TOPIC Water Operators Partnership: Bulawayo Water and Sewage Emergency Response (BOWSER)

• Eng. Simela Dube PrEng

• Director Engineering Services

• City of Bulawayo

• Zimbabwe

State of Infrastructure 2009

BLOCKED SEWERS

BROKEN SEWER BRIDGES

WATER BURSTS AGED WATER TREATMENT EQUIPMENT

Bulawayo –eThekwini Partnership

TWINNING AGREEMENT SIGNED 2010

BOWSER PROJECT

• FUNDING AusAID and World Vision Australia

• OBJECTIVES

Improve hygienic conditions of communities

Improved sewage and water supply system

Capacity Building of City of Bulawayo (ESD)

Bulawayo –eThekwini Partnership

• Technical Exchange – BOWSER PROJECT FACILITATED EXCHANGE

• MASTER PLANNING

• GIS TRAINING

• SEWER MAINTENACE

• PARTICIPATORY HEALTH EDUCATION AND

HYGIENE

Water and Wastewater Master Plan

• eThekwini Municipality facilitated the preparation of the Master Plan through Bosch Stemele.

• Department of International Trade (RSA) provided 60% of funding while City of Bulawayo provided 40%

• BOWSER provided funding for the exchange visits for the technical teams

Water and Wastewater Master Plan

• Planning horizon 2013 -2033 covering

technical and institutional issues

– Immediate action plans (2013)

– Short term action plans (2014-2016)

– Long term action plans(2017-2033)

• BOWSER Project provided funding for the

exchange visits for the technical teams of

the two utilities

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COLLECTIONS FROM YR 2009 TO YR 2015

TOALS

Outcomes (GIS)

How Well are Ward Paying

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