Alat Karakul Water Supply Project in Uzbekistan

During the 5-years project implementation period the following milestones were accomplished:

• • Design and construction of a new water treatment plant “Dvoinik” and rehabilitation of the existing raw water intake along the Amu-Bukhara canal increasing the treatment capacity from 23,000 to 49,000 m³/d.
  • Engineering, design, construction of two 22 km bulk transmission mains to convey potable water to water distribution centers in Alat and in Karakul as well as rehabilitation of the 13 km trunk line from Alat to Karakul-town.
  • Design and implementation of an innovative water quality concept for raw water treatment including disinfection units in the water distribution centers.
  • Expansion of the urban distribution systems of Alat- and Karakul-towns including meter installation on user connections.
  • Construction of new rural transmission, storage and distribution systems to serve about 120 villages in the Alat and Karakul districts through metered household connections.
  • Building of the institutional capacity of Bukhara Vodokanal to manage, operate and maintain the new systems, and
  • Preparation of a feasibility study to follow-up investments for sewerage and sanitation in the districts.

Cooperation at international and local level:

• Within  the Joint Venture AquaMundo GmbH (51% shares in JV) was mainly responsible for consultancy tasks connected with overall project management, procurement, works supervision, water quality assurance,  operational performance improvement actions and contract administration.
• Whereas PWT Wasser und Abwassertechnik took the responsibility for the general and detailed design of the new water treatment plant „Dvoinik“ (situated directly at the border to Turkmenistan) and in addition  for process analysis and for hydraulic transient pressure analysis calculations regading  the water mains between treatment plant and water distribution centers.
• In order to provide services on the highest international standards several local and international sub-contractors had been committed by the JV:
• Local company Infratech Ltd. supported the JV in overall management with special focus on local staff.
• GWCC GmbH, a Vienna based Austrian design company  in cooperation with the local design company Uzagrosanoatloyiha Ltd. was responsible for the preparation of general and detailed design studies of water distribution networks and of water towers. P2m berlin GmbH participated in this project with a study on investment planning for sewerage systems, whereas Nordic Consulting Group was conducting consultancy to the regional water company Bukhara Vodokanal in order to achieve institutional improvements