The Maguga Dam Project
Komati Basin Water Authority (KOBWA)
The Piggs Peak Bulk Water Supply
An important component of the advanced infrastructure for the Project included a Bulk Water Supply to convey water from the Maguga Dam to Piggs Peak. The need for a bulk water supply was twofold: firstly to supply water to a permanent township housing the dam contractors staff and secondly to alleviate annual water shortages experienced in Piggs Peak due to a limited and erratic water supply from the Phophonyane River supplying an ever increasing Piggs Peak population.
A treatment works, 15 km pipeline, three pump stations and a bulk water reservoir in Piggs Peak was constructed. All the infrastructure will be handed over to the Swaziland Water Services Corporation for operation and maintenance.
The Maguga Dam water supply and installed infrastructure should meet the expected water demand in Piggs Peak until the year 2010.
Apart from supplying Piggs Peak with water, provisions within the design of the network allow for potable water to be made available to communities living along the length of the pipeline (north side only) for a cost. The Rural Water Supply Branch of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Energy will administer the connections and tertiary network infrastructure.
To minimise disturbance to communities living along the route between the Dam and Piggs Peak, the pipeline was laid alongside the northern access road. However, some homesteads had to be relocated to make way for the pump (lift) stations. Some fields were disturbed by the trenching requirement of a buried pipeline and some water sources (springs) were affected by runoff from the periodic cleaning of the pump station reservoirs. These problems are being addressed both by the Project and the affected people.
Further Details
Further details of the project can be obtained from:
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The Komati Basin Water Authority (KOBWA)
Suite 1010 The Pinnacle
1 Parkin Street
PO Box 5085
Nelspruit 1200
Republic of South Africa
Tel +27 1311 23 191
Fax +27 1311 24 704
Email kobwanpt@cis.co.za
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The Swaziland Komati Project Enterprise (SKPE)
4th Floor Dhlan'ubeka House
Cnr. Tin & Walker Streets
Mbabane
Swaziland
Tel +268 404 7950
Fax +268 404 7954
Email: komatpcu@realnet.co.sz Website: www.ecs.co.sz/komati/ |
The information provided above does NOT in any way represent the OFFICIAL opinion or views of KOBWA or the Swaziland Government about the Maguga Dam Project
This page was last updated on 05 November 2001
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The Components of the Development
The Piggs Peak Bulk Water Supply