of Nkhatabay Water Supply System and construction of New Water Source on the Shire River for Blantyre Water Board.
Mutharika said in the forthcoming Financial Year, Government plans to rehabilitate seven gravity fed schemes and rehabilitate 560 boreholes under the Malawi Drought Recovery and Resilient Project in 19 drought affected districts.
He said in the last financial year, his government carried out the rehabilitation of 12 gravity fed schemes, development of 450 boreholes and construction of 266 sanitation facilities in schools, market centers and health centers in Rumphi, Nkhotakota, Phalombe, Mangochi and Ntcheu under the Sustainable Rural Water and Sanitation Infrastructure Project and the Malawi Drought Recovery and Resilience Project.
Mutharika said his government drilled 440 boreholes bringing the total number to 545 across all the 19 drought affected districts.’’
The government also completed the construction of a new water supply project tapping water from Likhubula River in Mulanje to supply Blantyre City. The scheme brings an additional 20,000 cubic meters of potable water to the city of Blantyre and surrounding areas.’
He said his government also continued with construction works to raise Kamuzu Dam 1 under Lilongwe Water Board and completed the rehabilitation and expansion of Dowa, Dwangwa, Salima and Ntchisi Schemes under Central Regional Water Board.
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The establishment of a stable and self-sustaining ecosystem, but not necessarily the one that existed before mining began. In many cases, complete restoration may be impossible, but successful remediation, reclamation, and rehabilitation can result in the timely establishment of a functional ecosystem.
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