Description: Pipeline to prosperity
The Dhaka Environmentally Sustainable Water Supply Project (DESWSP) will transport water from the Meghna through twin pipelines to a new distribution network in Dhaka, treating it at the new Gandharbpur water resource recovery facility along the way. This US$820-million (£675-million) facility, expected to be the country’s largest, is funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), French...
PublisherWater Environment Federation
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Description: Pipeline to prosperity
All DESWSP structures and infrastructure must be designed for earthquakes. The pumping station and water resource recovery facility’s tanks are designed to resist seismic forces. The 36-km pipeline is designed to flex with earthquake movement through specially restrained joints that prevent adjacent pipes separating.
PublisherWater Environment Federation
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Description: Pipeline to prosperity
Mott MacDonald’s work has involved evaluating and awarding the design-and-build contract for the project’s package one to the Veolia Suez joint venture, and reviewing its ongoing design. The first package involves building a new 500-million-liter-per-day (ml/day) pumping station at Bishnondi with a 1,000-ml/day intake from the Meghna, a new 500-ml/day water treatment facility at...
PublisherWater Environment Federation
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Description: Pipeline to prosperity
Guidelines set by the ADB require families, landowners, tenants, and workers affected by the pipeline’s construction to receive compensation. Underpinning this is a project-wide social development and gender equality action plan. Mott MacDonald Social Development and Gender Specialist Ruksana Begum ensures effective implementation. Compensation depends on the size of land affected and the...
PublisherWater Environment Federation
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Description: Pipeline to prosperity
The rural section of pipeline has been designed to minimize the number of homes affected by avoiding as many dwellings and farms as possible and using government land or land owned by developers. Still, “people were understandably very shocked when they first heard about the project, especially those that might have to leave the land that had been in their family for many generations,”...
PublisherWater Environment Federation
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Description: Pipeline to prosperity
The 36-km-long transmission pipeline comprises 1.6-meter (m)-diameter twin ductile iron pipes. These are laid 3 m to 5 m below ground in a 5-m-wide trench, constructed using sheet piles for most of the route. Up to 15 m of land must be acquired along the transmission pipeline route to accommodate phases one and two of the project, with more land required during construction for movement of...
PublisherWater Environment Federation
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Description: Pipeline to prosperity
Ruby Kitching is a freelance journalist and civil engineer specialising in construction and engineering. Based in London, UK, and of Bangladeshi origin, she visited Dhaka to research this project first-hand in February 2019.
PublisherWater Environment Federation
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Pipeline to prosperity